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skank
03-22-05, 12:44 PM
What would be the best board to date to go with my

MSI NVIDIA GEFORCE NX6600GT 128M AGP-8X VIVO

thanks
stlouis1
03-22-05, 01:02 PM
what kind of processor do you havge/want, we can suggest a board, but if it wont fit with the processor, wtf do u want us to do
skank
03-22-05, 01:04 PM
lol, sorry about that, Busy @ work today :P

Processor is

AMD ATHLON 64 3500+ S939 PROCESSOR WINCHESTER S939 2.2GHZ 512 L2 CACHE

Thanks
stlouis1
03-22-05, 02:15 PM
do yuo have an agp videocard you would like to use? are do you want to go on the pci express wagon? because ehres 2 boards that will be good for either agp or pci-e

agp - msi k8n neo2 platinum (i have one, its pretty good, and zefram here will recommend it too im sure)
pci-e - DFI nforce 4 ultra board (i dunno the name or model)
bluegreenshxt
03-22-05, 07:21 PM
If you want to go PCI-e I would suggest the DFI nforce4 ultra board. If you already bought the AGP 6600GT then I would get an Abit AV8-3rd Eye.
stlouis1
03-22-05, 07:27 PM
the abit board is good too...im not a fan of the via chipsets, the other msi board i suggested is based on the nvidia nforce3 chipset
skank
03-24-05, 07:30 AM
Yea I already have the vid card, so I'm leaning towards the neo 2, so know other suggestions?


Thanks
ElrichMeister
03-24-05, 10:46 AM
i like my VIA, but you have to have a good PSU, or youll start to have problems
stlouis1
03-24-05, 11:33 AM
i like my VIA, but you have to have a good PSU, or youll start to have problems

that was my worry with the msi board since i have an older antec trueblue, but it turned out fine, good thing too cuz i mdoded the psu so i cant rma it for a new one
ElrichMeister
03-24-05, 02:26 PM
yea the AV8 needs at least 24a on the +12v rail, or it wont boot, hehe
stlouis1
03-24-05, 04:39 PM
cool thing about the msi, being nforce 3 based, is the firewall, and some neat raid features, i dont really use them, but they're cool features, id like to toy with them when i have time
stlouis1
03-29-05, 08:46 AM
that was my worry with the msi board since i have an older antec trueblue, but it turned out fine, good thing too cuz i mdoded the psu so i cant rma it for a new one

forget i said that, its not fine anymore