What would you buy? (MOBO/CPU)

I am trying to decide between AMD and Pentium and after that the
following:

AMD:
1) FIC K8-800T K8T800 / VT8237 + Athlon 64 2800 or 3000 CPU
2) ECS - 755-A2 + ATHLON 64 2800+ or 3400 or 3400+ CPU
3) Gigabyte GA-K8VM800 + ATHLON 64 2800+ or 3000+ CPU
4) Chaintech SK8T800 + ATHLON 64 3400+ CPU
5) TidalWave W32 + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
6) Biostar K8VGA-M + AMD ATHLON 64 3400+ CPU
7) Gigabyte GA-K8NS + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
8) MSI - K8N Neo + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU

or PENTIUM:
1) ?ASRock? P4VT8 + Pentium 4 3.2GHz 1MB Cache Prescott W/HEATSINK
2) ASUS P4P800S + Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
3) ECS PM800-M2 + Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
4) SOYO P4VTE+ Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
5) ?ASRock? 775I65G+Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
6) Abit AS8 LGA775 + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
7) Gigabyte GA-8IPE775-G8 + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
8) ECS 915P-A ( 915PA ) + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU

or?????

Help will be appreciated.

Thanks

<oh@boy.com> wrote in message
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> I am trying to decide between AMD and Pentium and after that the
> following:
>
not bad, you narrowed it down to only 16 choices...

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:42:07 -0500, "George" <george@nospam.invalid>
wrote:

>not bad, you narrowed it down to only 16 choices...

Yah I Know,,,,I just thought one or two would jump out at someone as
either something to avoid or something to jump for.

Thanks anyway.



>

> 7) Gigabyte GA-K8NS + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU

From personal experience, never had a problem with two Gigabyte mb's.

I have no prejudice, but I can't see paying more for something if I can get
it for less with the same, or better, results and performance. AMD. Why
would anyone buy Intel?

<oh@boy.com> wrote in message
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> On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 14:42:07 -0500, "George" <george@nospam.invalid>
> wrote:
>
> >not bad, you narrowed it down to only 16 choices...
>
> Yah I Know,,,,I just thought one or two would jump out at someone as
> either something to avoid or something to jump for.

Without seeing the rest of the thread, I'd look for the following in a
mainboard...

- Socket 939 AMD64 compatible
- NON Via chipset
- Onboard gigabit NIC
- Onboard 6+ channel sound
- Sata onboard
- Firewire onboard
- USB 2

....and the nice to have's...

- PCIe slots
- Onboard nVidia video + AGP slot (so board can be reused later as server,
etc.)

I'd avoid ASRock and MSI and look at Asus or ECS (depending out how much
cash you have available)

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 21:13:42 GMT, "Noozer" <dont.spam@me.here> wrote:


>Without seeing the rest of the thread, I'd look for the following in a
>mainboard...
>
>- Socket 939 AMD64 compatible
>- NON Via chipset
>- Onboard gigabit NIC
>- Onboard 6+ channel sound
>- Sata onboard
>- Firewire onboard
>- USB 2
>
>...and the nice to have's...
>
>- PCIe slots
>- Onboard nVidia video + AGP slot (so board can be reused later as server,
>etc.)
>
>I'd avoid ASRock and MSI and look at Asus or ECS (depending out how much
>cash you have available)
>


Thanks

You don't like VIA?

On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 19:37:36 GMT, oh@boy.com wrote:

>I am trying to decide between AMD and Pentium and after that the
>following:
>
>AMD:
>1) FIC K8-800T K8T800 / VT8237 + Athlon 64 2800 or 3000 CPU
>2) ECS - 755-A2 + ATHLON 64 2800+ or 3400 or 3400+ CPU
>3) Gigabyte GA-K8VM800 + ATHLON 64 2800+ or 3000+ CPU
>4) Chaintech SK8T800 + ATHLON 64 3400+ CPU
>5) TidalWave W32 + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
>6) Biostar K8VGA-M + AMD ATHLON 64 3400+ CPU
>7) Gigabyte GA-K8NS + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
>8) MSI - K8N Neo + Athlon 64 3400+ CPU
>
>or PENTIUM:
>1) ?ASRock? P4VT8 + Pentium 4 3.2GHz 1MB Cache Prescott W/HEATSINK
>2) ASUS P4P800S + Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
>3) ECS PM800-M2 + Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
>4) SOYO P4VTE+ Pentium 4 3.2GHz Prescott
>5) ?ASRock? 775I65G+Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
>6) Abit AS8 LGA775 + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
>7) Gigabyte GA-8IPE775-G8 + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU
>8) ECS 915P-A ( 915PA ) + Pentium 4 540 3.2GHz CPU


K8N Neo combo

>or?????

Choose an nForce4 combo instead from abit, gigabyte, asus or
msi.

> >Without seeing the rest of the thread, I'd look for the following in a
> >mainboard...
> >
> >- Socket 939 AMD64 compatible
> >- NON Via chipset
> >- Onboard gigabit NIC
> >- Onboard 6+ channel sound
> >- Sata onboard
> >- Firewire onboard
> >- USB 2
> >
> >...and the nice to have's...
> >
> >- PCIe slots
> >- Onboard nVidia video + AGP slot (so board can be reused later as
server,
> >etc.)
> >
> >I'd avoid ASRock and MSI and look at Asus or ECS (depending out how much
> >cash you have available)

> Thanks
>
> You don't like VIA?

VIA is buggy, regardless of what anyone says. Just avoid the headache
whenever possible.

MSI makes an OK board, but for the price I find that the omit a lot of
features that you can find on cheaper and better boards.

"kony" wrote:
> oh@boy.com wrote:
> >or?????
>
> Choose an nForce4 combo instead from abit, gigabyte, asus, or
> msi.

Yep.

Jon

On Tue, 23 Nov 2004 08:15:00 -0800, "Jon Danniken"
<jonREMOVETHISdanniken@yahoo.com> wrote:

>"kony" wrote:
>> Choose an nForce4 combo instead from abit, gigabyte, asus, or
>> msi.
>
>Yep.
>
>Jon

OK guys.

I appreciate the advice. As you can guess I was at least in part
fishing for info. Nothing beats experience.

Anyway, I'll have to research nforce a little to see what nforce4
offers over nforce3 that might be advantageous for me,

Thanks again,