Are the lanparty motherboards noob friendly, even OCing?

[Smirkus]

I just want a good straightforward board that will teach me the ways of computes, but not school me at it............

 

After doing tons of homework on building a computer for the first time I have a few things set-the case, vga, psu, optical drives etc. however, the ram cpu and motherboard decisions have been giving me tons of trouble and like Kerry I keep flip flopping damnit! I want an x2 cpu so am either going to get the 3800+ and OC it (but am totally terrified of doing that since even if I do a mild OC I will have to mess with voltages and ram and fsb crap which despite hours of reading I still don't fully get) or the 4200 which I will leave at stock.

 

I like the Lanparty boards because everyone says they are reliable and generally can just do a lot, and there is great tech help for em on forums like street. BUT Are they really user friendly boards?? I read these are not 'plug and play' boards, which I interpret as spending hours and hours trying to get my floppy disk read, or my cpu recognized, or ram to its proper settings....something I don't have the knowledge to set right much less tweak.

 

I like the Lanparty UT Ultra-D, would you recomend that to a noob building a computer for the first time? Or honestly would you recomend another board that is easier to use, like say the epox 9npa+ or some asus a8n board?

 

I think I might want to try and OC a 3800+ to a 4200+ spec (200mhz more) would a noob be able to pull that off with basic corsair low latency ram (2-3-3-6 timings, model Twinx2048-3200c2pt) and a bit more research? Since I think lower latency ram is better than higher timings but faster ram...at that point it gets really confusing for me and complicated.

 

I just want a mobo that I will understand, and might allow me to do some minor OCing. Is the Ultra D the board for me?

[lowboy]

If you do your research on recommended components and use the build guide should have no problems. If you don't do the research and don't follow the build guide and buy value rated components the board could eat you up. If you are willing to study up and learn should work fine and you will have knowledge that you can handle any board out there. But if you are looking for a easy do nothing sort of board that anyone could run this is not it. These boards are made to overclock and be the best the best overclockers out there. They are not made to be easy.

[johnnyMon]

If you buy the components that are recognized on this site, and overclock using the methods posted here, you should be fine. The first one is easy, the second one takes more effort.

 

I bought recommended components, and my board booted up fine the first time. I had a problem with my PSU, but once I learned that it needed more of a load than just the mobo, CPU and RAM, and put some fans and two DVD drives on it, it started right up. Everything else has been easy, because I did my homework about which drivers to download. This took a few hours, but was fun. I'm up and running on Windows on stock settings and the board is completely stable.

 

This weekend I'm going to overclock for the first time, and am a bit intimidated. But I've read and re-read the overclocking guide here, and I know I can do it. It will just take time.

 

If you really want only a small amount of overclock, and also don't really want to learn about the different settings and what they do - if that isn't fun for you - then maybe get an Asus A8N-SLI Premium or another board that has automatic overclocking settings (double-check that Asus board before buying to make sure this is the case). But if you're willing to spend some time on it, definitely go for the Ultra-D board and take your time and it will all be good. (If you'll run two video cards, get the SLI-D or Expert instead.)

 

After spending a month on DFI-Street, I personally wouldn't want any other board than DFI.

[Redbeaver]

answer: no theyre not noob friendly at all.

 

solution: stick around this forum, we'll help u out

[LazyBum]

Are these boards noob friendly? No, not at all

But are they the best overclockers around? You bet your butt

 

I had some overclocking and system building experience before with Asus boards, and my first DFI was a bit intimidating. But after spending a bit of time, (OK a lot of time!) reading these boards, I have learned a ton more about putting a quality rig together.

 

If you are willing to put some time into it, the DFI boards will give you the best performance, bar none, but if you just want to slap some parts together and forget about it, it may not be the easiest board for you.

 

Honestly, for a pretty pain free setup the most important part is ordering the right components. Find a rig in the stock speed database with the same equipment as yours, print it out and use that for baseline settings and you should be golden. Read up on overclocking, this site has a huge amount of info, and when you are ready, there are tons of entries in the OC database for you to look at. Compare the stock speed setup with the OC setup, and work your way up in small increments, testing after each change.

Sounds like a PITA, but it is really addictive :shake: :nod:

[Smoken Joe]

Completly new builds are easy the best of the best is layed ot and there is not a lot of the moe bony is better BS here. I would get the ultra D myself and all the recomended parts no you are not garenteed a good overclock wbut tithe quality oarts and following the guide it is very stratiforueard.

 

 

It is not the n00bs that have issues it is the instant experts that are above learning.

 

 

I have never seen a site more dedicated to helping people get running and overclocking if they so desire. If you are not needing the bleeding edge or just play there feel free getting the Asus MSi or Abit they had OK computers that usualy ae a litte mire value vram frendly etc just doent expect the serious level of support you can get her and from the serious overcloking sites.