new build help.

slothmeister · 2 Apr 2006 at 17:31

can't really afford much more than £20 extra, any other suggestions?

Jimi · 2 Apr 2006 at 17:43

Well apparently the RD480 chipset that's on the MBs like yours are pretty crap, so you might be better offer waiting for the rest of the MB manufacturers to bring out their versions with the RD580 chipset on.

slothmeister · 2 Apr 2006 at 17:56

what, even if you go with another mb from someone like abit or dfi or whatever

Jimi · 2 Apr 2006 at 18:41

Well, yeah.

The release date for the new DFI board should be announced soon, hopefully this week. But the only MB that's out at the moment with the RD580 chipset on is the A8R32-MVP.

slothmeister · 3 Apr 2006 at 12:21

well i've spoken to ocuk and they have offered to refund the money back to me once i've sent it back with the rma, and i've ordered the a8r32-mvp deluxe, can't really afford it but oh well.

I'm just hoping that it wasn't the graphics card after this, at least i've got the pci card coming to check it on.

Jimi · 3 Apr 2006 at 12:28

Well going by that article AnandTech did, I think you've made the right choice.

slothmeister · 3 Apr 2006 at 13:12

cool, thanks for your help.