what was your favorite motherboard ever?

suraswami · Aug 7, 2010

All time favorite, Abit NF8

Most stable board ever, never missed a beat and still running strong on my server 24/7 for 2+ yrs - ECS GF8200A Black Edition.

Current ones

GA-MA790GP-UD4H and MSI 790FX-GD70

cadaveca · Aug 7, 2010

DFI NF4 Ultra-D was/is my favorite board. For someone like me that is never happy with an overclock, constantly changing settings for months, and when everything has been tweaked...sells it and starts over again....

Maybe it was because it supported Opterons....

Maybe because it did Crossfire and SLi....

Maybe it was Oskar Wu's awesome bioses....

Maybe.....

Maybe it was because that's the last time I bought vgas that didn't die @ stock(I miss lead solder :cry:

)...

TheMailMan78 · Aug 7, 2010

I would kill for one of these right about now....

ERazer · Aug 7, 2010

my fav Abit TH7II

Techtu · Aug 7, 2010

Gotta love this thread for bringing up some of the old & new classic boards.

:toast:

to cdawall for making this thread!

freaksavior · Aug 7, 2010

Favorite board was p5b dlx - awesome easy to oc and worked

second would be a gigabyt x58ud5

least favorite is the biostar my dad has, I hate that board

driver66 · Aug 7, 2010

My Favorite of ALL time. The Asus P2B, Still runs to this day

Circa: May 1998

Built on Intel’s 440BX chipset, the legendary Asus P2B board helped build up the company’s reputation as a performance motherboard maker. Boasting three ISA slots, four 32-bit PCI slots and an AGP 2x slot, this Slot 1 Pentium II had such long legs, that some variations that were able to run Slot 1 were able to run Slot 1 Pentium III CPUs too. Sure, it didn’t have the sexy soft FSB of the also popular Abit BX6, but the jumper configuration actually supported a wider frequency range than the BX6. The P2B also had the advantage of being a rock-solid board, with many likely still seeing duty today – more than 10 years after it was introduced.

http://www.maximumpc.com/article/fe..._components_modern_computing_era?page=0%2C6,1

Chicken Patty · Aug 7, 2010

Mine was the ASUS M3A79-T MVP Deluxe. Guess it was the success that I had with that board, but I loved it. :toast:

majestic12 · Aug 7, 2010

ASRock NF7G rev 5.0. It was a great motherboard that served my needs really well and gave me zero issues. Better yet, it was cheap!

DaMulta · Aug 7, 2010

My Asus 790i Ultra Ex

That fucker was fast

Then I modded it into a White Board with Red Chips that Glowed under UV

http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=79885
O YES!!

Techtu · Aug 7, 2010

another one of my favourites is the Shuttle AK31

Still in every day use - never had one problem with the board except the BIOS needs updating, but that's no fault of the board.

Chicken Patty · Aug 7, 2010

DaMulta said:
My Asus 790i Ultra Ex

That fucker was fast

Then I modded it into a White Board with Red Chips that Glowed under UV

http://img.techpowerup.org/081228/790i white.jpg
http://forums.techpowerup.com/showthread.php?t=79885
O YES!!

I remember that board

jcgeny · Aug 7, 2010

the best motherboard was an Abit vp6 :
dual pentium 3 at 866 with an ati rage 128 with tv

iwith 4 hd in raid 0 that was very cool , by now my best is a Tyan 7025
dual xeon 5520 = 4+4ht cores@2.23 Ghz

douglatins · Aug 7, 2010

My P5Q Deluxe and my current one

FreedomEclipse · Aug 7, 2010

for me.... MSI K8N Neo2 Platinum. It formed part of my first ever system build. when it died I went lookin for a new one but the only board available was an Asus A8V deluxe since 939's had been phased out in favour of Intel C2Ds, the A8V was my first ever foray into the Asus market. - I hated it so much, I had picked up one with a retardedly low FSB wall so i couldnt OC my cpu higher. I used it for about a week before i couldnt stand it anymore n went onto ebay where i picked up an OEM version of the Neo2 board but i didnt care. its still working today

BUCK NASTY · Aug 7, 2010

Wow, suprised nobody has mentioned the venerable MSI K9A2 Platinum. For F@H, this was the Holy Grail. I ran 5 of these 24/7 at one time. Only thing holding it back was the SB600 chipset. I still have 3 of these boards and call them into service as needed. :rockout:

Animalpak · Aug 7, 2010

I never had one but the first time i saw it, i was in love...

