Asrock?

[itsme]

So, some think Asrock are not very good, well I beg to disagree
Still my No1 PC

Crunching 12/24>7/365

Built it on the 14/09/03

Never crashed> Never let me down>Never upgraded>

Asrock K7S8X SKT A- MOBO

Athlon XP2400-CPU + Cooler running at 2.07 Ghz

512 pci 2100 RAM Corsair

Jupiter full tower case 350w psu

Seagate 120G HDD 7200 IDE

FX5200 8X 128MB AGP G/C

Liteon DVD RW-+

Liteon DVD ROM

 

[psd99]

nice!!!!

i got the same gfx as u!

I was going to get an asrock mobo, but i was put off by the only 3 pci slots!

 

[itsme]

nice!!!!

i got the same gfx as u!

I was going to get an asrock mobo, but i was put off by the only 3 pci slots!

Mine has 5 PCI Slots

 

[Adywebb]

Although Asrock is the 'cheaper' brand of Asus, some of the boards have had some good reviews, particularly the Socket 939 Dual Sata II

 

[itsme]

Although Asrock is the 'cheaper' brand of Asus, some of the boards have had some good reviews, particularly the Socket 939 Dual Sata II

I now use Asus A7V600-X Skt A on new lower end System builds

 

[floppybootstomp]

Lemme see, four systems here, main one is DFI Lan Party Ultra B Nvidia 2 chipset.

All the other 3 are Asrock boards.

939 Dual SATA II with AMD 64 3200
K7NF2-RAID with an XP3200 and SATA RAID 0
K7VT4-4X with an XP2400.

That last one is two or three years old and crunched 24/7 all it's life up to a month or two ago. It's now my Suse 10/Mandriva 2006/Windows 98 machine.

Asrock make good, cheap no-frills motherboards, I'd recommend them within their limitations. Very few have Firewire, for instance.

They are, after all, a subsidary of Asus

It would seem, itsme, this is one of those rare occasions when we are in accord

 

[Adywebb]

Flops, I am thinking of using the 939 Dual Sata II as part of a budget system for a friend after reading good reports as a budget board - as a user, would you go as far as recommending it?

 

[floppybootstomp]

Flops, I am thinking of using the 939 Dual Sata II as part of a budget system for a friend after reading good reports as a budget board - as a user, would you go as far as recommending it?

Yes I've had no problems with it although the first thing I done was update the Bios.

It's the basis of my daughter's machine. When I upgraded my vid card I put my old 9800 Pro in her machine and it seemed a bit of a waste as the AGP slot in her board at the time was only 4 X.

So, all I bought was the board and a 939 processor and I got instant 64 Bitness.

As you probably know, it has AGP and pci-e slots so if you're on a budget, it can stagger your upgrade, which is economically attractive.

It has no hardware monitor software with it, btw, so I used Speedfan, a freebie program.

 

[ChristopherP]

I now use Asus A7V600-X Skt A on new lower end System builds

I only use Socket 754 for new customer budget builds now...

 

[itsme]

It would seem, itsme, this is one of those rare occasions when we are in accord

I knew I would convert you one-day

 

[floppybootstomp]

I only use Socket 754 for new customer budget builds now...

Why? That means all your builds have built in obsolescence.

I suppose that keeps them budget but I reckon socket 939 will have a longer future than 754.

 

[itsme]

Socket 754

They are good but until Skt A becomes obsolete [won`t be long now] I will carry on regardless I find Skt A very reliable> all the PCs I have built> have never had one returned/complaint or to repair after completion after the end its socket 939

 

[muckshifter]

So, some think Asrock are not very good, well I beg to disagree ...

Disagree all you like, I personally don't like them.

But then Asus were very clever in branding the name for their 'cheaper' boards ... PCChips did the same with ECS and I don't like them either.

As we ALL know, it doesn't matter what "brand" you buy ... they ALL have failures.

I once took a course change 3 years ago and bought an Asus board, it failed ... I got it replaced with an MSI ... that MSI gForce2 Skt A is/was my main PC until I bought my new Asus system. However, it will be back up and running as soon as my little brother remembers to bring me a new case for it.

Now this is the time we go off topic ...


I can''t stand Cadberies chocolate.

 

[itsme]

Now this is the time we go off topic ...

What! topic! or kit kat!

I can''t stand Cadberies chocolate.

Nor I, I prefer Cadbury`s myself

 

[floppybootstomp]

Funny that, Mucks, personally I don't like MSI boards, ever since two upped and died on me in a one year period.

I have tried a lot of different motherboards and I can say, hand on heart, I'm impressed with Asrock.

All told, only brands I'll entertain right now are Asus, Asrock & DFI. Apart from specialist boards of course, dual CPU & the like.

And 'Cadberies' is spelt 'Cadburys'

 

[muckshifter]

Spell how you like ... rubbish chocolate.




Just knew you would comment on the MSI s ...

Just goes to show ... every manufacturer has had failures.

 

[PotGuy]

i have an hp generic msi board and it is slow and crap.

 

[muckshifter]

i have an hp generic msi board and it is slow and crap.

It is not the MB, but HP.

 

[chelseafc2005]

well i personally dont like msi because i had three of the same board fail on me in year! so now i have an auss board in my system and have had no problems with it