Need motherboard help

[mcburtock]

Im looking to build a pc and the motherboard im wanting to use is an ABIT NF7-S n-force 2 (Rev 2.0) could anyone give me there opinion on this motherboard or any better one to use,i have looked at other motherboard manufacturers like ASUS & GIGABYTE but have heard that ASUS have a lot of problems is this true?



Thanks all,

Dave.

My E-Mail address if anyone has any suggestions (mcburtock@hotmail.com)

[G]

This Abit mobo is highly respected. Whether it is the best of the bunch I cannot say. Otherwise look at ASUS, MSI etc.

Someone will probably give you a definitive answer soon.

[Rob R.]

Don't be scared of the A7N8X just because it "seems" to have more problems. That is the most popular nForce2 board out and Asus has sold a ton of them. When you sell more, you have more problem ones. It's just a simple rule of statistics.

The two boards you are comparing are both feature rich and overclock well. You really can't go wrong with either one to be honest.

[Bigjakkstaffa]

Albatron KX18D PRO II and Abit NF7-S v2.0 offer the best to be had in terms of performance, features and overclocking.

The A7n8x-Deluxe is still a good baord but slightly behind (not much though) when overclocking and seems to have more issues than the other two.

Also, MSI's top end Nforce 2 solution is well worth a look

--Jakk:t

[rsfnatik]

I was going to build a new AMD system and the ABIT NF7-S was at the top of my list (mainly because it's a little cheaper). I do prefer the layout of the A7N8X-E over the NF7-S tho, but that's a personal choice.

If you're concerned about noise at all keep in mind that the A7N8X-E uses passive cooling on the chipset - that's one less fan to listen to or replace later. :)