Well I have been out of the mix for a while over seas and now I am looking into a new mobo.

What would you get and why?
I'm going 2X on the vid and something AMD 939



Thanks for the input!

Go with DFI LAN PARTY THE BEST

Good luck

Quote: Originally Posted by UNCtarHOE Well I have been out of the mix for a while over seas and now I am looking into a new mobo. What would you get and why? I'm going 2X on the vid and something AMD 939 Thanks for the input!

DFI is good, yes, but i prefer ASUS. check out this one
I don't know if its in your price, but you definately get what you pay for

Quote: Originally Posted by OCBeats DFI is good, yes, but i prefer ASUS. check out this one I don't know if its in your price, but you definately get what you pay for

DFI is THE BEST for Overclocking, there are some ASUS models that do very well, but for the hardcore crowd that likes to tweak everything, nothing can touch a DFI.

Is there some specific reason you are going for 939?

AM-2 is slightly faster at the same clock speeds, and has a much longer upgrade path, it looks like it will support Quad core and DDR-3 when they come out eventually...

The AM-2 CPU's are overclocking VERY nicely (3GHZ seems to be rather common with good cooling) much better than your average 939 CPU (Short of the Opterons)

If you want a good board and don't plan any hardcore overclocking ASUS is your best bet, but if you like to realy push thing hard, I would get the DFI LP SLI D like I use, or the Expert version (The expert has a few glitches with memory compatability though, so choose RAM carefully)

If you do go the AM2 route I would recomend using a Biostar motherboard. They are incredibly good at oc'ing and are cheap to boot. Short of blowing a ton of money on a DFI or top of the line Asus theres nothing that can beat it. (AFAIK anyways )

Thanks for the help everyone.I was going for a 939 due to a CPU I have 2X4200 AMD.

I have looked at the ASUS and I like them allot. I will do more surfing and see what I can come up with

I'm partial to things that are quiet or can be modded to be quiet.

If you're going to overclock then go with a DFI LanParty UT with Nvidia SLI or a MSI Neo4 Diamond SLI. both can be modded to be more quiet, but would cost $10-$40 depending on the air cooling mod.

If you're not going to overclock you could go for the Asus A8N-SLI Premium for the silent cooling.

DON'T Buy a S939 system.

This is a good o/cing board for AM2
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16813136015

I'm still inclined to recommend a Conroe/Allendale system, better preformance.

Zaltan, If he were building brand new system and did not have any parts to begin with, then yes, I would reccomend Conroe first, then AM2.

But he allready has an X-2 CPU, and does not have alot of money to spend.

939 is still a good viable platform, and still makes for a fast gaming computer, it should be good for another year or two before it becomes so slow that he needs to upgrade.

You can spend lots of money on a fast CPU, and stick a medium to slow video card in it, and it will not play games well, or you can save a bit of money on the CPU and spend it on a good video card..that will kick the other ones ass any day of the week!