Asus Pinot Noir

I dont know still yet what happen to this motherboard, and never see somebody own it.

Kovoet · Aug 7, 2010

I have got two I swear by

P5K Prem

Maximus Gene II

Konceptz · Aug 10, 2010

1nf3rn0x said:
eVGA 780i http://www.techpowerup.com/img/07-12-17/780i_right.jpg

yeah, gotta be the best i've ever used. So many people had problems but mine is still going strong. Overclocked a lot of chips in her

ZenZimZaliben · Aug 11, 2010

My favorite board that really started it all for me, as far as watercooling, and moding goes.

DFI LanParty NF4 Ultra-D

phanbuey · Aug 11, 2010

my current gigabyte ud2 MATX... its ugly as hell but i love the performance

btarunr · Aug 11, 2010

Back in the glorious days of ~~Soviet~~ AMD+NVIDIA domination.

I used an X2 5200+ "Windsor" 90 nm on that. It was a muscle-chip, and the Core 2 Duo infestation had just started.

Before that, it was the MSI KT4 Ultra.

I used to run XP 2600+ "Thoroughbred" on that.

Valenciente · Aug 11, 2010

My favorite will have to be my current mobo; the DFI LanParty LT x38 T2R:

The upgrade I'll be getting sometime soon (hopefully) will be the ASUS Crosshair IV Formula (I'm a sucker for black mobo's xD)

joytime360 · Aug 13, 2010

Asus P5Q-E

SNiiPE_DoGG · Aug 13, 2010

Funny I didnt think I would see my favorite mobo ever in here but there it is two posts above mine

DFI LP LT X38-T2R , such a tank of a board, had a ton of fun benching that board with airconditioned ambient watercooling back in the day, pumping 1.7v vtt into my q6600 in order to get it up to 4.1ghz 24/7 stable

I do really like my current board for better features and looks but I put so many hours in tweaking the DFI that it has to be my favorite.

System Name	---
Processor	FX 8350 @ 4.00 Ghz with 1.28v
Motherboard	Gigabyte 990FX-UD3 v4.0, Hacked Bios F4.x
Cooling	Silenx 4 pipe Tower cooler + 2 x Cougar 120mm fan, 3 x 120mm, 1 x 200 mm Red LED fan
Memory	Kingston HyperX DDR3 1866 16GB + Patriot Memory DDR3 1866 16GB
Video Card(s)	Asus R9 290 OC @ GPU - 1050, MEM - 1300
Storage	Inland 256GB PCIe NVMe SSD for OS, WDC Black - 2TB + 1TB Storage, Inland 480GB SSD - Games
Display(s)	3 x 1080P LCDs - Acer 25" + Acer 23" + HP 23"
Case	AeroCool XPredator X3
Audio Device(s)	Built-in Realtek
Power Supply	Corsair HX1000 Modular
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 bit

System Name	TheMailbox 5.0 / The Mailbox 4.5
Processor	RYZEN 1700X / Intel i7 2600k @ 4.2GHz
Motherboard	Fatal1ty X370 Gaming K4 / Gigabyte Z77X-UP5 TH Intel LGA 1155
Cooling	MasterLiquid PRO 280 / Scythe Katana 4
Memory	ADATA RGB 16GB DDR4 2666 16-16-16-39 / G.SKILL Sniper Series 16GB DDR3 1866: 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	MSI 1080 "Duke" with 8Gb of RAM. Boost Clock 1847 MHz / ASUS 780ti
Storage	256Gb M4 SSD / 128Gb Agelity 4 SSD , 500Gb WD (7200)
Display(s)	LG 29" Class 21:9 UltraWide® IPS LED Monitor 2560 x 1080 / Dell 27"
Case	Cooler Master MASTERBOX 5t / Cooler Master 922 HAF
Audio Device(s)	Realtek ALC1220 Audio Codec / SupremeFX X-Fi with Bose Companion 2 speakers.
Power Supply	Seasonic FOCUS Plus Series SSR-750PX 750W Platinum / SeaSonic X Series X650 Gold
Mouse	SteelSeries Sensei (RAW) / Logitech G5
Keyboard	Razer BlackWidow / Logitech (Unknown)
Software	Windows 10 Pro (64-bit)
Benchmark Scores	Benching is for bitches.

