Best AM2 Motherboard?

musicman53 · 14 Apr 2008 at 11:21

As in the title.....

ASUS
ABIT
GIGABYTE
MSI
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Current board is an Abit KN9 Ultra
Cpu = AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200 2.6Ghz overclocked to 2.8GHz
Ram = 2x1Gb Crucial Ballistix PC2 6400
Graphics = NVIDIA GeForce 8600 GT
Hard drives = WDC WD4000AAKS(main)
WDC WD5000AAKS(music, photos, docs&email folder)
WDC WD1600JS(page file)
DVD writers: NEC RW ND-4571A
Samsung SH-S203N
OS : Windows XP Pro
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Thinking of either changing the motherboard to something better(AM2), or an AM2/AM2+.
Open to suggestions but please no comments regarding Intel.

mdjmcnally · 14 Apr 2008 at 11:33

Go with one of the 790FX boards. I don't believe much difference between them, but personally like the look of the Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-254-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=808

Herojuana · 14 Apr 2008 at 11:46

I've got this 790FX board: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-093-MS

Come down in price since I bought it and its a really good board imo.

BUFF · 14 Apr 2008 at 12:17

abit only have the AX78 atm for an ATX AM2+ mobo but it's cheap, got nice touches & overclocks nicely.

amkan13 · 14 Apr 2008 at 12:22

just setup a build with a Gigabyte GA-MA790FX-DS5 which looks good so far, lots of features.

messed about with a friends Asus M3A32-MVP Deluxe which is also very good, but costs a bit more.

FirebarUK · 14 Apr 2008 at 12:40

AX78 if your not too bothered about features and want something cost-effective. Has had very good feedback all over the web.