jbarcus81 Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 I'm looking at motherboards... I looked at an MSI board but didn't want to pay shipping so I contacted a local puter store and he said that he recommends a BIOSTAR motherboard... He suggested this one for $95...... http://www.biostar.com.tw/products/mainboa...7vif/index.php3 Opinions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stryder68 Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 Go to http://www.tomshardware.com/ and see what they got to say about it. You will get an unbiased, truthful review on the board if they have covered it (more than likely they have). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mDagar Posted July 13, 2002 Share Posted July 13, 2002 EXPANSION SLOT 5 x PCI 1 x AGP 1 x ACR 1 x CNR Do you really need the ACR and CNR slots ... ? Honestly, I'd probably just pay for the other board. But I kinda like Abit myself. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yashiro Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 Go to http://www.tomshardware.com/ and see what they got to say about it. You will get an unbiased, truthful review on the board if they have covered it Well I don't agree with the 'unbiased truthful' statement there. ;) I would suggest you look at reviews from as many sites as possible. Got to www.neoseeker.com - this will list reviews from other sites. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altezza Veteran Posted July 14, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 14, 2002 I'm using MSI K7T266 Pro 2 mainboard and I absolutely love it...particularly the red mainboard color :) Anyway...if you're looking for the best mainboard available...go for ASUS! I highly recommended them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vlad Posted July 14, 2002 Share Posted July 14, 2002 ACR/CNR = worthless. Wish they would just stop putting them on motherboards Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbarcus81 Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 I've decided to go ASUS and got a A7A266 with the ALi? M1647 chipset... Who makes that? LoL!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
username Posted July 16, 2002 Share Posted July 16, 2002 whatever it is get it from www.newegg.com i am not a big asus fan, very popular here at neowin, then again, so is making your windows OS look like a mac I would really rethink that motherboard, that ALi magic chipset is the worst performer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbarcus81 Posted July 16, 2002 Author Share Posted July 16, 2002 Originally posted by username whatever it is get it from www.newegg.com i am not a big asus fan, very popular here at neowin, then again, so is making your windows OS look like a mac I would really rethink that motherboard, that ALi magic chipset is the worst performer. I found this at TomsHardware.com http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/01q2...imagik1-02.html Hey if it sucks what can it hurt, currently I'm using a ECS EliteGroup K7VZA and it SUCKS!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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