Motherboard Options

[iceblue]

I'm looking into building a nice Socket 478 Northwood based system, but since I've been out of the motherboard loop for a while, I'm curious if the P4P800-E Deluxe is still a good buy (overclocking & features)?

edit: Also considering an Athlon 64 3500+ or possibly a Socket 754 processor since they are not as pricey.

[Yoshi]

The P4P800 or Abit IS7 are great, if you have the money go for the 875P chipset in the ASUS P4C800 or Abit IC7 Max3

[missiveusa]

Good choice on the Northwood core and the 875 chipset. I've built using AMD since K-6 days, but the Intel "C" chips are a good value right now.

If you want a system that's more future proof (if that's possible), the AMD Athlon 64 3500+, Socket 939, with the nForce3 Ultra chipset is very tempting. The Socket 939 chips are too expensive right now, but the Newcastle core chips should steadily drop in price over the next several weeks.

I just think 939 is a better investment than Socket 754.

Good luck on whatever you choose.

[iceblue]

Is there any chance Socket 939 will last as long as Socket A? That would be the ultimate deciding factor for me, since this new build probably won't see a major upgrade for at least 2 years.

How is the MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum for a Socket 939 setup? Anything to be concerned about for this particular motherboard?

[Yoshi]

939 will last at least 2 years, and the MSI Neo2 Platinum is most likely the best 939 board right now

[zybch]

I used the 754 socket Neo2 from MSI and its been fantastic. Lots of features and very very stable.
The MSI boards also let you automatically overclock by 10% if the processor load gets above a certain ammount. Also, I'm not sure about now, but the MSI boards were one of only 2 manufacturers to use AMD's cool'n'quiet feature, and it does indeed reduce heat and noise, hopefully by now most 939 boards will support it too, but you never know.

[iceblue]

What's your complete setup Zybch?