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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:28:09 AM EDT
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Just from my experience...and others would agree. You can't go wrong with an ASUS.
Try this setup: ASUS A8N5X Motherboard AMD Athlong 64 X2 3800+ Socket 939 CPU Corsair TWINX2048RE - 3200 2GB DDR400 XMS3200 Memory ATI Radeon X1800 XT PCI Express 512MB GDDR3 Video Card (Or Video Card of Your Choice) Throw in a 7200 RPM Maxtor Hard Drive (size of your choice), a few fans or liquid cool it and you'll have yourself a hell of a gameing system. Just my .02 ETA: You can find descent prices at Zip Zoom Fly or New Egg |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:41:38 AM EDT
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MSI makes good MB's. mmk
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Posted: 1/5/2006 11:51:46 AM EDT
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ive used msi on several occasions. they do just fine.
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:26:24 PM EDT
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in my experience, msi, gigabyte, asus, abit, and even biostar are just fine.
generally, if it were a machine that would get tweaked a lot, i'd probably prefer asus or abit. i've been running abit for the past several years in my personal machine. otherwise, i've had good experience with all of the above. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:43:39 PM EDT
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the board is brand new and free.
no my grandfather once told me, "Anything that's free, is worth saving up for"  this would make ten, yes ten PC's on my network. not including my servers. we'll see how it does as a gaming rig. 
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:46:34 PM EDT
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Well if it's free....who cares? Try it and see. |
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Posted: 1/5/2006 12:49:15 PM EDT
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of course i just wanted some feed back from some1 who has owned one 
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Posted: 1/5/2006 1:11:44 PM EDT
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I think you will be okay with it. I wouldn't buy it but I would use a free one. Good luck and happy gameing!
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Posted: 1/5/2006 1:30:28 PM EDT
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this MB is for a intel cpu. while this is not what I would use to build a gaming system, there's no reason why you can't. it will have a somewhat limited lifespan as the newer games coming out will need more than what this MB has to offer. mmk active-hardware.com/english/reviews/mainboard/845e-max2.htm
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Posted: 1/11/2006 8:18:01 PM EDT
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That's more of a "2nd computer" mother board if you will.
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Posted: 1/11/2006 11:07:10 PM EDT
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ASUS is the best quality you can buy.
MSI… I have had good and bad motherboards from them… many more good than bad. Stay away from ABIT… usual good motherboards but they are in deep financial and legal do-do. |
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Posted: 1/12/2006 4:37:13 AM EDT
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Fixed, to make the post realistic 
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