Serious decision to make, need help

[Pillipilli]

Hey you guys, I am planning to buy an AMD64 3700+ SanDiego Core and it is mostly for playing BF2 but I don't know which mobo to take. It has to be one with AGP and 4 dimm slots because I have an x850xt pe and 4 X 512MB ddr400 Geil dual channel memory.
I can't make a decision between chipsets VIA K8T800 PRO, NForce3 Ultra and NForce3 250GB. I have been searching the net but there are so many different results, I don't know what to believe or choose.
Can anyone help me?

[Hephaistion]

Re: Serious decision to make, need help

I reccommend the ABIT KN8 SLi
This board will allow you to go SLi later on (trust me Nvidia is kicking the crap out of ATI and you will eventually want to move to a Geforce card.)
DO NOT USE A MOBO WITH VIA CHIPSET! NFORCE is the better chipset, VIA is crap!
The KN8 uses passive heatpipes and grills to cool itself, not more fans like Asus and Gigabyte.
In my opinion stay away from Asus and Gigabyte.

http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec.hmx?scriteria=BA22003

[Pillipilli]

Re: Serious decision to make, need help

I reccommend the ABIT KN8 SLi
This board will allow you to go SLi later on (trust me Nvidia is kicking the crap out of ATI and you will eventually want to move to a Geforce card.)
DO NOT USE A MOBO WITH VIA CHIPSET! NFORCE is the better chipset, VIA is crap!
The KN8 uses passive heatpipes and grills to cool itself, not more fans like Asus and Gigabyte.
In my opinion stay away from Asus and Gigabyte.
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA22003

But you are mentioning SLi and is has to be an AGP type. I just got my x850xt pe and very cheap. For that reason I'm not changing to PCI-E.
Should I choose a NForce3 250GB or NForce3 Ultra chipset and will it make a difference in performance with an AMD64 3700+. Please help.

[Sir. MatDef]

Re: Serious decision to make, need help

Here, this is the board you need:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813157081

Has a real agp slot, plenty of room for ram, and you can go pcie whenever you want.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: Serious decision to make, need help

I reccommend the ABIT KN8 SLi
This board will allow you to go SLi later on (trust me Nvidia is kicking the crap out of ATI and you will eventually want to move to a Geforce card.)
DO NOT USE A MOBO WITH VIA CHIPSET! NFORCE is the better chipset, VIA is crap!
The KN8 uses passive heatpipes and grills to cool itself, not more fans like Asus and Gigabyte.
In my opinion stay away from Asus and Gigabyte.
http://www.mwave.com/mwave/viewspec....iteria=BA22003

AGP...

[sackynut]

Re: Serious decision to make, need help

VIA seems to be good, but I would go nforce to be safe. Ultra too, I dont know wat 250gb is, but Ultra seems to be good. Even just a basic nforce3. make sure your processer is socket 754 though, because Im not sure if they make 939 NF3 boards, could be wrong though.

[lil_jimmy_norton]

Re: Serious decision to make, need help

They make S939 NF3 boards.

[sackynut]

Re: Serious decision to make, need help

They make S939 NF3 boards.

rgr that, I didnt know.

[DisposableHero]

Re: Serious decision to make, need help

i personally love my Gigabyte K8NS Ultra 939 mobo. it is an Nforce3 board with AGP. i have been overclocking recently and it is doing pretty well. you have to use the Ctrl+F1 to unlock all the goodies in the bios. anyway, i like it and highly recomment it.