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General Forums => Hardware and Software => Topic started by: Vipermann on November 10, 2003, 01:10:46 PM

Title: Choices Choices
Post by: Vipermann on November 10, 2003, 01:10:46 PM

Gigabyte GA7 NNXP
Athlon XP 3000

or

Gigabyte GA-8KNXP
P4 3.0GHZ 800FSB

or

Abit IC7 MAX3
P4 3.0GHZ 800FSB

which would you choose?

Will be used with Radeon 9800XT
dual WD Raptor 10k rpm HDD in RAID 0

Which will be faster overall?

Title: Re: Choices Choices
Post by: mrblack on November 10, 2003, 03:28:17 PM

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Originally posted by Vipermann
Gigabyte GA7 NNXP
Athlon XP 3000

or

Gigabyte GA-8KNXP
P4 3.0GHZ 800FSB

or

Abit IC7 MAX3
P4 3.0GHZ 800FSB

which would you choose?

Will be used with Radeon 9800XT
dual WD Raptor 10k rpm HDD in RAID 0

Which will be faster overall?

The Abit will be faster.
I know I had one till I blew it up LOL.

You might look at the Ausu as well I am using one of there boards now and it seems to be really good.

P4P800
125.00 at http://www.newegg.com

Title: Choices Choices
Post by: bloom25 on November 10, 2003, 04:36:02 PM

I don't like Gigabyte boards.  They always get good reviews (bribes? ;) ), but I've never been impressed with them.  I've used 3 Gigabyte boards in the past 2 years and all 3 had annoying minor issues that took me a few days to resolve after I built them.

My picks would be Asus, Abit, and sometimes MSI.  

Abit boards are typically the best overclocking boards, but they have their faults.  They tend to use fans to cool key motherboard components, which unfortunately tend to fail after about a year.  (It also adds noise.)  In the past they were also known to use poor quality capacitors.  Asus boards are typically very well built and are usually the fastest boards at stock speeds, but they aren't quite as good for overclocking as Abit's boards.  They are also the most expensive.  MSI boards are simply a good value.