Processor	R9 5950x
Motherboard	Asus x570 Crosshair VIII Formula
Cooling	EK 360mm AIO D-RGB
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo 2x16gb (CL16@3800MHz)
Video Card(s)	PNY GeForce RTX 3090 24GB
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO Plus 1TB NVMe \| Intel 660p 2TB NVMe
Display(s)	Acer Predator XB323QK 4K 144Hz
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Audio Device(s)	Objective2 Amp/DAC \| GoXLR \| AKG K612PRO \| Beyerdynamic DT880\| Rode Pod Mic
Power Supply	Corsair AX 850w
Mouse	Razer DeathAdder Elite V2
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Platinum RGB "Cherry MX Brown"
VR HMD	Oculus Rift
Software	Window 11 Pro

System Name	ZeroUptime \| M.A.S.S / MM1
Processor	Xeon 2659 v3 / Xeon 2683 v4 / ARM A14
Motherboard	Asus X99-E-10G WS / ASRock x99 usb 3.1 / Apple
Cooling	NZXT Kraken / Noctua NH-L12 / Apple
Memory	16Gb DDR4 / 32Gb DDR4 / 16GB HBLM
Video Card(s)	Powercooler ATI vega 64 / GT 7300 / ARM
Storage	Samsung 970 512 Evo NVMe / A lot. / 256 + 512 External TB3
Display(s)	Acer Predator X34 / Headless / Acer X34 Non predator
Case	NZXT H630 \|Rosewill 8bay 4u server chasiss / MMM1
Audio Device(s)	Onboard / Onboard / Onboard
Power Supply	Corais HX850 \| Corsair TX750 / Internal 250w
Mouse	g502 proteus core / Headless / g502 proteus core
Keyboard	Corsair K95 Cherry Blue / Headless / K65 Cherry Red
Software	Windows 10 / ESXI / Big Sur 11.2.2

Processor	c2d e8400@ 3.8ghz 24/7
Motherboard	Abit IP-35e 80$ lol
Cooling	zalman cnps9700 led
Memory	2 x 2 gig patriot viper
Video Card(s)	evga Gtx 285 oc
Storage	2 x 300gig sata seagate 7200.10 in raid 0/ 1.5TB for backup
Display(s)	acer 24" TFT LCD AL2416WBSD
Case	Antec 902
Audio Device(s)	XtremeGamer Fatal1ty Pro series
Power Supply	ocz gamextreme 700w
Software	windows 7 ultimate

what was your favorite motherboard ever?

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BUCK NASTY

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Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 7800X3D
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Crosshair X670E Hero
Cooling	ARCTIC Liquid Freezer III 360 A-RGB // X12 Phanteks D30-120 D-RGB Fans
Memory	G.SKILL Trident Z5 Neo RGB Series (AMD Expo) DDR5 RAM 32GB (2x16GB) 6000MT/s CL30
Video Card(s)	ZOTAC Gaming GeForce RTX 4090 AMP Extreme AIRO
Storage	Samsung Pro 980 2TB NVMe (OS and Games) // WD Black 10TB HDD (Storage)
Display(s)	SAMSUNG 34-Inch Ultrawide 75Hz (Desk Games) // SAMSUNG 49-Inch Ultrawide 144Hz (Sim Racing Rig)
Case	Phanteks NV7
Power Supply	Seasonic Vertex GX-1200, 1200W 80+ Gold, ATX 3.0
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Majestic Command 3.0
Processor	Ryzen 5 3600
Motherboard	ASRock B450M Pro 4
Cooling	Corsair water loop
Memory	2x8GB Ballistix DDR4
Video Card(s)	RX 5600 XT
Storage	1TB WD Black SN750 M.2, a home server
Display(s)	Asus VG249Q
Case	Darkflash DLM22 - black
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi HD>AT-HA25D>FR-N71X
Power Supply	EVGA 600W standard
Mouse	Razer Mamba Elite
Keyboard	Razer Blackwidow Chroma TE
Software	Windows 10

