Im looking to replace a troublesome F190HD Abit board with a rock solid replacement.
I have been looking at the P35, X38 and X48 chipset and the various manufactures.
Mainly ive been looking for compatibility with the 6GB of Adata Value Ram i am using in my pc.
(2x2GB DDR2 800 and 2x1GB DDR2 800 CL5)
My motherboard makes a shambles of detecting the memory correctly and ive been informed that its simple an incompatibility problem.
Along with random crashes and Abit customer support telling me that vista x64 is too much for pc, along with the AHCI function to be broken, ive realised i need to get a new board.
I was so disgusted in Abits customer support, i really want to buy from a company such as EVGA to know il be backed by good customer service.
Its a shame that the nvidia offerings i see either have SLI (that i dont want) or are based on the older 6xx chipset and dont perform as well as intels offerings.
So, the usual story, please help me decide on my board!
Criteria:
Running 8 GB DDR 2 as advertised. Manufactures ive seen always advertise 'up to 8GB DDR 2". However when checking compatibility on the very next page, there are usually 1- No 2gb Dimms tested OR 2- They can only be used for 4GB (ie 8gb wont cut it).
I realise this is specific to brand and chipset and since i have Adata ram, this makes it even harder for me! I just wondered if anyone is running 6GB-8GB with their system?
Customer support, please please give me your feedback about this! Surprisingly all over the internet i can find barley NO customer support remarks.
I just want to know who have the best backup service, response time etc.
My Specs which will go with the board.
Corsair 620W PSU
6GB Adata value DDR 2 800
E2160
WD7500AAKS
NEC IDE CDROM
Audigy 2ZS
Finally, after search the forum, i realise there are threads relating to 8gb DDR compatibility and problems etc, however this still doesnt answer my question.
So dont tell me i didnt search first!
8gb on my GA-G33M: 5-5-5-15-2T 1.9v 400mhz
No problems at all !
My experience with newegg service ... ftw
What is the question? Not sure if this answered it.
For best response time/service, go to a local shop. For me, there is one two companies down from where I work that my employer also uses. I handed them the bad part, they handed me a new one. They build/install for companies. They still talk to me. Of course, this all requires building a relationship.
Im just looking to buy a new board from a manufacture with 1- Good Customer Service (i mean service this is, aka how you get treated WHEN it goes wrong, not the % of how many boards do go wrong)
2- Compatibility with my ram, or 8gb ddr2 800!
Just looking for other peoples experiences really.
And yes, thanks for letting me know ur runnging 8gb! Do you know what brand memory it is? Edit # just saw your config!
Message edited by Dodgexander on 04-28-2008 at 11:45:07 PM
