Board Comparison

[mturm84]

I have been reading this board for about a month now trying to get an accurate assesment of possible mobos i can use for my new system.I see that the Abit IS7 is highly recommended yet i dont know about it.I dont plan to do any sort of overclocking so i was wondering, would a D865GBFL suffice. I am an engineering studnet and need something that can handle electrical simulations and possibly a few personl pci add-ons that i will be building soon. Thanks for all the help.

 

[DOOM]

I think either motherboard will suit you fine. If you are building PCI cards, it might be pertinent to check whether the PCI frequency can be locked on either board, so that if you ever want to overclock your FSB/CPU, you don't have to overstress your PCI cards.

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[Crashman]

The IS7 is probably the best value, and Abit has the best RMA support in the industry, they both cost about the same so I'd go with Abit.

Intel doesn't even make boards, they have their boards made by other companies. While they're generally good boards, I'd rather buy from Abit.

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