System Name	Work in progress
Processor	AMD 955---4Ghz
Motherboard	MSi GD70
Cooling	OcZ Phase/water
Memory	Crucial2GB kit (1GBx2), Ballistix 240-pin DIMM, DDR3 PC3-16000
Video Card(s)	CrossfireX 2 X HD 4890 1GB OCed to 1000Mhz
Storage	SSD 64GB
Display(s)	Envision 24'' 1920x1200
Case	Using the desk ATM
Audio Device(s)	Sucky onboard for now :(
Power Supply	1000W TruePower Quattro

System Name	Sovereign // HTPC
Processor	i7 3770k 4.2 // i7 3770k 4.2
Motherboard	Maximus V Gene // Sabertooth Z77
Cooling	Noctua D14 // Intel HSF
Memory	16GB Samsung // 16GB VengeanceLP
Video Card(s)	Deciding // 660 DC2
Storage	OS (X25-M), Data (Seagate 1TB) // Samsung 840 120GB & bunch of drives
Display(s)	Samsung T240HD // LG TV
Case	TJ08e // Grandia GD08
Audio Device(s)	DT880 Pro 250 ohm // TV speakers
Power Supply	Seasonic Plat 1000 // Seasonic Gold 760
Software	Windows 8 Pro x64 // Windows 7 Pro x64

System Name	DarnGosh Edition
Processor	AMD 7800X3D
Motherboard	MSI X670E GAMING PLUS
Cooling	Thermalright AM5 Contact Frame + Phantom Spirit 120SE
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z5 NEO DDR5 6000 CL32-38-38-96
Video Card(s)	Asus Dual Radeon™ RX 6700 XT OC Edition
Storage	WD SN770 1TB (Boot)\| 2x 2TB WD SN770 (Gaming)\| 2x 2TB Crucial BX500\| 2x 3TB Toshiba DT01ACA300
Display(s)	LG GP850-B
Case	Corsair 760T (White) {1xCorsair ML120 Pro\|5xML140 Pro}
Audio Device(s)	Yamaha RX-V573\|Speakers: JBL Control One\|Auna 300-CN\|Wharfedale Diamond SW150
Power Supply	Seasonic Focus GX-850 80+ GOLD
Mouse	Logitech G502 X
Keyboard	Duckyshine Dead LED(s) III
Software	Windows 11 Home
Benchmark Scores	ლ(ಠ益ಠ)ლ

System Name	Main Rig
Processor	AMD FX-4130 @ 4.8Ghz
Motherboard	ASUS M5A99X Evo
Cooling	Coolermaster Hyper 212+
Memory	8GB GSkill DDR3 1600
Video Card(s)	ASUS GTX 970 Strix @ 1503Mhz Core
Storage	Corsair Force 90gb SSD/ WD Caviar Blue 750gb
Display(s)	ASUS 24" IPS
Case	Coolermaster Centurion 590
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Antec TP750 80+
Software	Windows 7 Ultimate 64

Processor	i9 9900KS ( 5 Ghz all the time )
Motherboard	Asus Maximus XI Hero Z390
Cooling	EK Velocity + EK D5 pump + Alphacool full copper silver 360mm radiator
Memory	16GB Corsair Dominator GT ROG Edition 3333 Mhz
Video Card(s)	ASUS TUF RTX 3080 Ti 12GB OC
Storage	M.2 Samsung NVMe 970 Evo Plus 250 GB + 1TB 970 Evo Plus
Display(s)	Asus PG279 IPS 1440p 165Hz G-sync
Case	Cooler Master H500
Power Supply	Asus ROG Thor 850W
Mouse	Razer Deathadder Chroma
Keyboard	Rapoo
Software	Win 10 64 Bit

System Name	KOV
Processor	AMD 5900x
Motherboard	Asus Crosshair Hero VIII
Cooling	H100i Cappellix White
Memory	Corsair 3600kHz 32GB
Video Card(s)	RX 7900XT
Storage	Samsung 970 evo 500gb, Corsair 500gb ssd, 500GB 840 pro & 1TB samsung 980pro. M2.SSD 960 evo 250GB
Display(s)	ASUS TUF Gaming VG32VQ1B 165mhz, Dell S2721DGFA 27 Inch QHD 165mhz
Case	Corsair 680x
Audio Device(s)	ON Board and Hyper X cloud flight wireless headset and Bose speakers
Power Supply	AX1200i Corsair
Mouse	Logitech G502x plus lightspeed
Keyboard	Logitech G915 TKL lightspeed and G13 gamepad
Software	windows 11

