help on picking a new mobo

briahy8s · 09-13-2004, 02:54 PM

I am going to build my first system with the following:

3.0 ghz p4 with ht
768 mb pc2100 ram
ati radeon 9800 pro with 128 mb
soundblaster audigy 2

I was looking at several motherboard including MSI "Neo2-PFISR " i865PE, DFI "LANPARTY PRO875B" i875P, ABIT "IC7-G MAXII ADVANCE" i875P, and the ASUS "P4P800-E Deluxe" i865PE. Anyone have any recommendations on one of those or other boards? Thanks for the help.

elf · 09-13-2004, 04:47 PM

well I don't know what's wrong with it, but apparently the "P4P800-E Deluxe" gives alot of people problems installing

**quizme1220** · 09-22-2004, 03:13 AM

Hi briahy8s I'm new to the boards and I just built my new pc with prayers and sweat

. I'm using the DFI LanParty875B and I like this better than the Intel boards never used the AMD's. I haven't yet overclocked because I was new to building and got a celeron cpu instead of a P4 but will be getting the P4 2.8GHz 800 FSB Northwood very soon. From looking at what you've got for specs so far you didn't mention anything about a p/s, case, or fans and you're going to need at least 1GB of ram to really appreciate this board. Whatever you decide make sure you get a real good p/s Thermaltake, Enermax, Antec just to name a few are terrific p/s's. Good luck in your building and I hope you don't have half as much problems as I did, but in the end it was all worth it.

09-13-2004, 02:54 PM	#1 (permalink)
briahy8s Registered User Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 3 OS: XP Professional	help on picking a new mobo I am going to build my first system with the following: 3.0 ghz p4 with ht 768 mb pc2100 ram ati radeon 9800 pro with 128 mb soundblaster audigy 2 I was looking at several motherboard including MSI "Neo2-PFISR " i865PE, DFI "LANPARTY PRO875B" i875P, ABIT "IC7-G MAXII ADVANCE" i875P, and the ASUS "P4P800-E Deluxe" i865PE. Anyone have any recommendations on one of those or other boards? Thanks for the help.

09-13-2004, 04:47 PM	#2 (permalink)
elf Manager, Microsoft Support Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Knoxville, TN or Austin, TX depending Posts: 6,825 OS: WinXP Pro SP3 and Windows 7 My System	well I don't know what's wrong with it, but apparently the "P4P800-E Deluxe" gives alot of people problems installing __________________ If TSF has helped you, Tell us about it! or Donate to help keep the site up! I do not subscribe to threads, so if I stop replying, PM me with a link to your thread so I can find it again.

09-22-2004, 03:13 AM	#3 (permalink)
quizme1220 TSF Enthusiast Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: New York Posts: 1,297 OS: WinXP Pro Sp3 My System	Help on picking a new mobo Hi briahy8s I'm new to the boards and I just built my new pc with prayers and sweat . I'm using the DFI LanParty875B and I like this better than the Intel boards never used the AMD's. I haven't yet overclocked because I was new to building and got a celeron cpu instead of a P4 but will be getting the P4 2.8GHz 800 FSB Northwood very soon. From looking at what you've got for specs so far you didn't mention anything about a p/s, case, or fans and you're going to need at least 1GB of ram to really appreciate this board. Whatever you decide make sure you get a real good p/s Thermaltake, Enermax, Antec just to name a few are terrific p/s's. Good luck in your building and I hope you don't have half as much problems as I did, but in the end it was all worth it.