What's your ALL TIME FAVORITE motherboard?

ntdouglas · Dec 30, 2007

Did anybody mention the (in my opinion) best p965 chipset based board ever made. Asus p5b deluxe. Deeeeluxe!

Deleted member 24505 · Dec 30, 2007

I second that.My p5b-deluxe did 560fsb benchable and posted to 570fsb.GR8 board and sooo reliable.

Look at the cpu-z val in my sig.

Mussels · Dec 30, 2007

Mad-Matt said:
Im pretty sure your only talking about the asrock intel boards. The amd boards are all full 16x pci-e slots.

Damn good boards the 939dual sata2/vsta for there exeptionaly low price. Previous board favarates are the Abit NF7r2 as noted in posts above due to its great overclocking of the AthlonXP. Going back abit I had an Abit KT133a which wasnt too bad, but had its issues and before that an Abit BX6 (if i recall right) which overclocked (what was thaught of as cheap back then) a celeron 300a to 460+ .

i'll keep that in mind - i used to have that board and more recently had the intel, so i could easily be getting confuised.

the 939 dual was great, except for the random erasure of IDE drivers when OCing too high (some problem with locking the PCI bus i think) Didnt happen to sata drives, so i was happy enough when i had one.

JrRacinFan · Dec 30, 2007

Abit SA6-R from Socket370 Pentium 3 days.

Lazzer408 · Dec 30, 2007

D975xbx2

trt740 · Dec 30, 2007

ASUS M2N32-SLI Deluxe Wireless Edition AM2 NVIDIA nForce 590 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherbo

PaulieG · Dec 30, 2007

Tatty_One said:
Epox 9NPA-NF4 Ultra S939......lightening fast, almost as many overclocking Options as the best DFI boards and rock solid stable, came with a full toolkit and Mosfet cooling back in those days.....well 2005, seems like a lifetime ago!

I had one of these too, great board. It was sad to see Epox disappear.

trt740 · Dec 30, 2007

Paulieg said:
I had one of these too, great board. It was sad to see Epox disappear.

they were a great company they folded? No they are still at it http://www.epox.com/USA/index.asp

BigD6997 · Dec 30, 2007

DFI NF4 LP UT SLI-DR EXPERT!
s939

Pandaz3 · Dec 30, 2007

trt740 said:
they were a great company they folded? No they are still at it http://www.epox.com/USA/index.asp

Well the site is up and I was able to order a I/O panel some four months ago. but there have been reports of their demise and there is a newer company, SUPoX, trying to rise from the ashes. Here is an article from one of the old EPoX guys.

A news article from May 2007.

Yet another article

There was a SUPoX website from Taiwan, but it has gone away, your above link has no news after June. No new products in six months.

Pemalite · Dec 31, 2007

The good old Intel 440BX boards.

thebeephaha · Dec 31, 2007

CrAsHnBuRnXp · Dec 31, 2007

DRDNA said:
DFI anything !!

DFI Lanpart UT nF4 Ultra-D FTW!

btarunr · Dec 31, 2007

Gotta admit, lot of TPU users have/had a liking for AMD.

cdawall · Dec 31, 2007

btarunr said:
Gotta admit, lot of TPU users have/had a liking for AMD.

it appears mostly for the old K7 AXP chips!

Solaris17 · Dec 31, 2007

CrAsHnBuRnXp said:
DFI Lanpart UT nF4 Ultra-D FTW!

other than my albatron socket A

hellz ya DFI anything!!

mine my current! DFI Lanparty UltraII M-2 this thing has a moddable NB so now mine shows as a lanparty SLI II M-2 and its a great OC'r with amazing options talk about giving my Brisbane a work out.

btarunr · Dec 31, 2007

Their new gun in town...
LanParty UT 790FX M2R

The design is shared between DFI and Sapphire. AMD 790FX. Takes the Phenom to heights where no girl has ever gone before!

3991vhtes · Dec 31, 2007

cdawall said:
it appears mostly for the old K7 AXP chips!

IMO the K7's were the best. I can't wait to go back to AXP's.

cdawall · Dec 31, 2007

btarunr said:
Their new gun in the town...

The design is shared between DFI and Sapphire. AMD 790FX. Takes the Phenom where no girl has ever gone before!

actually it talkes it to the same place that the FX chips went :roll:

btarunr · Dec 31, 2007

^ The DFI/Sapphie board is said to have better power-conditioning circuitry. Alas! the L3 cache bug buggs it all.

Yeah the L1N64-WS. This thing should've taken off. ASUS killed it by not providing AMD Barcelona support (Barcelona LGA 1207).

cdawall · Dec 31, 2007

btarunr said:
^ The DFI/Sapphie board is said to have better power-conditioning circuitry. Alas! the L3 cache bug buggs it all.

