mobo, all on-board or not?

Banzai_Joe · 15 Nov 2006 at 10:16

Hi all,

some advise please if you will.

Back in the day (2-3 years ago) i built a rig that had literally nothing onboard, and pci'd stuff like sound, lan, modem etc, and obviously AGP gfx. The system ran far better and faster than any other system i'd built, even with the same cpu that i'd built other rigs with. I put it down to quality 'individual' parts and not 'on-board' stuff. Can't even remember the board make now :rolleyes:

Now, when i build my new conroe based rig, i was thinking about maybe doing the same thing.
BUT, do you think there is as much a difference now? Or shall i just plump for one of the many all-inclusive boards that OCUK rave about?
Are there any components you suggest NOT having on-board, ie. 8 channel sound etc.

Your thoughts, as always are appreicated.

gooner_47 · 15 Nov 2006 at 17:04

Won't really make much difference - although obviously you'll have graphics card and - depending on how much of an audophile you are - a sound card

Snapshot · 15 Nov 2006 at 18:50

I don't think you'll find any boards without everything (apart from video) on-board these days.

Jonathan

Jokester · 15 Nov 2006 at 18:58

The only area where onboard is severely lacking is graphics, though you do get them with on board graphics, they're next to useless for high end gaming.

Everything else onboard these days is normally of a perfectly acceptable standard.

Jokester

Banzai_Joe · 15 Nov 2006 at 22:27

Yeah, i did wonder. Thanks guys.