I am building a computer from the ground up, and didnt know what mobo to use. I want an amd 2500 athlon and wondered what the best board would be, a RELIABLE, EASY to use board. any suggestions???
Ok if ur getting a AMD bord I would go ASUS i wanted a asus but coudnt find 1 But also i found out that AOpen is really good if ur building a gaming machine get a nForce chipset best for amd gamming if u cant find the nForce 2 get a Kt400 i think Kt600 is for gamming 2 I dont really know much abiout kt600 but member Asus is the best 2nd is Aopen :-D
which asus board should it be, i was looking at the a7n8x, but a lot of people use the deluxe version. what would be the benefits of using the deluxe board?
I personally would look to the ABIT NF7-S 2.0, but if you're an absolute ASUS freak, go for the A7N8X instead. If you prefer VIA over NVIDIA, look for the ABIT KV7 or the ASUS A7V600.
which asus board should it be, i was looking at the a7n8x, but a lot of people use the deluxe version. what would be the benefits of using the deluxe board?
MCP-T Southbridge on the Deluxe, as opposed to the MCP on the regular, which can be broken down into the following areas of which the Deluxe has that the regular doesn't:
- Support for 3D Dolby Digital 5.1 surround audio
- 2nd 3COM LAN controller
- Serial ATA/RAID controller
- Firewire serial bus
an excellent asus board is the a7n8x-E deluxe. it is an amazing board with all the features of the a7n8x-deluxe plus gigabit NIC. it offer superior performance:
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for a budget gaming computer with no integrated video the M7NCD PRO is a good choice. for video i would get at least a fx5600 or ati 9600.