Ok, my main board for the last couple of years has done me so proud, its a Gigabyte DS3 and quite frankly, while its now a tad long in the tooth, its done me so very proud.
A Few months ago, on my No2 C2D setup, I got an Abit AB9 QuadGT, however, while the specs on this are close, if not better than the DS3, I found it to be a bit of a poor board, so I upped it to a Gigabyte DS4.
Now, the DS3 had recently been hit by a storm. I have since been running the LAN through a PCI card as the onboard jobbie has somehow gone awol... Apart from that, its been a fine board.
Oh, and annoyingly, I have not been able to run Vista64 either for more than a month ( Never figured out why )
Anyway, I think its time to move away from the DS3, but Im looking to a board that has the same functions and features, the same absolutely ludicrous overclocking ability blah blah, needs 6 SATA ports at leats and IDE ( 4 If possible ) but is not a DS3, DS4 or AB9
Price-wose Im looking at under the ton mark, however for *** right board I can stretch just fine... Id just rather not if I can help it.
I also need at least 3 PCI and I dont need SLI or XFIRE
A Few months ago, on my No2 C2D setup, I got an Abit AB9 QuadGT, however, while the specs on this are close, if not better than the DS3, I found it to be a bit of a poor board, so I upped it to a Gigabyte DS4.
Now, the DS3 had recently been hit by a storm. I have since been running the LAN through a PCI card as the onboard jobbie has somehow gone awol... Apart from that, its been a fine board.
Oh, and annoyingly, I have not been able to run Vista64 either for more than a month ( Never figured out why )
Anyway, I think its time to move away from the DS3, but Im looking to a board that has the same functions and features, the same absolutely ludicrous overclocking ability blah blah, needs 6 SATA ports at leats and IDE ( 4 If possible ) but is not a DS3, DS4 or AB9
Price-wose Im looking at under the ton mark, however for *** right board I can stretch just fine... Id just rather not if I can help it.
I also need at least 3 PCI and I dont need SLI or XFIRE
