What mobo?

Mortah

Mortah

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I kind of asked this in another thread... but would like to keep that related to the general spec... but I'm after a socket 939 mobo with on board sound. It's going to be running an ATI X1800GTO and an X2 3800+. However, I have no desire to go with crossfire at any point with this machine... so... is it worth getting a cheaper board without crossfire? Or do the crossfire ones generally perform better / come with extra other goodies? (Also, I want this system to be quiet :D)

Previously looking at: Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire
Two suggestions are:
Abit KN8 nForce4 (Socket 939)
Gigabyte SLi motherboard for £49.95ex Vat (This is passively cooled).

So questions are:
Which would be the better one?
Whats the nForce4 audio like?
Is the gigabit lan backwards compatible to 10mb/s? I noticed some motherboards have a gigabit lan connection AND a 10/100...
 
Mortah said:
I kind of asked this in another thread... but would like to keep that related to the general spec... but I'm after a socket 939 mobo with on board sound. It's going to be running an ATI X1800GTO and an X2 3800+. However, I have no desire to go with crossfire at any point with this machine... so... is it worth getting a cheaper board without crossfire? Or do the crossfire ones generally perform better / come with extra other goodies? (Also, I want this system to be quiet :D)

Previously looking at: Asus A8R-MVP Crossfire
Two suggestions are:
Abit KN8 nForce4 (Socket 939)
Gigabyte SLi motherboard for £49.95ex Vat (This is passively cooled).

So questions are:
Which would be the better one?
Whats the nForce4 audio like?
Is the gigabit lan backwards compatible to 10mb/s? I noticed some motherboards have a gigabit lan connection AND a 10/100...
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Will you be overclocking? Just trying to get an idea of your needs.

So questions are:

Which would be the better one?

-Never buy gigabyte, they're just rubbish boards, mainly let down by buggy BIOSs.
-Personally I'd go for a DFI Ultra-D if you're overclocking, but its not that cheap.

Whats the nForce4 audio like?

-I think its pretty good, but I'm no audiophile.

Is the gigabit lan backwards compatible to 10mb/s? I noticed some motherboards have a gigabit lan connection AND a 10/100...

-Its backwards compatible
 
I may overclock a little (if I can get away with it)... but as I'm going for quiet and not watercooling I'm not fussed if it isn't a great overclocker :)
 
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