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Help me pick a new MoBo
Posted on 11/02/2008 5:37:56 PM PST by Still Thinking
Motherboard died. HD seems OK. So time to upgrade with new motherboard. Seriously contemplating Asus M3A78 with Quad core Phenom and 4GB. Any experiences, cautions, or alternate suggestions? Have to run out so if I don't respond immediately will still check on your recommendations when I get back.
TOPICS: Computers/Internet; Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: computer; cpu; motherboard; processor
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To: Still Thinking; ShadowAce
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:38:44 PM PST
by
rabscuttle385
("If this be treason, then make the most of it!" --Patrick Henry)
To: Still Thinking; ShadowAce
Ping to the rest of the nerd herd. Join me in the nerdery with your calculators, please.
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:39:18 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
To: Still Thinking
These guys are pretty good w/their recommendations.
ARS Technica
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:40:19 PM PST
by
Bosco
(Remember how you felt on September 11?)
To: Still Thinking
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:41:44 PM PST
by
TomServo
To: Still Thinking
I’d go with dual CERN processors in a ring drive
and Tokamak power supply......if I had the money.
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:45:42 PM PST
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: TomServo
“Asus rocks...”
Most of the time. ASUS’ initial bios releases can be buggy. Always get the latest and flash before you get too deep into your build.
With that caveat - ASUS mobos are my ‘go-to’ for hi-perf workstations and small-scale servers.
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:48:32 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(Time for Atlas to shrug - and to pick up a gun)
To: tet68
Gotta watch those counter-rotating teravolt proton streams.
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:49:50 PM PST
by
Noumenon
(Time for Atlas to shrug - and to pick up a gun)
To: Noumenon
Most of the time. ASUS’ initial bios releases can be buggy. Always get the latest and flash before you get too deep into your build.True.
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posted on
11/02/2008 5:50:42 PM PST
by
TomServo
To: Still Thinking
Personal productivity machine? Home theater usage? Business-grade workstation? What’s the purpose?
MM
To: rabscuttle385
Sorry - not trying to hijack the thread but I did not want to start a Vanity. Asus MB are good.
I have a question - anyone know if Windows 7 (supposedly being rushed out for late 2009) will be compatible with 16-bit programs? I know the spec info is supposedly not known. Someone told me they thought Windows 7 would support 16-bit software.
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posted on
11/02/2008 6:07:08 PM PST
by
Frantzie
To: Noumenon
Great tag line that may come into play.
Not sure about those streamy things though.
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posted on
11/02/2008 6:12:37 PM PST
by
mcshot
(Bitterly Loving God, Family, and Guns more then ever. The Constitution Dammit.)
To: Noumenon
Gotta watch those counter-rotating teravolt proton streams. Use the flux capacitors from an Interociter to control th EM and you're good to go.
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posted on
11/02/2008 6:18:28 PM PST
by
tacticalogic
("Oh bother!" said Pooh, as he chambered his last round.)
To: Still Thinking; rdb3; Calvinist_Dark_Lord; GodGunsandGuts; CyberCowboy777; Salo; Bobsat; JosephW; ..
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posted on
11/02/2008 7:32:43 PM PST
by
ShadowAce
(Linux -- The Ultimate Windows Service Pack)
To: tet68
I’d go with dual CERN processors in a ring drive and Tokamak power supply......if I had the money. And the real estate, LOL!
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posted on
11/02/2008 8:12:54 PM PST
by
sionnsar
(Obama?Bye-den!|Iran Azadi|5yst3m 0wn3d-it's N0t Y0ur5 (SONY)|http://trad-anglican.faithweb.com/)
To: Noumenon
Don’t cross the streams. It would be bad.
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posted on
11/02/2008 8:12:58 PM PST
by
ExGeeEye
(I'm Right Guard, here to prevent B. O.)
To: Still Thinking
I recently built three M3A78-EMH HDMI systems, all with Athlon 4400s and 2x1GB. Two are now running XP Pro and one either runs OpenSuse Linux or OpenBSD depending on which drive I connect. So far they all work fine. The board is designed for home theater use, but I just wanted the cheapest Asus board that would run ECC RAM.
If you go with the M3A78, you should of course use the latest Asus motherboard drivers from their website, though you may do better to get the latest graphics drivers direct from AMD instead. For the 780G chipset you use the Integrated/Motherboard driver for the Radeon HD3200.
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posted on
11/02/2008 8:23:58 PM PST
by
TChad
To: Still Thinking
I forgot to mention that some people complain about noise from the M3A78 onboard NICs. I installed Intel Pro/1000 desktop adapters to avoid that problem.
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posted on
11/02/2008 8:34:39 PM PST
by
TChad
To: Still Thinking; TomServo
Agreed. Asus makes good stuff. And their doc and support is quite good.
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posted on
11/02/2008 8:39:36 PM PST
by
djf
(I have dimes. Brother, can you spare a dame?)
To: MississippiMan
Office / SolidWorks / AutoCAD pretty much.
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posted on
11/02/2008 10:25:21 PM PST
by
Still Thinking
(Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?)
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