A poll:which mainboard do you prefer most????

I have an ASUS A7V333 + RAID - great board. I'm really happy with it.

A7V333 + Raid
XP1900+
512Mb PC2100ddr
3 x 40Gb HD(2 in raid 1 spare)
and a good old Geforce 256ddr

Oh, I'm sorry. Did I accidentally blow your head off.......again?

you should have made this post in the "Polls" forum....just letting you know...
anyways...i've always liked asus and abit...both very fast and very stable.

<b><font color=red>ATI</font color=red>'s drivers are like a broken faucet, they both keep on leaking...</b> :cool:

oh,that's only an accident,when I wrote this one,I didn't see that poll forum.:-)

I want HAMMER but I can only afford celeron
Depression

IMO Asus and Abit.

  <b><font color=blue> Everyone has to be somewhere. <font color=blue></b>  

I've always bought Asus boards. Overall they've been awesome with the exception of the K7M. The P2Bs and A7Vs were great.

I'm now looking into getting the A7S333 or the A7V333. I can't decide yet...

All my computers are Abit (KT7, KA7-100, and a socket 7 board I can't remember the name of) until ECS released the K7S5A, which I just couldn't pass up bang/buck wise. Got it a week after release for only 60 bucks.

Get the A7V333 with RAID not the A7S333... I BRIEFLY compared them so I am not positive but the A7V version looked to have more features...

AMD XP 1900+
A7V-333
Geforce 3 TI 200
PC2100 512MB

Before you buy one, check out the thread about the a7v333 and the 1800+. Mine is totally non-functional. I suggest the gigabyte board, since that is Tom's top rated board with the 333 chipset anyway.

If ur gonna use P3 than go for Intel D15EEA2 i got 1 and love it stable and best performer =)

"Giving Up is the step towards failure"

Um, there have been alot of reports of problems with Gigabyte's BIOS with their version of the KT333........

I would have to agree with all of these people, in general Asus and Abit are both good. MSI is also ok, and so is Tyan.

My least stable "quality" brand boards have all had Abit written on them. Having said that, I'm trying to buy an Abit board right now. They haven't been bad, just not as stable as say, my Intel boards.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Asus seems to be the most popular but don't they overclock the fsb on their boards before leaving the factory? I haven't read anything positive or negative about intel boards. I'm considering the d850emv2l...anyone have opinions on it?

the best overall board out there right now is gigabyte.
amazing how no one mentions one of the top 5 motherboard makers in the world. "Gigabyte GA-7VRXP: One of the Best" - tomshardware. and you can read about it here, <A HREF="http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020509/kt333..." target="_new">http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020509/kt333...;/A>

i have a gigabyte board i wouldn't buy a different brand ever. I like what they produce and it's by far very stable and coems bundled with a lot of stuff. no skimping from gigabyte!

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=9933" target="_new"> My Rig </A>

Can you show some proof? like links and such? otherwise what you suggest is misleading and a bunch of hotair?

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=9933" target="_new"> My Rig </A>

You have trouble with stability with Abit boards? Generally, I have found them hard to get dialed in especially with regard to AGP settings. Once dialed in Abit boards have been really stable and their overclocking ability is legendary.

I can't think of a good signature so I'll use this one.

Ok, but just remember, you asked for it.

http://www6.tomshardware.com/howto/01q4/011207/index.ht...

Also, there is at least one item under the Hardnews section, but that's updated daily with about 5 links each day, and I'm not going to bother manually searching for an item that is at least 1 week old to show there have been complaints about gigabytes compatibility problems.

lol! that has to do with dual bios .. considering if you mess up an abit board with out dual bios you have no recovery option .. so your arguement is misleading once again .... i read that and you know what? Here is the conclusion!!!

"Conclusion: Less Burden and Costs for Support

In our last comparison, the fact that dual BIOS gives users more room to flash and modify BIOS was downplayed. When an error occurs while flashing, dual BIOS gives users the chance to restore the original BIOS without a lot of hassle. For standard mainboards without dual BIOS, if an error occurs during a flash procedure, then the only option is to send it back to the manufacturer. "

lol what crap dude! This is your rhetoric and false accusations and stuff that you made up. there is no compatibility problems? what are you talking about?

<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/mysystemrig.html?id=9933" target="_new"> My Rig </A>

Well, you have to remember that Intel motherboards are not supposed to be overclockable.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

My LX6 didn't run with stability with most AGP cards. I sold it with a PCI card. My BE6-II won't even boot unless I set the memory at it's slowest timings, and I'm using Crucial Cas2.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Right now, I'll stick with the Asus A7V266-e. I'm waiting for a 333 board to rise to the top (but from what I've seen the Iwill looks good).

JCC

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EPOX 8k3a+ here
sweet board. nuff said :smile:

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