Recommend Me a New Motherboard....

[Deeloughran05]

I currently have a ASRock P4S55FX2 and have done for a year now, has already blew up, so had to send back to be replaced, now the computer is acting in the same way, so have a feeling this is going to happen again so have decided to splash out on a new one to actually work and not freeze my computer from time to time, anyone any recommendations?

Thanks

 

[iss]

First recommendation, DONT buy SIS chipsets, as for recommending another mobo, stick with Intel based chipsets by Asus or Abit.

 

[Deeloughran05]

Getting offered a ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe for 80...how does that sound?

 

[iss]

Getting offered a ASUS A8N-SLi Deluxe for 80...how does that sound?

and your going ot get your P4 intel processor to work on this AMD Mobo how?

 

[Deeloughran05]

Sorry i'm not that techy is there any mobo's you would recommend, is there any specific range that i must stear away from with my p4 intel processor?

 

[iss]

what P4 Processor do you have? the ASRock was a socket 478 so in that range I would recommend the Asus P4P800 SE it is an Intel 865PE chipset. extremely stable and reliable I have built several P4 machines using this Board. it is 95.00 from newegg.

 

[Deeloughran05]

P4 CPU 3.2 Ghz

 

[iss]

that procesor will work just fine with the Asus P4P800 SE.

 

[Deeloughran05]

http://www.hardwarearea.com/product_info.php?products_id=401138701&language=en&currency=GBP

55 quid on there....it the same?

 

[iss]

The boarrd in the link is the deluxe version of the board they make a slightly cheaper one. but that is a very nice board.

 

[Deeloughran05]

I have been looking round, i take it this deluxe one is the gold version? I seen the other one for around 40!

 

[iss]

well if my currency converter is correct your 55 equals about 74.00 USD and that is a great price for that board. the chepaest you can find i here is for around 90-95 USD. personally I would grab that one.

 

[Deeloughran05]

I'm trying to get the best one for my money...is the ASUS P4P800-E the deluxe editon and the ASUS P4P800-SE the ordinary one, and i should rather go for the deluxe one?

 

[iss]

The only real difference between the two is the deluxe version has a better onboard sound chipset and onboard firewire.

 

[Need_a_Dell]

I was actually going to recommend the Asus A8N-SLi deluxe board to you. I plan on making my own comp, and when that time comes, this is the board im buying. You're getting a great price on it, but you'll have to buy an AMD proc. (Which isn't necessarily a bad thing.) You'll notice a bit of a diff if you go over to a high end AMD.

 

[Deeloughran05]

No i don't want to go to all that trouble, going to go for the ASUS P4P800-E but i've found on other forums that my PSU may also be adding to this problem, my current one is a Win Power atx - 450
http://www.advancetec.co.uk/acatalog/info_winpro21.html
and this adapter which fits into it
http://www.cwt.com.tw/english/2_prod...ail.php?ID=308
Maybe this needs updating too?