Need new motherboard for Athlon64 3200+

[Agent Plissken]

As the title suggests, I need a new motherboard for my Athlon64 3200+
My current one is causing some problems for me, and it doesnt support PCI-Express.
Some guidelines im looking for.

Athlon64 3200+ support
PCI-E
S-ATA
Onboard sound, ethernet
I dont need RAID

Im looking for the cheapest good mobo I can find.

[_=DeltaForce=_]

socket 754 or socket 939 ??

[LegendKiller]

dfi

[Agent Plissken]

754...

whats dfi?

[LegendKiller]

http://www.dfiweb.com/index_us_noflash.jsp?SITE=NA

Great motherboards with quality components.

[_=DeltaForce=_]

LK did DFI hire or bribe you :spock:??
Anyway I am also buying a DFI mobo... I also have a Socket 754 and was looking at some DFI mobos... DONT GET A ASUS mobo, I have had some serious problem with them

[LegendKiller]

LK did DFI hire or bribe you :spock:??
Anyway I am also buying a DFI mobo... I also have a Socket 754 and was looking at some DFI mobos... DONT GET A ASUS mobo, I have had some serious problem with them


lol. Seriously, with all of the Asus problems going around I think they have been minimized a bit. I haven't been too keen on Abit quality for a while. ECS is out of the question. there aren't too many left.

When I met with DFI in vegas they had great boards. Good components, well cooled, the external audio was nice. I haven't reviewed them personally, but they seem good.

[_=DeltaForce=_]

DFI NF4X INFINITY

LINK (http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_product_spec_details_r_us.jsp?PRODUCT_ID=3590&CATEGORY_TYPE=MB&SITE=US)

Socket 754, AMD Athlon 64 / Sempron, 1600MT/s, 1 PCI Express x16, 2 PCI Express x1, DDR400, 6-channel audio, S/PDIF-in/out, 4 SATA, NVRAID 0/1/0+1/JBOD, 100Mbps LAN and 10 USB 2.0.

http://www.dfi.com.tw/Upload/Product_Picture/nF4XINFINITY.jpg

What do you think of this mobo LK??

[AlpineJay]

Whoa. That must be one of the first times I've seen a socket 754 with PCI-E capabilities. That's cool though - I thought S754 users were stuck with the existing technologies

[Agent Plissken]

I cant seem to find this particualr motherboard on pricewatch.com...
or anywhere for that matter...
any ideas on where to get one?

[Agent Plissken]

So has anyone seen one for sale? I cant find it...
How about this one?

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=241168&affiliate=shopping
MSI K8N Neo3-F nForce4-4X Athlon 64 Skt754 DDR ATX Motherbaord w/Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA Retail ***Free 2nd Day***
800FSB, ATA/133, 2DDR DIMM, 1 PCI Express x16, 1 PCI Express x1, 3PCI, 1AGR, USB 2.0, Audio, Gigabit LAN, RAID/SATA

[_=DeltaForce=_]

Thats a good one too...

Also gigabyte has one with PCI express

[Agent Plissken]

Ok, thanks for your help everyone... I just ordered the MSI. Should be here by the end of the week.