Sacred Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I am considering either of these 2 MB ABIT AT8 32X Socket 939 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail 109.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813127234 and this one Asus ASUS A8R32-MVP Deluxe Socket 939 ATI CrossFire Radeon Xpress 3200 ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail 129.00 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?...N82E16813131004 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dragon Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 B.Ob., Nem and I all have the old version of the CF board, the RDX200, or at least B.Ob. and I do. Nem had the new one but I think he sent it back for another one or the one I have, can't remember. I tried the old version of the ASUS board your thinking about and didn't like it at all. Couldn't overclock for nothing and the board was acting a little flaky. To me, aside from the board being flaky, no ocing is no good. I was planning on ocing the new system from the beginning but even if I wasn't, its nice to have and shows that the board can be stable when pushing the CPU and just stable in general. Dragon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sacred Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 B.Ob., Nem and I all have the old version of the CF board, the RDX200, or at least B.Ob. and I do. Nem had the new one but I think he sent it back for another one or the one I have, can't remember. I tried the old version of the ASUS board your thinking about and didn't like it at all. Couldn't overclock for nothing and the board was acting a little flaky. To me, aside from the board being flaky, no ocing is no good. I was planning on ocing the new system from the beginning but even if I wasn't, its nice to have and shows that the board can be stable when pushing the CPU and just stable in general. Dragon Wife wants me to wait until we get our taxes back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I just got the Abit AT8, not installed yet though so can not tell yeah, will have it installed by the LAN on the 13th. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 B.Ob., Nem and I all have the old version of the CF board, the RDX200, or at least B.Ob. and I do. Nem had the new one but I think he sent it back for another one or the one I have, can't remember. I tried the old version of the ASUS board your thinking about and didn't like it at all. Couldn't overclock for nothing and the board was acting a little flaky. To me, aside from the board being flaky, no ocing is no good. I was planning on ocing the new system from the beginning but even if I wasn't, its nice to have and shows that the board can be stable when pushing the CPU and just stable in general. :friends: Dragon I have the DFI RDX200 and I got my 2.0GHz AMD Opteron 170 to overclock at 2.9Ghz stable!! Granted I have good mem and a Thermaltake Typhoon on the cpu, but that it runs stable with nearly 50% overclock on air cooling is nothing to sneeze at (cues ParoxysM to sneeze ) If you find this m/b for the same price as the abit, grab the DFI!!! I gotta agree with Dragon about ASUS being the suck lately. I got a ASUS A8R-MX/SI Socket 939 as it was pretty cheap and it runs stable at stock speeds, but forget about being to manipulate anything!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParoxysM Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 My Opty 165 only runs at 2.7GHz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I have the DFI RDX200 and I got my 2.0GHz AMD Opteron 170 to overclock at 2.9Ghz stable!! Granted I have good mem and a Thermaltake Typhoon on the cpu, but that it runs stable with nearly 50% overclock on air cooling is nothing to sneeze at (cues ParoxysM to sneeze :friends: ) If you find this m/b for the same price as the abit, grab the DFI!!! 939 Xpress 3200 boards on newegg only 2 listed in stock. (939 is dead and AM2 is on top right now) aBit $109 Asus $122.99 DFI MIA (they do have the Xpress 200 DFI for $59) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PurSuiT Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 My Opty 165 only runs at 2.7GHz That is cuz you did not go with the AssRock board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B.Ob. Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 My Opty 165 only runs at 2.7GHz That is cuz you did not go with the AssRock board. The Opty 165 stock speed is 1.8, so he got the 900MHz OC I did. Xpress 200 DFI is $59.99, but looks to be a limited time price /me wonders if I should go into the how worthwhile dual vids cards really are and are not currently.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ParoxysM Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I can get more than a 1GHz OC, but it's not stable...that's cause I didn't go with the AssRock board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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