Processor	i7-14700k
Motherboard	MSI Z790 Carbon Wifi
Cooling	DeepCool LS720
Memory	32gb GSkill DDR5-6400 CL32 Trident Z5
Video Card(s)	Intel ARC A770 LE
Storage	990 Pro 1tb, 980 Pro 512gb, WD black 4tb
Display(s)	3 x HP EliteDisplay E273
Case	Corsair 5000D Airflow
Power Supply	Corsair RM850x
Mouse	Logitec MK520
Keyboard	Logitec MK520
Software	Win 11 Pro 64bit
Benchmark Scores	Cinebench R23 Multi 35805

System Name	TheReactor / HTPC
Processor	AMD 7800x3d 5050Mhz / Intel 10700kf (5.1ghz All Core)
Motherboard	ASrock x670e Taichi / ROG Strix z490-e gaming
Cooling	HeatKiller VI CPU/GPU Block -2xBlackIce GTX 360 Radiators - Swiftech MCP655 Pump
Memory	32GB G.Skill 6000Mhz DDR5 / 32GB G.Skill 3400Mhz DDR4
Video Card(s)	Nvidia 3090ti / Nvidia 2080ti
Storage	Crucial T700 2TB Gen 5 / Samsung Evo 2Tb
Display(s)	Acer Predator xb271hu - 2560x1440 @144hz
Case	Corsiar 550
Audio Device(s)	on board
Power Supply	Antec Quattro 1000W
Mouse	Logitech G502
Keyboard	Corsair Gaming k70
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64bit

System Name	Planet Espresso
Processor	13700KF @ 5.5GHZ 1.285v - 235W cap
Motherboard	MSI 690-I PRO
Cooling	Thermalright Phantom Spirit EVO
Memory	48 GB DDR5 7600 MHZ CL36
Video Card(s)	RTX 4090 FE
Storage	2TB WD SN850, 4TB WD SN850X
Display(s)	Alienware 32" 4k 240hz OLED
Case	Jonsbo Z20
Audio Device(s)	Yes
Power Supply	Corsair SF750
Mouse	Xlite V2
Keyboard	65% HE Keyboard
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	They're pretty good, nothing crazy.

System Name	RBMK-1000
Processor	AMD Ryzen 7 5700G
Motherboard	ASUS ROG Strix B450-E Gaming
Cooling	DeepCool Gammax L240 V2
Memory	2x 8GB G.Skill Sniper X
Video Card(s)	Palit GeForce RTX 2080 SUPER GameRock
Storage	Western Digital Black NVMe 512GB
Display(s)	BenQ 1440p 60 Hz 27-inch
Case	Corsair Carbide 100R
Audio Device(s)	ASUS SupremeFX S1220A
Power Supply	Cooler Master MWE Gold 650W
Mouse	ASUS ROG Strix Impact
Keyboard	Gamdias Hermes E2
Software	Windows 11 Pro

System Name	Silverstorm
Processor	Intel Core i5 2500k
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-P67A-D3-B3 (Rev. 2.0)
Memory	2x4GB Kingston HyperX PC3-12800 1600MHz CL9-9-9-27
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GeForce GTX 760 2GB
Storage	250GB Samsung 840 EVO SSD, 1TB WD Caviar Green, 2x500GB Seagate Barracuda, 2TB WD Elements (ext)
Display(s)	Samsung S24B300 + HP w2207h
Case	Fractal Design Define R4 Black Pearl
Audio Device(s)	7.1 CH HD Audio (Onboard)
Power Supply	OCZ StealthXStream 800W
Software	Microsoft Windows 10 Pro 64bit

System Name	Flow
Processor	AMD Phenom II 955 BE
Motherboard	MSI 790fx GD70
Cooling	Water
Memory	8gb Crucial Ballistix Tracer Blue ddr3 1600 c8
Video Card(s)	2 x XFX 6850 - Yet to go under water.
Storage	Corsair s128
Display(s)	HP 24" 1920x1200
Case	Custom Lian-Li V2110b
Audio Device(s)	Auzentech X-Fi Forte 7.1
Power Supply	Corsair 850HX