Z55_Dan Posted November 24, 2005 Posted November 24, 2005 I need some help picking out a board for a 3200 venice chip. The pc will not be used for gaming, just a fast computer for internet, word processing, and entertainment stuff. Basically I'm just looking for a stable, reliable board. Oh yea, overclocks will be minimal if at all. And I'd like to keep price under$135 or so. Thanks Dan Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
BTSchnarfy Posted November 24, 2005 Posted November 24, 2005 MSI Neo4 Platty I've never personally used this board, but I've heard many good things about it. It's just under your budget, will be fast thanks to the NF4 Ultra chipset, and if it ever is called upon to overclock it will not disappoint. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hardnrg Posted November 24, 2005 Posted November 24, 2005 i can't knock msi for reliability *touch wood* i got 2 msi mobos running solid for years here Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ostate21 Posted November 24, 2005 Posted November 24, 2005 MSI Neo4 Platty I've never personally used this board, but I've heard many good things about it. It's just under your budget, will be fast thanks to the NF4 Ultra chipset, and if it ever is called upon to overclock it will not disappoint. 583316[/snapback] Yeah I agree that MSI board is the way to go! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kamikaze_Badger Posted November 24, 2005 Posted November 24, 2005 (edited) I've had bad experience with two MSI boards just failing on me (one even had the magic smoke come out of it). Get a DFI Infinity or LAN Party. Edited November 24, 2005 by Kamikaze_Badger Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DECwakeboarder Posted November 24, 2005 Posted November 24, 2005 MSI is great...I'd go lanparty if you have some ram that can take the volts though. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
E Fudd Posted November 27, 2005 Posted November 27, 2005 (edited) MSI Neo 4 is every bit as good as the Neo 2 it runs like a clock - Edited November 30, 2005 by E Fudd Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waco Posted November 27, 2005 Posted November 27, 2005 The Chaintech VFN4 has been good to me in all the builds I've used it with (minimum 300 fsb overclock on a total of 7 boards so far, that's quite a track record IMHO). Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted November 27, 2005 Posted November 27, 2005 if you want something solid, reliable and don't want to OC a whole lot try gigabyte. I give them higher marks than MSI on the reliable dept, maybe even higher than DFI (mostly because of users f'n up thier DFI's) but lower than MSI or DFI on overclocking. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoArmistead Posted November 27, 2005 Posted November 27, 2005 I was pleasently surprised with a gigabyte that a buddy of mine got for his budget rig. He was able to get a very good OC out of it with his 3200 venice. I'm not sure which board it was, but it ran him around $70ish dollars. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
domenicz24 Posted November 27, 2005 Posted November 27, 2005 I've ALWAYS been a die-hard ASUS fan for the longest time. But when it came time for me to upgrade to 64-bit, I wanted something under $140, so I chose the ABIT line of boards, only for the fact that ASUS boards were having MANY problems with the chipset fans going bad and frying motherboards once the chipset overheated. It happened to my friends ASUS board and I had to research and think long and hard what was the best bang for buck. I decided to go with the ABIT AN8-SLI, for the fact that it uses the silent Q-OTES heatpipe cooling for the chipset, has SLI, and it cost $129!!! Plus, as you can see in my sig, I overclocked the hell out of my Athlon 64 3200+ processor. So for $129, I'd recommend the ABIT AN8-SLI. I've also heard great things about the MSI Neo4 boards, but I've never had any experience with them. I'm more than happy with my ABIT AN8-SLI. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigred Posted November 27, 2005 Posted November 27, 2005 Abit's are having similar problems to Asus. both companies lost thier top designers to DFI, both companies still swear by chipset fans, and worse yet for Abit, they're actually a division of Hseng Tech.. AKA ECS, PC Chips, Matsonic, Amptron, Soyo, and many other low quality boards. I wish you the best of luck when the Q-OTES dies on you... cuz it will, and it will trash your mobo Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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