Which socket 939 motherboard out of these 3?

Vegeta · 27 Mar 2006 at 19:04

Hi upgrading to socket 939, whats the best performance/stable motherboard for gaming/overclocking out of these three?
It will be used with a:

3200 Venice (looking to overclock)
Western Digital 250gb sata2 cavaliar se hard drive.
X-Pro 460W (will get 20-24 pin converter)
PCI-E graphics card (havent a clue which one yet)

MSI K8N Neo4-F nForce4 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-053-MS)

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-046-MS)

Asus A8N-E nForce4 Ultra (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-088-AS)

Shiz · 27 Mar 2006 at 19:16

I have heard some very good things from the middle one...I will try and find some links for you.

Gashman · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:11

i have K8N neo4 platinum, fantastic board, loads of upgradability, and there overclocking monsters, but i have BIOS issues so i cannot overclock past 215 for some reason, but these boards are really reliable, all the expansion slots seem well placed and as i have read most reach 300+

Gashman · 31 Mar 2006 at 13:15

heres link to a review on the platinum, apparently they got 370HT on that board, which is well the highest i have ever heard of, could be wrong, anyways theres the link

http://www.tbreak.com/reviews/article.php?cat=mobos&id=339&pagenumber=1