Socket 754 Motherboard

[Derek Baker]

Just about to upgrade. Most common brands here are Asus, Gigabyte and MSI.

Any problems with these? Any preferences?


Thanks

 

[The Chief]

Tom's Hardware is only one of several sites with MB reviews. Here's a
link to Tom's:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040420/index.html

 

[Derek Baker]

Tom's Hardware is only one of several sites with MB reviews. Here's a
link to Tom's:

http://www6.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040420/index.html

Thanks, but that has the Nforce150, I'm thinking of a 250.

 

[The Chief]

P.S.

I went with the MSI K8T Neo FSR (no fire wire, only 2 SATA ports) based

 

[Derek Baker]

Thanks, but that has the Nforce150, I'm thinking of a 250.

Ignore that: proof you shouldn't post with a headache.

 

[The Chief]

There must be something wrong with your internet. When I go to that
page, the title of the review is:

"New and Improved: NVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb Chipset"

Where do you see "150"?

 

[Derek Baker]

There must be something wrong with your internet. When I go to that
page, the title of the review is:

"New and Improved: NVIDIA nForce3 250 Gb Chipset"

Where do you see "150"?

See my reply to that post of mine.

 

[Derek Baker]

P.S.

I went with the MSI K8T Neo FSR (no fire wire, only 2 SATA ports)
based on Tom's reviews and I am very happy with the system. In fact,
I even bought a second one for my wife!

I'm leaning toward the MSI K8N Neo Platinum.

 

[johny]

Myself is running MSI K8T Neo FS2R, and myself is pretty happy with the
mobo.

 

[Spock]

johny wrote:
:: Myself is running MSI K8T Neo FS2R, and myself is pretty happy with
:: the mobo.
::
::
I'm considering the above board, just looking at the manual I downloaded, it
says on p2.9 'plugging memories in DIMM1 AND DIMM2 makes the system reach
optimum performance' ?? So if I want 1 Gig of RAM do I use 2 x 512MB dimms
OR 1 x 1 GB dimm ?? 1 dimm would be preferable for possible future
upgading, rather than using 2 slots (of the 3). I'm slightly confused.

Mike

 

[Wes Newell]

johny wrote:
:: Myself is running MSI K8T Neo FS2R, and myself is pretty happy with
:: the mobo.
::
::
I'm considering the above board, just looking at the manual I downloaded, it
says on p2.9 'plugging memories in DIMM1 AND DIMM2 makes the system reach
optimum performance' ?? So if I want 1 Gig of RAM do I use 2 x 512MB dimms
OR 1 x 1 GB dimm ?? 1 dimm would be preferable for possible future
upgading, rather than using 2 slots (of the 3). I'm slightly confused.

Socket 754 (assuming that's what you're talking about from subject line)
only supports 1 channel. It would not benefit from 2 memory sticks.

 

[Spock]

Wes Newell wrote:
:: On Sat, 31 Jul 2004 12:26:37 +0000, Spock wrote:
::
::: johny wrote:
::::: Myself is running MSI K8T Neo FS2R, and myself is pretty happy
::::: with the mobo.
:::::
:::::
::: I'm considering the above board, just looking at the manual I
::: downloaded, it says on p2.9 'plugging memories in DIMM1 AND DIMM2
::: makes the system reach optimum performance' ?? So if I want 1 Gig
::: of RAM do I use 2 x 512MB dimms OR 1 x 1 GB dimm ?? 1 dimm would
::: be preferable for possible future upgading, rather than using 2
::: slots (of the 3). I'm slightly confused.
:::
:: Socket 754 (assuming that's what you're talking about from subject
:: line) only supports 1 channel. It would not benefit from 2 memory
:: sticks.
::

So why does the manual state "'plugging memories in DIMM1 AND DIMM2
makes the system reach optimum performance" ??
Mike

 

[Wes Newell]

So why does the manual state "'plugging memories in DIMM1 AND DIMM2
makes the system reach optimum performance" ??

You'd have to ask whomever wrote it I guess. Could be they're talking
about 4 way interleaving, but I wouldn't consider that enough to even
worry about and you should be able to enable it with just 1 dimm.

http://www.rojakpot.com/default.aspx?location=8&var1=0&var2=87

 

[Juergen Kluth]

HI,
http://www.de.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040525/a64-speichermodule-26.html
is also a check for ddram mobo compatibility
If you dont understand german
asus is most kompatible.
regards jk

 

[Derek Baker]

HI,
http://www.de.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040525/a64-speichermodule-26.html
is also a check for ddram mobo compatibility
If you dont understand german
asus is most kompatible.
regards jk

Or look here for the English version:
http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040602/index.html

 

[Derek Baker]

http://www.de.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040525/a64-speichermodule-26.html

Or look here for the English version:
http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20040602/index.html

BTW Thanks jk, I didn't know there were problems with double-sided DIMMs on
the Athlon64.