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PYROMANIAC
08-09-02, 04:42 AM
been shopping around for dually boards and the tiger mpx has had most of my attention..als looking at the msi k7dmaster...u guys have any suggestions on which board should make the cut?
EyelessFace
08-09-02, 08:25 AM
I ordered a K7D Master yesterday... from what people have said it is probably the best board to buy.
SickBoy
08-09-02, 09:31 AM
The MPX boards, at stock speeds, all perform about the same. The distingushing features are pretty much only what is included (onboard sound, LAN, working onboard USB, etc) and overclocking/tweaking options. If you just want a board to run your processors stock, the Tyan boards are just fine.

As far as OC options go, the MSI is king, for now.

sb
PYROMANIAC
08-09-02, 09:30 PM
what about stability...are the boards about equal or am i going to have problems with the mobo giving me fuss?

and the main reason i was leaning toward tyan is b/c of the onboard stuff...if its going to be a svr im not really gonna care how awesome the sound quality is.....
SickBoy
08-10-02, 02:16 PM
The K7D has onboard sound and the K7D-L has onboard sound and LAN, so it's just as good as the Tiger MPX as far as onboard stuff goes. The Thunder K7X has onboard SCSI and dual NICs and onboard ATI Rage XL graphics, but that board is in a different price class.

As for stability I can attest to the stability of the MSI. I have not had one crash, application lockup, or BSOD in 2.5 months of running 24/7 at full load (Folding@Home).

sb
Penguin4x4
08-10-02, 02:20 PM
The only way I can think of of breaking a Tyan is with a nuke. Seriously. There like Chevys or Toyotas. :)
H4deS
08-13-02, 05:55 PM
I have a tyan tiger and its rock solid. The only thing i dislike about it is lack of o/c ing options. If I were to buy a mobo now I would go w/ an MSI.
FRANK
08-13-02, 11:00 PM
Originally posted by H4deS
I have a tyan tiger and its rock solid. The only thing i dislike about it is lack of o/c ing options. If I were to buy a mobo now I would go w/ an MSI.

I've also got a Tyan MP and have been very successful overclocking with "CPU FSB" I've had both XPs and Morgan core DURONs running stable at 150FSB, not much as far as other tweaks go however.

I've had more success with my Tyan than my ASUS A7M266-D which has only been able to get in the 143MHz FSB range with the same XPs and still be stable.

Although neither have performed on the level of my 8KHA+ boards, both have been rock stable and I can't complain about either one of them.

Good Luck