939 motherboard chipsets

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Looking to upgrade with a 939 motherboard. Any recommendations on which
chipsets to either avoid or obtain with regards to ease of installation?

OS's being used are XP and Mandriva 2006
 
Looking to upgrade with a 939 motherboard. Any recommendations on which
chipsets to either avoid or obtain with regards to ease of installation?
OS's being used are XP and Mandriva 2006
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Nvidia S939 chipsets tend to have less issues than those with VIA
ones, etc. We are a computer dealer and speak from experience.
 
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Nvidia S939 chipsets tend to have less issues than those with VIA
ones, etc. We are a computer dealer and speak from experience.
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My research bore out the same when I was investigating purchasing a S939
motherboard, and I've been very pleased.
 
Looking to upgrade with a 939 motherboard. Any recommendations on
Any particular series?
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We are a dealer and have had good success with the ASUS A8N-E and
A8N-SLI series.
 
Jim said:
Any particular series?
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Nforce 4 is the latest.

Nvidia NForce 4 come in 3 flavours,
Nforce 4
Nforce 4 Ultra
Nforce 4 SLI

See which version provides the performance what you need , and decide on
Mobo thats got the hardware built in what you need.
Choose good companies for support and relaiblitiy etc. Asus, Msi, Gigayte
etc etc........
Tomshardware should have some info chipset tech.
There`s also plenty of Mobo reviews kicking about.
Regards.
Graham..
 
We are a dealer and have had good success with the ASUS A8N-E and
A8N-SLI series.
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I've been looking at those... (sorry to hijack thread here), but I've
seen tons of forum postings of bad fans on the mobo... pretty much
wanna replace the fans before even installing the board in your case..

Making me stear clear of the Asus boards even though in all other
respects, they seem great!

-Tony!-
 
Tony said:
I've been looking at those... (sorry to hijack thread here), but I've
seen tons of forum postings of bad fans on the mobo... pretty much
wanna replace the fans before even installing the board in your case..

Making me stear clear of the Asus boards even though in all other
respects, they seem great!
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I avoid all 939 motherboards with motherboard fans. Of course, that rules
out most of them, but I'd rather have a honking heatsink than to have to
fiddle around with those cheap, noisy little fans.
 
Looking to upgrade with a 939 motherboard. Any recommendations on
I've been looking at those... (sorry to hijack thread here), but I've
seen tons of forum postings of bad fans on the mobo... pretty much
wanna replace the fans before even installing the board in your case..
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ASUS has a new fan design on the A8N-E board which is quieter.
We have not had any customers report any problems with those
like we have seen with the old fan.
 
After reading up on SLI for the A8N's, I thought for an average gamer
and home video editing, I would not need SLI.. Because of the SLI
function, the price of the mobo is hitting >200.

I am building my home computer that should be work for me for at least
next 3 years.

Can somebody tell me if SLI is just a good idea or is it a have-to-have
for a mobo??
 
After reading up on SLI for the A8N's, I thought for an average gamer
and home video editing, I would not need SLI.. Because of the SLI
function, the price of the mobo is hitting >200.
I am building my home computer that should be work for me for at least
next 3 years. Can somebody tell me if SLI is just a good idea or is it a
have-to-have
for a mobo??
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SLI is overrated for the average gamer.
 
After reading up on SLI for the A8N's, I thought for an average gamer
and home video editing, I would not need SLI.. Because of the SLI
function, the price of the mobo is hitting >200.

I am building my home computer that should be work for me for at least
next 3 years.

Can somebody tell me if SLI is just a good idea or is it a have-to-have
for a mobo??
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I wouldn't bother with Sli. I've watched loads of people building
with Sli boards saying that they will add another graphics card at a
later date and of course they never do. It's a waste of money. Get a
non-Sli board and a high end graphics card.

Ann
 
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