What mobo do i get?

Yucca · 24 May 2006 at 19:10

Ok im to 100% sure if i am going to get a sli board or a normal board, so... what is the best sli board and the best normal board? By best i mean for overclocking and features, price i dont mind although obvioulsy it is a factor and if a cheaper mobo is as good then that gets the star rathing!

SATA 2 is a must and i would like lots of extras like firewire, latest chipset, capable of taking faster than 200Mhz ram, good for clocking, stable, raid on the sata 2 would be great too. More than 4 sata ports would be a +.

Gashman · 24 May 2006 at 20:30

hate to ask but what socket are we talking about here, i heard great things about the ASUS A8N-SLI Premium, SATA2, SLI, faster than 200Mhz ram, decent overclocking, plenty of extras, MSI boards i have found from personally owning one are brilliant too, i find them stronger than there ASUS counterparts (though so many will disagree). the K8N Diamond Plus uses dual PCI-E running at proper bandwidth, has loads of features and the only boards i have ever seen clock faster than MSI are DFI, though i think the MSI boards tend to be much better value for money

split · 25 May 2006 at 01:26

I would check out the DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT.

Lacks firewire tho as do many boards these days.

Yucca · 25 May 2006 at 13:23

So its the asus or the dfi-firewire then?

Are these the two best boards at the moment then?

Stelly · 25 May 2006 at 13:30

DFI LanParty NF4 SLI-DR EXPERT.... great board mate

Stelly

Yucca · 25 May 2006 at 14:10

But for that price why hasnt it got firewire!? I dont know if i will ever use it but i might so what would i have to buy, a pci firewire card?

split · 25 May 2006 at 15:14

I have had mobos with firewire on, and never used it.
You can get a card here for £9.34 Including VAT at 17.5%

Jay_t · 25 May 2006 at 16:16

Just get the DFI Expert - there is nothing else as good

BUFF · 25 May 2006 at 17:52

Abit AN8 32X ticks most boxes incl. firewire too.
It's stable & a decent clocker.