What Motherboards would you suggest?

[Vorkapitan]

Hi All,

I am upgrading to PCI express and am wondering what MB to get. I have 2 Corsair mached pair of 512 meg mems. I want to go to 2 gig mem.(using 2 more Corsair mems)

Any objective ideas are welcome. :lol:

[Gizzmoe]

What CPU do you have (socket type)? Do you want an SLI-capable board?

[Vorkapitan]

Gizzmoe,

From what I read, 993 socket. I'm not sure what SLI is.

:oops:

[tycho102]

Word is that the socket 775 Intel chipset mainboards (the 975 and the 965 chipsets, but don't "quote" me on that because it's been a decade since I last bought an Intel machine) which can handle the Core 2 Duo, will also be able to handle the Quad-Core Duo. The processor is basically just two Core 2 Duo processors on the same flip-chip, but it's still four physical processors, along with the hyper-threading virtual stuff.

Plus, the Core 2 Duo shows decent overclocking and significant performance improvements with current games. I guess Intel finally got their compliers pulled out of their arse and it really helps prevent cache misses in the pipeline.



So, I have been a Athlon/Opteron kid for a long, long time.......I'm kind of leaning toward the Core 2 Duo boards.

I personally have good experience with Asus. Far be it for me to actually become a brand-name fanboy, I have had poor experience with Gigabyte and Iwill, and excellent experience with Asus. So I'm going to recommend an Asus board, whatever you get; Athlon (socket 939) or Core 2 Duo.

Concerning chipsets, I do tend to shy away from VIA. I just have never really had good experience with their chipsets (the KT133, KT133A, KT400). If you go Core 2 Duo, get Intel chipsets. Preferably the 975.

[WutWuzDat]

I've haven't had any problem with my Gigabyte board.

[Vorkapitan]

Thanks All for your input.....it seems things are getting more complicated to make a choice. But also there are many choices now! :know: