new mobo wanted, help needed!

papercutout · 12-12-05, 02:57 PM

I am looking to get a new motherboard. I have a socket A processor, so please reccomend socket a only boards!
i am UK based, so Uk sites would be good, and I am on a budget, about £45. I've been looking at an msi or two, or a gigabyte... (anything good for that price!)
checkout http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...subcat_uid=265
and
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...boards_68.html

anything else, please say!

blackfury · 12-12-05, 05:47 PM

NF7-s 2.0 is the best socket A board. I have one and love it.

yo4444 · 12-12-05, 07:40 PM

If you plan on overclocking, and why not, the DFI and the Abit Nf7-s are the best ocing socet a boards there are.

Make sure the nf7-s is a ver 2, the earlier versions avg abot a 100 mhz oc...lol

papercutout · 12-13-05, 03:37 AM

Yeah, overclockings good, i'm just starting, so i want to make it easy for myself.
did they have eithr of those boards on ebuyer or overclocker?
thanks

Tanith · 12-13-05, 03:44 AM

hehehe i am sitting next to you¬!

sorrry couldnt resist

papercutout · 12-13-05, 03:44 AM

i was looking at some of the msi delta's (k7n2 delta fsr, and k7n2 delta-l), as they seem Ok, but i dont really know.
(neither ebuyer or overclockers stocked any socket A abit's...)

PWatterson · 12-13-05, 03:14 PM

Does anyone have links from retailers about the DFI boards? I can't seem to find any.

papercutout · 12-13-05, 04:08 PM

you can get them loads i think, check these:
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...634147-1626550
http://uk.nextag.com/serv/uk/buyer/o...fi+motherboard
i dont know if the prices are any good, but here's good old newegg selling a few
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0
i'm having more trouble in the UK!
hope those help

PWatterson · 12-13-05, 06:09 PM

Oooops, forgot to mention the socket a part in my previous post. lol. Anyway, i did see the socket a mobos on dfi's website, but I could not find them for sale anywhere. Am I missing something?

papercutout · 12-14-05, 09:54 AM

i dont think so, because i cant seem to find any socket a dfi's around AT ALL! do you think they have stopped making them? people help us...
if not, can people give us some websites please...

PWatterson · 12-14-05, 05:25 PM

Well, I saw socket a boards on DFI's site here but I cannot seem to find them for sale anywhere.

Spion · 12-14-05, 06:26 PM

my mobo i have currently has plenty of OCing options. the only thing thats limiting my OC is my processor's physical limits. if i had a mobile my OC would be alot higher

papercutout · 12-15-05, 01:28 PM

so i think that means we should check out epox mobo's too.
and yeah, not off the dfi's site, anywhere

Electric Bill · 12-15-05, 02:01 PM

I doubt if you'll find any DFI Infinity or LanParty Ultra-B boards so my next choice would be Abit AN7 or NF7-S. You get more RAM voltage options with the AN7 otherwise they're the same board.

Bill

papercutout · 12-16-05, 10:41 AM

thanks a lot.
what i've found out since i last posted:
DFI seem to be phasing out their socket A boards, definitely the infinity series, so if you want one of them, you will HAVE to check ebay... (i did, and there were some)
I didn't see any of the lan party baords though, although bear in mind i am checking the UK ebay....
also motherboards seem to be selling out real quick in time fro christmas, so you'll have to get one quick, or ebay again...

Electric Bill · 12-16-05, 11:28 AM

papercutout -
I'm the DFI moderator on another forum and I should warn you that the failure rate on the DFI Sisters (Infinity and LP) is extremely high.
If you do manage to find one and it dies you won't be able to RMA it.

Bill

papercutout · 12-17-05, 05:28 PM

thanks a lot mate, i was watching a DFI on ebay, and after your comment, no matter how good they are for overclocking, i dont think its worth that risk. You've been a great help, i think i'll play safe and go for an abit then! thanks....

Electric Bill · 12-17-05, 05:45 PM

Just being honest. I had to RMA mine to get a working board but I know people who had 3 and 4 RMAs before they were successful.
My AN7 replaced an NF7-S that died due to a short caused by a faulty RAM module.
It's been extremely reliable at 10x245 for the year and a half that I've had it.

papercutout · 12-18-05, 09:07 AM

thats good, i'm going to try for the AN7 then, sounds good from all angles...
my cpu runs at 12.5x, and i'll try to crank it up to near 200, should be good! being gentle of course, but i need the board first..... soon i hope (ebay again)

Electric Bill · 12-18-05, 09:41 AM

If you're going to oc an AN7 you'll neeed a modded BIOS.
Imho the best ones are by Enduracell.
You can find them here.
For a 128 page thread all about the evolution of these BIOSes read this at Abit-USA.
I couldn't go above 218MHz until I flashed one of these but since you're only going to 200MHz the oficial BIOS will probably work.

