I am going to be building my own computer pretty soon.. and am a little unsure as to what to look for in a motherboard.. i know i am going to use a Athlon 64x2 3800+ chip.. so i know its gotta be a 939 mobo but as far as features on it, i am lost.. other than the usual # pci slots/ agp vs pci express/ on board audio/ etc.. is there anything else i should make sure i have?? im not looking to do anything special with this computer.. im not an overclocker or anything like that.. im a part time gamer (and i do mean part time) but mostly gonna be graphic/video editing.. i just want a decent mobo that isnt gonna break me.. i was looking at these.. any good?? http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128315 or http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157081 thanks for the help in advance..
I'd go with a gigabyte. Never heard of ASRock before, and I know gigabyte is one of the top mobo manufactureres along with MSI and ASUS, so if you want a good board that will last go with the gigabyte.
i just bought the asrock board.im getting cpu tomarrow tuesday ups.let you know if the board is good,heres the one i built: asrock 939-sata 2 motherboard 2 sony dru810a cd\dvd burners[got a good deal on 2] termaltake tsunami dream case without ps and side window[all aluminum hiper r 580watt module power supply amd 3700+ san diego w-1mb cache star ice heatsink and fan wd 250gb sata 2 hard drive[ok,they say 10000rpm maxtor diamond faster x-fi fatal1ty sound card creative 6800 gt agp video card[already had] 1gb[2x512]ocz el platinium igb kit[timing 2225]this s--t rocks
only difference is.the asrock board you can use agp and pci-e thats pci express 7800gtx.im using a 6800gt overclocked agp.i paid 400 usa dollars about a year ago dont want to lose that money yet.thats pretty much why i bought the board and as ddp said it an offshot of asus figured the board had to be half way decent.well peace bro good luck with build
I would also go with either Gigabyte or MSI. Both very stable & reliable. With AMD, I lean toward MSI. Personal preference due to experience with both boards. Here is a link to an Excellent MSI Board for your application. http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=K8N_Neo4-F&class=mb
ok..thanks for all the help.. i guess i just dont really understand what makes a mobo a GOOD mobo.. they all seem to have the same features.. so what makes 1 beter than the next?
the speed or proformance.not alot of bottlenecking.the manu and really people perfer one over another.there are some out there that really sux,very slow,no updates on motherboard.what they do is make a board and then you never hear from them again.you want to buy a motherboard thats fast,reliable and has support for the board down the road.like updated bioses,updated drivers[sound,usb,lan,etc.]thats why asus,msi,evga,dfi,abit these companies been around for a while.i picked asrock cause its part of asus or like a sister company and i saw they are updating stuff plus i have a agp video card and i want to buy pci-e later and this board supports that.the only board in the world that does,there is no other.asrock 939-sata 2
I agree with you bunnyrip, I have used mainly MSI mobos with AMD and have never had any problems, knock on wood...
thats funny...lmao @bunnyrip ...just got this asrock 939-sata 2 board going...this motherboard is slammin