Yeah the L1N64-WS. This thing should've taken off. ASUS killed it by not providing AMD Barcelona support (Barcelona LGA 1207).

o now thats just not true look @ XS it has quad core support

hehe those little buggers "fixed" that

B1gg3stN00b · Dec 31, 2007

I don't like the Asus boards I've used.

EVGA and Intel both have been a real pleasure to work with though.

flashstar · Dec 31, 2007

The best motherboard ever... Abit Fatal1ty AN8 SLI. :rockout:

It easily reaches 315 mhz on the fsb.

It was the only motherboard that came with a front panel. It gives updated statistics through the Uguru chip, and can even show when you have email!

My favorite, the actively cooled OTES system. I can set the fans to turn on when the power regulator gets a bit too hot and have it cool down.

While most people that I have run into have denounced the AN8 Fatal1ty SLI, calling it a poor successor to the AN7, it did the job in style. It really was worth the extra $40. While I'm having voltage problems with it now, I attribute that more to my power supply. If worse comes to worse, I can always rely on Abit's excellent warranty service.

btarunr · Dec 31, 2007

cdawall said:
o now thats just not true look @ XS it has quad core support hehe those little buggers "fixed" that

Maybe but when I buy that board here, I can't use it with a pair of Barcelona right away. I have to buy a A64 FX 1207 just for the heck of flashing the BIOS. The website on ASUS still doesn't have the update is what I meant.

exodusprime1337 · Dec 31, 2007

I'd have to say my favorite board of all time was the a8n32 sli deluxe, by far the most sturdy well built board ever for me. next on the lists will be my old dfi lanpart nf4 sli dr, and the evga nf590sli because of it's simplicity and ease of overclocking.

Processor	Amd Ryzen 5 5600x kryonaut paste
Motherboard	Asus Prime X570 P bios 4021
Cooling	Thermaltake Water 3.0 360mm (top mounted for exhaust) 3 Thermaltake 140mm riing rgb case fans
Memory	G.Skill Trident Z Neo DDR4 3600 cl16 2x16 dual rank
Video Card(s)	Sapphire Nitro+ RX 5700XT OC
Storage	Seagate Firecuda 520 500gb NVMe PCIE Gen4 x 4 boot drive XPG S70 Blade Gen 4 x 4 NVMe gaming drive
Display(s)	MSI Mag321CQR 32 inch curved 144 hz 1ms
Case	Thermaltake View 31
Audio Device(s)	Corsair Void USB RGB Dolby Digital 7.1 Headphones
Power Supply	Thermaltake Grand RGB 750w
Mouse	Corsair Harpoon RGB
Keyboard	Corsair K55 RGB
Software	Windows 11 Professional

System Name	Rainbow Sparkles (Power efficient, <350W gaming load)
Processor	Ryzen R7 5800x3D (Undervolted, 4.45GHz all core)
Motherboard	Asus x570-F (BIOS Modded)
Cooling	Alphacool Apex UV - Alphacool Eisblock XPX Aurora + EK Quantum ARGB 3090 w/ active backplate
Memory	2x32GB DDR4 3600 Corsair Vengeance RGB @3866 C18-22-22-22-42 TRFC704 (1.4V Hynix MJR - SoC 1.15V)
Video Card(s)	Galax RTX 3090 SG 24GB: Underclocked to 1700Mhz 0.750v (375W down to 250W))
Storage	2TB WD SN850 NVME + 1TB Sasmsung 970 Pro NVME + 1TB Intel 6000P NVME USB 3.2
Display(s)	Phillips 32 32M1N5800A (4k144), LG 32" (4K60) \| Gigabyte G32QC (2k165) \| Phillips 328m6fjrmb (2K144)
Case	Fractal Design R6
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G560 \| Corsair Void pro RGB \|Blue Yeti mic
Power Supply	Fractal Ion+ 2 860W (Platinum) (This thing is God-tier. Silent and TINY)
Mouse	Logitech G Pro wireless + Steelseries Prisma XL
Keyboard	Razer Huntsman TE ( Sexy white keycaps)
VR HMD	Oculus Rift S + Quest 2
Software	Windows 11 pro x64 (Yes, it's genuinely a good OS) OpenRGB - ditch the branded bloatware!
Benchmark Scores	Nyooom.

