MSI or Asus

Marl65 · May 9, 2003

Thanks to all who answered my questions in last posting. Here's what I have decided to go with.

Case
Chieftec Server Chasis

Cooler
Vantec Aeroflow

RAM
Samsung 512MB PC3200

Video Card
128MB DDR Sappire Radeon 8500LE

Chip
AMD Athlon XP 1700+ T-Bred from excaliberpc

Here's my final question, I can't decide which mb to use. I am leaning towards a MSI KT4VL but a coworker of mine recomended a Asus board. I do not know of a decent Asus board to consider though. I am not planning on doing a lot of overclocking. Any recomendations will be helpful and appreciated.

Marl

CSaddict · May 9, 2003

Well, if your planning to overclock you should consider the Abit NF7 series boards. They are super adjustable and tuneable.

Marl65 · May 11, 2003

Thanks for the help. I did end up deciding to go with the Abit NF7 v2.0. Even though it put me slightly over budget.

altec · May 11, 2003

You will not be disappointed with that board. I promise

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thaimonk · May 11, 2003

u won't be disappointed with the NF7-S!! it's great! i'm gonna buy one for myself soon as well

Marl65 · May 12, 2003

Now I get to play the fun waiting game with Fedx and UPS. =) Hopefully they won't destroy anything before I get it.

shogan191 · May 12, 2003

Are you sure you want to try the Samsung for your memory?

Marl65 · May 12, 2003

shogan191 said:
Are you sure you want to try the Samsung for your memory?

I don't see why not. Samsung came highly recomended on another posting I had. Are there issues with it or do you just prefer another brand? Or is there something I am completely missing here? Also you may not know this but I am not planning on doing a lot of overclocking with this 'puter. So it shouldn't really matter. hmmmm....................

Marl

deathstar13 · May 12, 2003

if your not planning on hard core high fsb ocing then the sammy will do just fine.

but i think people are thinking since your getting the abit most do that want a really high fsb which that mobo does so well at.

Marl65 · May 12, 2003

deathstar13 said:
if your not planning on hard core high fsb ocing then the sammy will do just fine.

but i think people are thinking since your getting the abit most do that want a really high fsb which that mobo does so well at.

I am planning on upping the fsb a slightly at first, but later as money allows I will improve upon it more. At least this is the goal for now.

Marl

shogan191 · May 13, 2003

I just had a lot of problems with Samsung 2700 using 2 sticks for the dual channel. Not sure how the 3200 is doing. I'm getting ready to upgrade my memory and am getting the Corsair xms 3200LLpt.

Damian · May 13, 2003

My Samsung PC2700 is doing just fine at 200 with 5-2-2-2... I wouldn't say it's bad. Heck, it's not even maxed out.

shogan191 · May 13, 2003

Yes, but we are talking in relation to Asus Nforce chipset with dual channel memory. I could run 1 stick fine but not two. Samsung even suggested I try different memory. That's how I ended up with Nanya. That is what they suggested. It has worked great btw. Now I want to move up to 3200 or 3500. Going with Corsair.

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