Grrr! Fed up with current mobo, need a recommendation!

[Richard M]

I run an Asus A8V Deluxe (very early Rev 1) mobo at the moment, and it's driving me up the wall - every time I start to enjoy a nice game of Far Cry it crashes.
Don't even go there with trying to solve the problem, I know it's the mobo and it has been for nearly a year.

I need a replacement but it must have a spec like this:

Socket 939 for Athlon64
Dual Channel DDR (Corsair compatible preferred)
SATA (non-RAID preferred on this one, don't like ****ing about with floppy disks)
AGP port at 8x speed
5 PCI slots

I don't want or need onboard video or sound, it must have at least one 100MBit LAN port though.

Generally any good quality and stable s939 board will do, I'm leaving the performance aside until I get my dual ATI cards when they release the next-gen with their SLI-type chipset.
I'll spend up to £100 max, prefer £80 or less, thanks.

[jamesclarke555]

Back on topic

Go for an nForce 4 Ultra/SLI board m8, can't beat 'em.

[budwieser]

Lol @ Allie!!!!! Good Girl,! Go for it.

Much Respect!
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Originally Posted by Richard M

I run an Asus A8V Deluxe (very early Rev 1) mobo at the moment, and it's driving me up the wall - every time I start to enjoy a nice game of Far Cry it crashes.
Don't even go there with trying to solve the problem, I know it's the mobo and it has been for nearly a year.

I need a replacement but it must have a spec like this:

Socket 939 for Athlon64
Dual Channel DDR (Corsair compatible preferred)
SATA (non-RAID preferred on this one, don't like ****ing about with floppy disks)
AGP port at 8x speed
5 PCI slots

I don't want or need onboard video or sound, it must have at least one 100MBit LAN port though.

Generally any good quality and stable s939 board will do, I'm leaving the performance aside until I get my dual ATI cards when they release the next-gen with their SLI-type chipset.
I'll spend up to £100 max, prefer £80 or less, thanks.

Don`t forget the cost of the cpu also mate!.

[jamesclarke555]

Originally Posted by budwieser

Don`t forget the cost of the cpu also mate!.

He already has an Athlon 64 FX-53

[Richard M]

I give up.
I think I'll listen to Bifta, who recommended waiting for the ATI chipsets/graphics cards - you're probably right my man, I've lived with this board for a year so a few months more can't hurt that much.

[Ramrod]

I have the asus A8V-E Deluxe MOBO (as you know) and it's great
Def recommend it

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Richard M

I give up.
I think I'll listen to Bifta, who recommended waiting for the ATI chipsets/graphics cards - you're probably right my man, I've lived with this board for a year so a few months more can't hurt that much.

ATI X200

Apparently these are from someone at ATI

Here is a list of features and specs of this board. It's aimed squarely at the enthusiast and holds back no punches.

CPU Power Delivery:
-4 phase CPU power supply with the ability to deliver 170+ Amps
-provision for passive, water block or active air cooled mosfets (heatsink form factor is the same as the northbridge)
-voltage range to 2.7V but artificially clamped to 2.0V
-voltage increments as fine as 20 mV

Memory Power Delivery:
-upto 30 Amps delivery potential
-voltage range to 4.0V
-voltage increments as fine as 20 mV
-adjustable VTT (memory termination voltage) to +/- 10% of memory VDD

NB Power Delivery:
-NB core has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

HT Power Delivery:
- HT I/O has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

PCI-E 1.2V Power Delivery:
- PCI-E 1.2V I/O has it's own power rail with 4 discrete steps

PCI-E 1.8V Power Delivery:
- PCI-E 1.8V I/O has it's own power rail with 2 discrete steps

Board Features:

Onboard Devices:
-twin Silicon Image SI3132 SATA II w/ NCQ chips connected via PCI-E, each chip providing 2 SATA ports. (8 SATA ports total; 4 are SATAI and 4 are SATAII w/NCQ)
-Marvel Gigabit LAN connected via PCI-E
-one general purpose single lane PCI-E slot (provisioned for 1 more single lane general purpose slot if one SI3132 is not populated as a build option)
-Azalia audio support via SB450 using Realtek codec
-POST code LED display
-Firewire support with ViaVT6306
-VGA and DVI outputs via Radeon Xpress 200G (enabling upto 4 monitor outputs using an ATI add in card and ATI Surroundview)
-onboard power and reset switches
-onboard VID code LED display

Overclocking Options:
-HTT frequency upto 500 MHz
-All relevant memory timings and adjustments including support for new Rev E CPUs
-HT link ratios X1, X2, X3, X4,X5
-Independent PCI-E overclocking for the graphics bus

Thermal Monitoring:
-thermal monitoring of CPU power delivery circuitry, CPU, NB and ambient

[jamesclarke555]

I still say go for an nForce4 based board and I stand by it:

http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2...s/index.x?pg=1

[Raistlin]

Probably already got the CPU if he's planning to replace an existing board that is already running in his machine
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D'oh!! I really need to read the whole thread before I post.....

[budwieser]

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

He already has an Athlon 64 FX-53

Where does he state that he has an Athlon 64?

[jamesclarke555]

Originally Posted by budwieser

Where does he state that he has an Athlon 64?

Nowhere in this thread, I've got a good memory

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

I still say go for an nForce4 based board and I stand by it:

http://techreport.com/reviews/2005q2...s/index.x?pg=1

Not a great deal in it, the Nforce 4 creeps ahead in a majority of the tests, but take a look at the Ethernet CPU utilisation, 18.9%.
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Originally Posted by budwieser

Where does he state that he has an Athlon 64?

He's been using an Asus A8V, unless he's been pretending to play games on it due to a lack of a socket 939 processor I'd say it's fairly obvious he has one.

[budwieser]

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

Nowhere in this thread, I've got a good memory

Ah, You *******!!!!!!!!!! Theres me thinking i`m going more schizo than i already am!

[jamesclarke555]

Originally Posted by Bifta

Not a great deal in it, the Nforce 4 creeps ahead in a majority of the tests, but take a look at the Ethernet CPU utilisation, 18.9%.

Oh well, my Asus board has dual Gigabit LAN (nForce & Marvell)

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by jamesclarke555

Oh well, my Asus board has dual Gigabit LAN (nForce & Marvell)

It's only a minor problem anyway, they reckon it'll be fixed in a driver update and besides, a lot of people use their own NIC's.