System Name	Snow White
Processor	Ryzen 7900x3d
Motherboard	AsRock B650E Steel Legend
Cooling	Custom Water 1x420
Memory	32GB T-Force Deltas
Video Card(s)	PowerColor 7900 XTX Liquid Devil
Storage	20+ TB
Display(s)	Sammy 49" 5k Ultrawide
Case	Tt CTE 600 Snow Edition
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	EVGA 1200W P2
Mouse	Corsair M65 RGB Elite White
Keyboard	Corsair K65 Mini
Software	Windows 10
Benchmark Scores	Avermedia Live HD2

Processor	i7 2600k@4.6ghz
Motherboard	MSI z68ma-ed55
Cooling	Silentx Extreem 120mm
Memory	2x4gb XMS 7-8-7-20 1600
Video Card(s)	HD6870
Storage	2x128gb Kingston Hyper-X (Raid0), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1), 2x750gb RE3 (RAID1)
Display(s)	Soyo 24", Gateway 22"
Case	Fractal Design Arc Mini 6x120mm fans.
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Zalman 750w
Software	Windows 7

System Name	Apple Bite
Processor	Intel I5
Motherboard	Apple
Memory	40gb of DDR 4 2700
Video Card(s)	ATI Radeon 500
Storage	Fusion Drive 1 TB
Display(s)	27 Inch IMac late 2017

Processor	5800x(2)/5700g/5600x/5600g/2700x/1700x/1700
Motherboard	MSI B550 Carbon (2)/ MSI z490 Unify/Asus Strix B550-F/MSI B450 Tomahawk (3)
Cooling	EK AIO 360 (2)/EK AIO 240, Arctic Cooling Freezer II 280/EVGA CLC 280/Noctua D15/Cryorig M9(2)
Memory	32 GB Ballistix Elite/32 GB TridentZ/16GB Mushkin Redline Black/16 GB Dominator
Video Card(s)	Asus Strix RTX3060/EVGA 970(2)/Asus 750 ti/Old Quadros
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO M.2 NVMe 500GB/WD Black M.2 NVMe 500GB/Adata 500gb NVMe
Display(s)	Acer 1080p 22"/ (3) Samsung 22" 1080p
Case	(2) Lian Li Lancool II Mesh/Corsair 4000D /Phanteks Eclipse 500a/Be Quiet Pure Base 500/Bones of HAF
Power Supply	EVGA Supernova 850G(2)/EVGA Supernova GT 650w/Phantek Amps 750w/Seasonic Focus 750w
Mouse	Generic Black wireless (5)
Keyboard	Generic Black wireless (5)
Software	Win 10/Ubuntu

Processor	e8400 @ 4ghz 1.344v
Motherboard	EVGA 780i
Cooling	Thermalright Ultra-Ex lapped
Memory	OCZ Reaper HPC 2GB (3-5-5-17) @ 450mhz
Video Card(s)	8800gts
Storage	200G WD
Display(s)	23in samsung lcd hdtv
Case	stacker 831
Power Supply	OCZ stealthxstrem 600watt
Software	Xp-Pro

Processor	AMD's 6400+ Black, 5000+ Black
Motherboard	MSI K9A2 Platinum, MSI K9A2 CF
Cooling	Scythe Ninja, both of them
Memory	2 X 2 Geil PC6400, 2 X 1 Patriot PC6400
Video Card(s)	MSI HD 3870, and ATI X1900 XT
Storage	500 Gig Seagate , and 320 Gig Seagate
Display(s)	ACER AL2216W LCD, and Hyundai L90D+ LCD
Case	Antec P-160 (Aluminum), and Antec 1650
Audio Device(s)	Onboard AudioMax, and Audigy 2 Value
Power Supply	Antec 850 Quatro, and Seasonic S-12 500
Software	Vista Ultimate 64; Vista Home Premium 64,

System Name	0BL1V10N
Processor	Intel Core i7 11700K @ 5.1GHz all-core turbo
Motherboard	ASRock Z590 Taichi
Cooling	Cooler Master MasterLiquid 360 (with stock CM fans), 12x Pccooler Moonlight Series ARGB 120mm fans
Memory	(4x16GB) 64GB Mushkin Redline Lumina 3600MHz 16-19-19-39 XMP
Video Card(s)	MSI RTX 4090 SUPRIM LIQUID 24G (not using stock fans) (+150MHz core, +1000MHz memory)
Storage	Western Digital Black SN850X 2TB Gen4 NVMe
Display(s)	1x Alienware AW3821DW (3840x1600@144Hz), 2x Dell SE2717H (1080p@75Hz)
Case	Phanteks Enthoo 719 Anthracite Grey
Audio Device(s)	Schiit Modius + Drop THX AAA 789 + Custom Planar Magnetic Headphones
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower GF3 1200W (12VHPWR)
Mouse	Logitech G502 X Plus
Keyboard	Too many custom mechanical builds to list...
Software	Windows 10 Pro 22H2

