best S754 mobo?

[ocmyface]

I was planning on getting a MSI K8N Neo Platinum but boshi was kind enough to tell me that they suck

so whast the best mobo out right now, it doesnt have to be the best mobo for overclocking, all I want right now is a mobo that will run at stock speed with stability, once the DFI boards come out then I'll buy that one and start overclocking, but for now I just want one that will run and not die in 5 minutes?

any suggestions?

[LilGator]

I haven't heard of a K8NS Pro dying in 5mins :D should do well for ya...

[S&M]

MSI Will do good at stock speed - but so will GIGABYTE K8NS PRO and it is doing quite well with the new bios (f2) ...

[ocmyface]

well, the MSI is just so hot :)
and they are a company i trust, ive never had a gigabyte board... hmmmmm time to do some research :(

[ocmyface]

and gigabyte it is!! :D

[blinky]

msi has been having issues, to say the least

[Karnivore]

Gigabyte is a great board, stable, OC's well, and decent features. Hopefully the DFI will be good enough for me to retire my trusty K8N Pro...

[ocmyface]

i cant wait for the DFI board

[thephenom]

DFI----- > Epox > Gigabyte > .........................MSI..................> Asus

That looks about right

[LilGator]

Just about yeah, the EPoX and GB are very close...

I wouldn't touch the MSI or ASUS :D

[Lithan]

The dfi isn't out yet is it? Shouldn't be ranking till we see it.

[ocmyface]

i think s754 comes out end of august??

[craig588]

Avoid the MSI at all costs, I have one and it doesn't even do 220MHz. I know my ram, videcard and CPU can still go higher though. There are no locks on the MSI board, so if you don't have a videocard that can handle around 80MHz then you will have a really hard time OCing it.


I'm waiting for the DFI.

[HKPolice]

There are some issues with flucuating voltages with the Epox, and you can't use the OCZ booster on it due to 5v rail. If you can get it to work properly, the Epox is probably better because of the 250GB chipset vs 250 on the gigabyte.