12-12-05, 02:57 PM	Thread Starter #1
papercutout Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford	new mobo wanted, help needed! I am looking to get a new motherboard. I have a socket A processor, so please reccomend socket a only boards! i am UK based, so Uk sites would be good, and I am on a budget, about £45. I've been looking at an msi or two, or a gigabyte... (anything good for that price!) checkout http://www.ebuyer.com/customer/produ...subcat_uid=265 and http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...boards_68.html anything else, please say!
	QUOTE Thanks

12-12-05, 05:47 PM	#2
blackfury Member Join Date: Jan 2003	NF7-s 2.0 is the best socket A board. I have one and love it.
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12-12-05, 07:40 PM	#3
yo4444 Member Join Date: May 2004	If you plan on overclocking, and why not, the DFI and the Abit Nf7-s are the best ocing socet a boards there are. Make sure the nf7-s is a ver 2, the earlier versions avg abot a 100 mhz oc...lol __________________ "Pwned doesn't work when you literally mean "to own something"!!!"----g0dM@n Rig 1 Am2 X2 5000+ Black @3.2 (246*13), 4 gigs ddr2 800 5-5-5-18 2t, Abit K9N-sli, X1800gt0 @ 681/630, X-fi Extr. Music, Coolermaster 600W, Raptor 74, Maxtor SATA 160 HEATWARE
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12-13-05, 03:37 AM	Thread Starter #4
papercutout Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford	Yeah, overclockings good, i'm just starting, so i want to make it easy for myself. did they have eithr of those boards on ebuyer or overclocker? thanks
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12-13-05, 03:44 AM	#5
Tanith Registered Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Britain	hehehe i am sitting next to you¬! sorrry couldnt resist
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12-13-05, 03:44 AM	Thread Starter #6
papercutout Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford	i was looking at some of the msi delta's (k7n2 delta fsr, and k7n2 delta-l), as they seem Ok, but i dont really know. (neither ebuyer or overclockers stocked any socket A abit's...)
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12-13-05, 03:14 PM	#7
PWatterson Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD	Does anyone have links from retailers about the DFI boards? I can't seem to find any. __________________ Personal: Intel E3110 - Biostar TPower I45 - 2x2Gb Mushkin Redline - eVGA GTX260 Core 216 - WD VelociRaptor 74Gb RAID 0 - Seasonic S12II Bronze 520w - Antec Twelve Hundred Spare: AMD Opteron 165 (2601 MHz @ 1.325v x 110%) - DFI nF4 Lanparty SLI-DR - 2x1Gb OCZ Platinum - eVGA 7800gt SLI - WD 120Gb - Enermax 350w Gov't Issued Desktop: Intel E8400 - Dell Motherboard- 4Gb DDR2 - ATI Radeon HD4670 512 Mb - 320Gb Seagate Gov't Issued Netbook: Intel Atom Z520 - 1GB DDR2 - 40Gb PATA
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12-13-05, 04:08 PM	Thread Starter #8
papercutout Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford	you can get them loads i think, check these: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/se...634147-1626550 http://uk.nextag.com/serv/uk/buyer/o...fi+motherboard i dont know if the prices are any good, but here's good old newegg selling a few http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...&Go.x=0&Go.y=0 i'm having more trouble in the UK! hope those help
	QUOTE Thanks

12-13-05, 06:09 PM	#9
PWatterson Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD	Oooops, forgot to mention the socket a part in my previous post. lol. Anyway, i did see the socket a mobos on dfi's website, but I could not find them for sale anywhere. Am I missing something? __________________ Personal: Intel E3110 - Biostar TPower I45 - 2x2Gb Mushkin Redline - eVGA GTX260 Core 216 - WD VelociRaptor 74Gb RAID 0 - Seasonic S12II Bronze 520w - Antec Twelve Hundred Spare: AMD Opteron 165 (2601 MHz @ 1.325v x 110%) - DFI nF4 Lanparty SLI-DR - 2x1Gb OCZ Platinum - eVGA 7800gt SLI - WD 120Gb - Enermax 350w Gov't Issued Desktop: Intel E8400 - Dell Motherboard- 4Gb DDR2 - ATI Radeon HD4670 512 Mb - 320Gb Seagate Gov't Issued Netbook: Intel Atom Z520 - 1GB DDR2 - 40Gb PATA
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12-14-05, 09:54 AM	Thread Starter #10
papercutout Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford	i dont think so, because i cant seem to find any socket a dfi's around AT ALL! do you think they have stopped making them? people help us... if not, can people give us some websites please...
	QUOTE Thanks

