Recommend me a MicroATX S939 mobo

Noxis · 9 May 2006 at 17:05

I need a S939 M-ATX mobo which has everything on board (VGA, NIC) not bothered about sound (for a server). Needs to be stable, dont require overclocking features just something thats pretty fast but stable, also cheap as possible

As I expect OCUK probably wont be able to cater to this dont link to competitors if anyone knows any suitable candidates

p4radox · 9 May 2006 at 17:26

Something with the nVidia 6150 based chip would be good. OcUK sell the Asus A8N-VM which would be fine if you don't plan on overclocking.

Maybe you want something uber cheap? The Biostar GeForce 6100-M9 is available for £41.96. I have the TForce version which is similar but better for overclocking and it's brilliant.

Super Tigers · 9 May 2006 at 18:38

I will second the Biostar T-force 6100-939, absolutely stonking mobo, very stable, and overclocks well. Plenty of features and a low price.

Rob H

pcoltrane · 10 May 2006 at 11:23

Either the Biostar 6100-M9 as mentioned above - or if you want high spec, gigabit lan, firewire 6150gfx etc then the MSI K8NGM2-FID is the daddy.

Marc

squiffy · 10 May 2006 at 11:53

I have the ASUS A8 CSM model, seems ok but couple of quibbles- apparently vcore is a bit high, mines around 1.40-1.42 (others have reported this) The heatsink isn't held on that well. But I guess you'll enable Cool and Quiet so vcore will be around 1.1v. GFX performance is pants, ran Half-Life 2 at lowest everything and I think my brothers Geforce MX440 beats it! :confused:

Seems cooler than mates Gigabyte Nforce 4 board, that needs case cooling. Has VGA and DVI out. Hasen't crashed yet in Windows, although did BSOD in HL2 (but I did have case fans off and overclocking)

pcoltrane · 10 May 2006 at 13:51

squiffy - do you have any of the usb issues described on many forums on the net?

Marc

squiffy · 10 May 2006 at 14:04

USB issues? Please link. No problems so far with keyboard and mouse.

pcoltrane · 10 May 2006 at 14:15

mentioned here:

http://forums.silentpcreview.com/viewtopic.php?t=26195&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30

i have seen people complaining in other threads too - although it may have been fixed with later revisions of the board

squiffy · 10 May 2006 at 14:38

hmm haven't had trouble as yet from the major issues people have had in that thread, although USB keyboard didn't work in BIOS ( but didn't work on another two mobo either with USB legacy disabled) until I worked out legacy USB support is enabled. Will use rear USB ports and see, revision of my board is 1.10G. Perhaps it did delay scrolling in the BIOS a couple of times, thought just me but will keep a eye out. Seems fine in Windows though but once it's going to be setup won't be using keyboard. Have to leave it a while only picked up on Saturday. 1001 BIOS.

pcoltrane · 10 May 2006 at 14:54

I wouldn't worry too much as chances are it has been sorted in the later revisions of the board. Keep us informed because so far I've been reluctant to recommend people the asus until I know the issues are sorted. Since the MSI is getting harder to lay your hands on the asus may be the best alternative in the future.

Marc