MSI or Asus Mobo?

[Curry Viking]

Hey, i'm deciding between these two mobos

ASUS A8N-E Socket 939 nForce 4

and

MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum

In your opinions, which is a better board for gaming?
I was thinking the MSI because then i can stick a couple of SATA II hard drives in their.

Thanks in advance

 

[Apokalipse]

personally I'd get the MSI
they've been known for good overclocking aswell

 

[filocardhustler]

hehe, Chris this thread had your name written all over itm I'm not gonna back ASUS just for the sake of doing it. DFI make an excellent board as well.

 

[Apokalipse]

Asus's recent A8N boards have kinda redeemed Asus in my eyes, but they did have a pretty bad track record a while ago

that being said, I still recommend the MSI board. they are stable, have lots of features (including SATA II) and being a good overclocker

 

[filocardhustler]

I don't see why Asus is hated as much as it is, I speak from experience of owning both an ASUS mobo and GPU with no problems in either. I also admit that it's not the best board but it deserves more credit than it gets.

I agree the A8N series rock.

 

[Apokalipse]

I'm talking about before their K8 boards. they had a pretty bad run with a lot of socket A and socket 478 boards.
I think they used to use cheap capacitors which didn't last very long, but they have changed the capacitors they use now.

 

[PanzerKammander]

DFI

 

[FghtinIrshNvrDi]

MSI. I'm running one right now very happily. I think they loaded the platinum bios onto my motherboard or something. The overclocking features are endless.

Ryan