Who is the most popular motherboard manufacturer amongst homebuilders?
Puck
gigabyte and then abit. i know of people sticking to asus and just
that.
any other manufacturers that people stick by?
Iain Dingsdale
"Chris" <s...@reply.to.field> wrote in message
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> says...
> : this is just out of curiosity. i have personally always stuck to
> : gigabyte and then abit. i know of people sticking to asus and just
> : that.
>
> myself :)
Asus....although if you are on a budget elite are pretty decent for the
money i find
>
> --
> Chris "Caution: Cape does not enable user to fly.
> - Batman costume warning label, Wal-Mart, 1995"
Spindoctor
gigabyte and asus but abit never again (but lets not forget the good
old elite k7s5a. current running three systems at home
I believe msi are also getting very popular and will be looking at
their offering when I upgrade to something using the nvidia chipset
Brian
Paul
<Pu...@SPAM.com> writes
For AMD processors, in this order:
Abit
Asus
MSI
Soltek
For Intel:
Intel
Abit
(Don't build many Intel PCs)
--
Paul B
Chris Newton
Have used Gigabyte boards for several years with no trouble except for a
BIOS-flashing incident. Their web site sucked, and having downloaded a
tool specifically for my board right down to the memory config and
followed their instructions to the letter, it still killed the board.
Have just bought a nice new Asus A7V8X for the PC I'm building at the
moment, after reading generally good reviews and comparing specs. Was
tempted by the Abit MAX series, which are similarly spec'd, but
unfortunately their wonderful idea to get rid of legacy ports disagrees
with my older (but still very good even by today's standards) parallel
printer.
Cheers,
Chris
Paul Hopwood
>this is just out of curiosity. i have personally always stuck to
>gigabyte and then abit. i know of people sticking to asus and just
>that.
Most of my past builds have been on Gigabyte boards - for no other
reason than I know and trust them. That said, my current system is
built around a genuine Intel board and it's the best I've owned
without shadow of a doubt.
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[ WWW: http://www.hopwood.org.uk/ ]
Paul Hopwood
>gigabyte and asus but abit never again (but lets not forget the good
>old elite k7s5a. current running three systems at home
>I believe msi are also getting very popular and will be looking at
>their offering when I upgrade to something using the nvidia chipset
I've not thought very highly of MSI in the past but recently done some
work on several and my opinion of them has improved. A couple of them
were Tiny machines with crippled BIOS which turned out to be quite
serviceable after flashing with an original MSI revision.
Ian Clark
"Puck" <Pu...@SPAM.com> wrote in message
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ASUS or Abit for me.
Have used Chaintech in the past. Nice boards but I prefer ASUS now.
Johannes H Andersen
I stick by SuperMicro if possible, but you don't see them very often
at vendors.
Johannes
http://sizefitter.com
cpemma
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> On Thu, 02 Jan 2003 18:38:42 +0000, Puck <Pu...@SPAM.com> wrote:
>
> >this is just out of curiosity. i have personally always stuck to
> >gigabyte and then abit. i know of people sticking to asus and just
> >that.
> >
> >any other manufacturers that people stick by?
>
>
> their offering when I upgrade to something using the nvidia chipset
MSI *got* very popular as very stable KT133A boards. My Turbo LE is so
stable (with 98SE) I had three kings round last week.
tHatDudeUK
"Puck" <Pu...@SPAM.com> wrote in message
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Same here. First system build Gigabyte Mobo. Think I'll try an Asus next
time around.
Spindoctor
wrote:
>Spindoctor <spind...@REMOVE-SPAMTRAPbrian-sheehan.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>gigabyte and asus but abit never again (but lets not forget the good
>>old elite k7s5a. current running three systems at home
>
>>I believe msi are also getting very popular and will be looking at
>>their offering when I upgrade to something using the nvidia chipset
>
>I've not thought very highly of MSI in the past but recently done some
>work on several and my opinion of them has improved. A couple of them
>were Tiny machines with crippled BIOS which turned out to be quite
>serviceable after flashing with an original MSI revision.
I think - but would be glad to be corrected - that MSI are trying to
reposition themselves as a quality make at a reasonable price
I will try and find the msi nvidia 2 chipset review - came out very
well
Brian
Shawk
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Have used FIC, Gigabyte and Abit (in that order) and now have an ASUS - my
favourite so far.
Robert
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Was Supermicro, last 2 have been Asus.
--
Robert
Chris Ashton
"Puck" <Pu...@SPAM.com> wrote in message
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Gigabyte and Chaintech here!!
I only build AMD's
Matt
Depends on the units and the purpose.
Check on tomshardware.com for guides
but Gigabyte QDI and ASuS but if you
have a small unit ASuS or Shuttle.
JTML.com stocks most of them and will try to
beat or match the prices from other suppliers.
Regards
Matt
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Colin
I've tried pretty much all of them, this build I chose an Epox 8K3A + RAID
333 for my XP2200+, rock stable with all the features I need, cant say
fairer than that, I'll use Epox again anytime.
Ralph Wade Phillips
"Andrew Stoker" <blac...@peek-a-boo.org.uk> wrote in message
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> Greetings!
>
> I'm planning an upgrade soon, and was considering going the no-legacy
> route, but the only thing I _really_ want to hang onto is my HP LaserJet
> 6L, which is a parallel port printer. A bit of searching on Google
> turned up cables to connect USB ports to parallel printers
>
> Here's one such site:
> http://cgi.www.revealcable.co.uk/Products/Usb/Adaptors.htm
>
> Does these things work OK, i.e. do they work at all :-)
> is the printing speed affected in anyway?
> I expect to be using Windows XP Home (if that's relevant)
Yes, for printers such as the 6L, they work OK.
Of course, you COULD eBay that 6L and pick up a new printer such as
the LaserJet 1000 ...
RwP
Matt
JTML.com could supply one for £21.75 inc P&P and Vat
Regards
Matt
www.jtml.com computer supplies hardware and systems
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> In article <av22ul$5ac$1...@venus.btinternet.com>, Chris Newton <chrisnewto
> n...@no.junk.please.btinternet.com> writes
> >
> >Have just bought a nice new Asus A7V8X for the PC I'm building at the
> >moment, after reading generally good reviews and comparing specs. Was
> >tempted by the Abit MAX series, which are similarly spec'd, but
> >unfortunately their wonderful idea to get rid of legacy ports disagrees
> >with my older (but still very good even by today's standards) parallel
> >printer.
>
> Greetings!
>
> I'm planning an upgrade soon, and was considering going the no-legacy
> route, but the only thing I _really_ want to hang onto is my HP LaserJet
> 6L, which is a parallel port printer. A bit of searching on Google
> turned up cables to connect USB ports to parallel printers
>
> Here's one such site:
> http://cgi.www.revealcable.co.uk/Products/Usb/Adaptors.htm
>
> Does these things work OK, i.e. do they work at all :-)
> is the printing speed affected in anyway?
> I expect to be using Windows XP Home (if that's relevant)
>
> Cheers,
> Andrew