CRAIGFIN

I'm thinking of getting a MSI motherboard as I want a Socket 939 in Micro ATX format. They are very, very hard to find so I'm looking at one of these below.

RX480M2

RS480M2

Any opinions on the ATI chipset or even where I can get one?

Cheers,

Craig.

CRAIGFIN

......while your there, what about these two from Gigabyte??

GA-K8NMF-9

GA-K8A480M-9

CRAIGFIN

Here's an updated list of all the boards I've found.

I'm after a Micro ATX motherboard with Socket 939 fitment. There are a few out there that I have found. I'm not particularly brand concious but want the best performer coupled with a AMD Athlon 64 3000 "Venice". They all have roughly the spec I want but I'm not sure about the best chipset. Can anyone advise me of the best motherboard?

Gigabyte GA-K8A480M-9

Gigabyte GA-K8NMF-9

MSI M56K9-MLF

MSI RS480M2-IL

MSI RX480M2-IL

Asrock 939S56-M

Asrock 939A8X-M

What about the Foxconn motherboards, are they anygood?

Any advice appreciated.

Craig.

200+

TBH I personally stick with ASUS boards, started off on them years ago then decided to try a few others, cant remember exactally what
I know one of them was a Gigibyte it had a pile of features but wasnt stable....found out it wasn't just me after installing it and searching for help with some of the errors Pretty sure another I tried was MSI but cant remember much about it !

Maybe there is no such thing as a bad board ATM ?

I would probably go for this one

CRAIGFIN

200+

I totally agree with you about ASUS boards as I'm running one at the moment, I think they are great. The problem is that they don't make a Micro ATX board with Socket 939. I can't find one anywhere.

Craig.

_Meridian_

iTrader: (1)

Foxconn are poor. ASRock are VERY poor. MSI are better than Gigabyte.


M

john_s

iTrader: (1)

I've tended to stick with MSI, Abit, or Asus motherboards, and all seem pretty decent.

This PC's got an MSI board, and it's given me no trouble at all.

John.

Fuchsrohre

Another vote for Asus from me

Gigabyte next on list

I've had bad times repeatedly with MSI boards - overheating little ba$tards with AthlonXP chips.

CRAIGFIN

I think that MSI is favourite at the minute.....it's a shame that ASUS don't make a Micro ATX socket 939

DrEvil

If you go MSI be sure to check the memory QVL, they can be quite fussy with memory makes/models etc..

Shame ASUS don't have much on offer, isn't ASRock their budget company?

Happy hunting.

jjones

1 msi dead on arrival.
then the replacement had problems with one of the ram slots giving up the ghost after 12 months.

never had problem with asus (also had a gigabyte one and it worked fine).

jaytc2003

iTrader: (1)

msi, abit, asus and dfi are the best, gigabyte in my personal experience are very unstable (had quite a few throughtout the years, different chipsets but same conclusion), asus and dfi for overclockability. Epox (if they are still going are very unstable as well imho), Forget Asrock not made a decent board yet

Daz34

2 for me.

EddScott

I've got a DFI Lanparty, the exact model name escapes me but I like to fiddle hence my choice

ScoobyDoo555

Another vote for Asus, not overly impressed with Gigabyte (had a bad experience), and thoroughly p1ssed pff with Asrock - the greatest POS I've ever had the misfortune to buy......

Dan