Processor	Intel i9 9900K @5GHz w/ Corsair H150i Pro CPU AiO w/Corsair HD120 RBG fan
Motherboard	Asus Z390 Maximus XI Code
Cooling	6x120mm Corsair HD120 RBG fans
Memory	Corsair Vengeance RBG 2x8GB 3600MHz
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX 3080Ti STRIX OC
Storage	Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB , 970 EVO 1TB, Samsung 850 EVO 1TB SSD, 10TB Synology DS1621+ RAID5
Display(s)	Corsair Xeneon 32" 32UHD144 4K
Case	Corsair 570x RBG Tempered Glass
Audio Device(s)	Onboard / Corsair Virtuoso XT Wireless RGB
Power Supply	Corsair HX850w Platinum Series
Mouse	Logitech G604s
Keyboard	Corsair K70 Rapidfire
Software	Windows 11 x64 Professional
Benchmark Scores	Firestrike - 23520 Heaven - 3670

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	Moving into the mobile space
Processor	7940HS
Motherboard	HP trash
Cooling	HP trash
Memory	2x8GB
Video Card(s)	4070 mobile
Storage	512GB+2TB NVME
Display(s)	some 165hz thing that isn't as nice as it sounded

System Name	RogueOne
Processor	Xeon W9-3495x
Motherboard	ASUS w790E Sage SE
Cooling	SilverStone XE360-4677
Memory	128gb Gskill Zeta R5 DDR5 RDIMMs
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 2TB WD SN850X \| 2x 8TB GAMMIX S70
Display(s)	49" Philips Evnia OLED (49M2C8900)
Case	Thermaltake Core P3 Pro Snow
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on schitt Gunnr
Power Supply	Seasonic Prime TX-1600
Mouse	Razer Viper mini signature edition (mercury white)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Moondrop Luna lights
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11 Pro Workstation
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

Processor	AMD Athlon 64 3800+ Venice 2.4GHz
Motherboard	ASUS A8V-VM SE
Cooling	Stock
Memory	1GB DDR400
Video Card(s)	DiamondViper Radeon X1650PRO 512MB PCI-e
Storage	Seagate 250GB SATA
Display(s)	Acer AL2002W 20" LCD Widescreen
Case	cheap
Audio Device(s)	Creative SoundBlaster
Power Supply	500 watt
Software	Vista Ultimate
Benchmark Scores	4.1 Vista index

System Name	Free Rig/Compaq Laptop
Processor	E6750/Turion X2 1.9ghz
Motherboard	EVGA 680i SLI/Quanta EA30
Cooling	Random big fans!
Memory	8GB Geil Black Dragon/2GB G-Skill 4-4-4-12
Video Card(s)	Nvidia 8800GTS/Nvidia 7000M - Hauppage PCIX TV Tuner
Storage	250gb SATA WD/120gb internal Samsung SATA
Display(s)	ASUS 21.5" 1080P monitor
Case	Raidmax Smilodon/Regular
Audio Device(s)	Stock into 2.1 Altec Lansing Rig
Power Supply	Cooler Master 650W/12 cell HP battery
Software	Vista Ult. 64 Bit, Ubuntu 64 Bit 8.10/Vista Ult. 32 Bit, Ubuntu 8.04 32

System Name	Einstein IV
Processor	1090t @ 3.8 Ghz
Motherboard	Fatal1ty 990FX Professional
Cooling	Swiftech H20 Cooling Kit w/ Apogee XT Rev. 2
Memory	32 GB DDR3
Video Card(s)	MSI 260 XT 216 edition
Storage	2x 120gb Sandisk Extreme SSDs, 1x 120 gb Corsair Force 2
Display(s)	Samsung BW206
Case	Lian-li Lan-cool
Audio Device(s)	M-Audio Profire 610
Power Supply	Corsair TX-750

System Name	HOMECOMPUTER
Processor	Intel i9 - 9900k @ 5.1Ghz - 1.31v
Motherboard	Asux ROG Maximus XI Hero Wifi
Cooling	ek supremacy evo full nickle, 2xEK 360 Radiators, ek d5 pump/res combo, ek full cover 2080ti block
Memory	16GB DDR 3600 Trident Z RGB
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte RTX 2080TI
Storage	1xWD black NVME 500GB, 1xSamsung 970 Evo Plus NVME 1TB
Display(s)	2 Dell Gaming 27" 1440P Gsync
Case	Lian LI PC-011 Dynamic
Audio Device(s)	onboard
Power Supply	Evga P2 1200Watt
Mouse	Zowie FK1+
Keyboard	Corsair Strafe rgb silent
Software	Windows 10 Pro
Benchmark Scores	i'm working on that

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