12-14-05, 05:25 PM	#11
PWatterson Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Annapolis, MD	Well, I saw socket a boards on DFI's site here but I cannot seem to find them for sale anywhere. __________________ Personal: Intel E3110 - Biostar TPower I45 - 2x2Gb Mushkin Redline - eVGA GTX260 Core 216 - WD VelociRaptor 74Gb RAID 0 - Seasonic S12II Bronze 520w - Antec Twelve Hundred Spare: AMD Opteron 165 (2601 MHz @ 1.325v x 110%) - DFI nF4 Lanparty SLI-DR - 2x1Gb OCZ Platinum - eVGA 7800gt SLI - WD 120Gb - Enermax 350w Gov't Issued Desktop: Intel E8400 - Dell Motherboard- 4Gb DDR2 - ATI Radeon HD4670 512 Mb - 320Gb Seagate Gov't Issued Netbook: Intel Atom Z520 - 1GB DDR2 - 40Gb PATA
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12-14-05, 06:26 PM	#12
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12-15-05, 01:28 PM	Thread Starter #13
papercutout Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford	so i think that means we should check out epox mobo's too. and yeah, not off the dfi's site, anywhere
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12-15-05, 02:01 PM	#14
Electric Bill Registered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rhode Island, USA	I doubt if you'll find any DFI Infinity or LanParty Ultra-B boards so my next choice would be Abit AN7 or NF7-S. You get more RAM voltage options with the AN7 otherwise they're the same board. Bill __________________ ASRock 970 Extreme3 FX-4100 w/Coolermaster GeminII S cooler M Station HT-1100 HTPC Media Center case Antec 480 NeoPower PSU Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX Gigabyte GV-R467ZL 4670/1GB video card Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB SATA hd Windows7 Ultimate x64 & Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (partitioned) Pioneer DVR-215D SATA DVD burner Samsung 40" 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV LN40C630 You can teach an old dog; it just takes longer.
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12-16-05, 10:41 AM	Thread Starter #15
papercutout Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford	thanks a lot. what i've found out since i last posted: DFI seem to be phasing out their socket A boards, definitely the infinity series, so if you want one of them, you will HAVE to check ebay... (i did, and there were some) I didn't see any of the lan party baords though, although bear in mind i am checking the UK ebay.... also motherboards seem to be selling out real quick in time fro christmas, so you'll have to get one quick, or ebay again...
	QUOTE Thanks

12-16-05, 11:28 AM	#16
Electric Bill Registered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rhode Island, USA	papercutout - I'm the DFI moderator on another forum and I should warn you that the failure rate on the DFI Sisters (Infinity and LP) is extremely high. If you do manage to find one and it dies you won't be able to RMA it. Bill __________________ ASRock 970 Extreme3 FX-4100 w/Coolermaster GeminII S cooler M Station HT-1100 HTPC Media Center case Antec 480 NeoPower PSU Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX Gigabyte GV-R467ZL 4670/1GB video card Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB SATA hd Windows7 Ultimate x64 & Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (partitioned) Pioneer DVR-215D SATA DVD burner Samsung 40" 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV LN40C630 You can teach an old dog; it just takes longer.
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12-17-05, 05:28 PM	Thread Starter #17
papercutout Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford	thanks a lot mate, i was watching a DFI on ebay, and after your comment, no matter how good they are for overclocking, i dont think its worth that risk. You've been a great help, i think i'll play safe and go for an abit then! thanks....
	QUOTE Thanks

12-17-05, 05:45 PM	#18
Electric Bill Registered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rhode Island, USA	Just being honest. I had to RMA mine to get a working board but I know people who had 3 and 4 RMAs before they were successful. My AN7 replaced an NF7-S that died due to a short caused by a faulty RAM module. It's been extremely reliable at 10x245 for the year and a half that I've had it. __________________ ASRock 970 Extreme3 FX-4100 w/Coolermaster GeminII S cooler M Station HT-1100 HTPC Media Center case Antec 480 NeoPower PSU Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX Gigabyte GV-R467ZL 4670/1GB video card Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB SATA hd Windows7 Ultimate x64 & Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (partitioned) Pioneer DVR-215D SATA DVD burner Samsung 40" 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV LN40C630 You can teach an old dog; it just takes longer.
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12-18-05, 09:07 AM	Thread Starter #19
papercutout Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Oxford	thats good, i'm going to try for the AN7 then, sounds good from all angles... my cpu runs at 12.5x, and i'll try to crank it up to near 200, should be good! being gentle of course, but i need the board first..... soon i hope (ebay again)
	QUOTE Thanks

12-18-05, 09:41 AM	#20
Electric Bill Registered Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Rhode Island, USA	If you're going to oc an AN7 you'll neeed a modded BIOS. Imho the best ones are by Enduracell. You can find them here. For a 128 page thread all about the evolution of these BIOSes read this at Abit-USA. I couldn't go above 218MHz until I flashed one of these but since you're only going to 200MHz the oficial BIOS will probably work. __________________ ASRock 970 Extreme3 FX-4100 w/Coolermaster GeminII S cooler M Station HT-1100 HTPC Media Center case Antec 480 NeoPower PSU Kingston HyperX Blu 8GB KHX1600C9D3B1K2/8GX Gigabyte GV-R467ZL 4670/1GB video card Hitachi HDS721050CLA362 500GB SATA hd Windows7 Ultimate x64 & Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (partitioned) Pioneer DVR-215D SATA DVD burner Samsung 40" 1080p 120Hz LCD HDTV LN40C630 You can teach an old dog; it just takes longer. Last edited by Electric Bill; 12-18-05 at 01:30 PM.
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