£100 Max, which One?

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 11:08

I have £100 to spend on a new AMD PCI-E 939 Mobo. Which one should i go for and why? I am open to ideas but it must have a passive Chipset cooler. Ta

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 12:12

Anyone?

Monstermunch · 20 Feb 2006 at 12:43

Defo the DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D, one of the best boards on the market £99.82 inc vat

badbob · 20 Feb 2006 at 12:52

That's not passive though? A8N-SLI Premium and A32 SLI Deluxe are.

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 13:01

That's what i said, need to be passive.

Are these any good:

Gigabyte K8N Pro SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-038-GI)

Abit KN8 SLi nForce4 SLi (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AB)

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:23

Anybody use this one:

Gigabyte GA-K8NMF-9

BoomAM · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:41

The Gigabyte ones reportadly overheat.
Have a look at the Abit ones. They do passive mobos.

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 14:52

Is that all the gigabyte ones?

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:00

How about the:

Abit KN8 SLi nForce4 SLi

BoomAM · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:02

The KN8 looks good. I have the board that came before it and its been fine for me.

The Gigabyte NF4 boards, with the passive heatsinks, ive heard, overheat because of the position of the heatsink in relation to where the video card will be sitting.

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:17

Whats with this card that has to be put in the 2nd PCI-e slot?

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:21

What about the:

ABIT AX8

loltim · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:29

You're basing the motherboard choice on its chipset cooling? I'd get the DFI and either swap it with a Zalman or just unplug its chipset fan.

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 15:54

I have had trouble putting the Zalman on the Chipset!! Makes it cook!!

ACPCUP · 20 Feb 2006 at 16:16

Decided to get the Asus A8N SLI Premium Motherboard. Do i have to connect up the MOLEX connector on the motherboard by the PCI-e slot?

smit101 · 20 Feb 2006 at 16:58

badbob said:
That's not passive though? A8N-SLI Premium and A32 SLI Deluxe are.

Just take the actve cooler off and buy a Zalman passive cooler,have one on an epox board,only cost 5 or 6 quid if I remember rightly,it provides adequate enough cooling for stock or overclocked frequencies.

kona ryan · 20 Feb 2006 at 17:04

whats with the short replys and the CAPITAL BOLD TEXT?

BoomAM · 20 Feb 2006 at 17:13

Tim said:
You're basing the motherboard choice on its chipset cooling? I'd get the DFI and either swap it with a Zalman or just unplug its chipset fan.

Are you mad?
A Zalman would prevent a video card being inserted, and unplugging the fan would cause the NB to overheat and possibly cause damage.

ACPCUP said:
What about the:

ABIT AX8

Good board.

muckymick · 20 Feb 2006 at 19:17

If i remember right you only have to connect the molex by the pci-e slot if you are running 2 gfx cards,it does say in the manual though.

Hyper · 20 Feb 2006 at 22:43

Try and get a DFI Lanparty, i got one from OCUK that was classed as B-Grade but when it came it was just OEM.
Bargain price aswell