Athlon64 Motherboard Recommendations

[PuzZah]

Recommendations

Hey, can anyone recommend a good gigabyte, AMD compatable motherboard in the price range £100 - £150 as I'm not too familiar with what a 'good' motherboard would be.

Please post the full name of them so i can find specs etc.

Thanks

 

[STK]

What is your definiton of "good"?

Is that Euro?(IM not great with the currancy as im only fourteen and dont worry to much about money when im traveling)

Edit:Ok i found a converter, it is $123-$185 USD in case anyone else wants to know.

 

[STK]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-128-241&depa=1

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=13-128-245&depa=1

Those are the only Gigabyte mobos i found in your price range. If you have questionds about them post your questions.

 

[abc]

AMD motherboards are not even compatable with eachother. We can't help you until you tell us what processor you are thinking about (Athlon XP, Athlon 64 - socket 939 or 754). Secondly, if you want only a Gigabyte, probably the more expencive the better it is. It only gets complicated when you look at different manufactors. If you have a specific question like "do i need sata?" we can probably answer that.

 

[PuzZah]

I've gone with an athlon 64 processor on socket 754, but can someone tell me if VIA or nForce chipsets are better?

Edit: 'STK' got the currency conversion wrong. I was spending GPB (Great Britain Pounds) which when converted to USD (US dollars),

My price range becomes: $183 - $275.

As 1 GBP = 1.83657 USD

I want it to be SATA compatable, AGP 8x and compatable with athlon 64s, but I know nothing about motherboards really. I can see which ones are compatable with the other hardware components i've selected, but I know nothing about the peformance of one motherboard over another, but I assumed like 'abc' said, the higher price the better. But again if someone could tell me if VIA or nForce chipsets are better peformance wise.

 

[Rick]

I think it is generally accepted that the newer nForce chipsets are the best overall.

There's more to a board than a chipset though, so don't let that be the deciding factor when it comes down the decision.

 

[PuzZah]

The S754 VIA K8T800 ATX A L R was a motherboard recommended to me elsewhere, i was told:

It's a good mobo. Trust me

but they couldn't tell me why it was a 'good' motherboard so i thought i'd check.

However, based on what was said about nforce chipsets being more generally accepted, I found the nForce 3 Socket 754 ATX Audio/LAN/RAID motherboard which also suits my needs so if someone could tell me which is likely to peform better, I will have my finished PC

Thanks again

 

[PuzZah]

*bump*

 

[RealBlackStuff]

Looking at the specs, the nForce mobo is way ahead of the Via mobo.
I think the £ 11.- difference is well worth it.

 

[tha smokah]

the kt800 pros are probley a lil faster then the nforce3-250 overall but the 250 has alot intergraded into the chipset.

 

[zornot]

Hey, if you are as cheap as I am, I only buy MBs from NewEgg.com "refurbished." They are actually new, sometimes come in retail boxes with everything, more often just the MB.

I just bought Aopen or Abit (I forget) KT800 boards for $20 each. Yes, I have to dig up the rest of the stuff, but as I said, I'm cheap, abd NewEgg is the ONLY way to go.