MSI K7N2 or Asus A7N8X

Sebastian · Aug 16, 2003, 09:23 PM

Hi
which should I get for my first build, the MSI K7N2 DELTA-ILSR MOBO or the Asus A7N8X/DLX?
Im interested in reliability and backup from the manufacturer.

Sebastian

kinetic · Aug 16, 2003, 09:51 PM

I've got an MSI K7N2 board but the Asus is also an excellent choice! You can't go wrong with either!

blade5545 · Aug 16, 2003, 10:16 PM

DONT BUY THE MSI BOARD , i owned that board and in the first 6 months i had to get it replaced 4 TIMES!, the first one would not post,2nd had hourendous sound quality and that was also the problem with the 3rd one, and the 4 board stopped booting up when at default 133mhz fsb it would only boot at 100mhz fsb and that was when I tried it with a diffrent cpu and ram and it was even tested by the store that I bought it at and even they said it was defective, the MSI board also has a problem with the USB being detected during OS installation I actually had to boot up to a Linux installation disk first in order for the USB be detected and than i put in the Windows Xp cd and started the installation and i have seen a lot of people have this problem with the MSI BOARD,thankfully I had warranty and at the time the only board they had with the nforce2 chipset was the ASUS board so thats what i got as a replacment and it is absoulutly the best motherboard I have ever owned!

**Roadee** · Aug 16, 2003, 10:45 PM

My vote is for the Asus A7N8X DLX as long as it is a Rev. 2 board. I have built several of these and have to say there are an awesome board, full of features. I have built 2 of them for myself, a Rev. 1.04, sold it and bought a Rev. 2.0.....didn't overclock well enough for me.......so I sold it and bought an Abit NF7-S Rev. 2........and now I am loving life

If you are going to run pretty close to stock speed and want a full featured board with great reliability and support........get the Asus. Alienware and Falcon NorthWest both use it on there high end systems.

Alienware

Falcon NorthWest

It is the #1 board used by companies in this category.

Necrosis · Aug 16, 2003, 10:55 PM

Another vote for the Asus DLX..great board!

Aug 16, 2003, 10:16 PM	#3
blade5545 Shoots first ask's questions later Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Austin,TX Posts: 330 Rep Power: 0	DONT BUY THE MSI BOARD , i owned that board and in the first 6 months i had to get it replaced 4 TIMES!, the first one would not post,2nd had hourendous sound quality and that was also the problem with the 3rd one, and the 4 board stopped booting up when at default 133mhz fsb it would only boot at 100mhz fsb and that was when I tried it with a diffrent cpu and ram and it was even tested by the store that I bought it at and even they said it was defective, the MSI board also has a problem with the USB being detected during OS installation I actually had to boot up to a Linux installation disk first in order for the USB be detected and than i put in the Windows Xp cd and started the installation and i have seen a lot of people have this problem with the MSI BOARD,thankfully I had warranty and at the time the only board they had with the nforce2 chipset was the ASUS board so thats what i got as a replacment and it is absoulutly the best motherboard I have ever owned! __________________ Dell Inspiron 700m 2 ghz Intel Mobile 2mb L2 cache 12.1 Ultrabrite 1.25 gig ram 80gig hdd 8x DVD-RW 4.5lbs 1.5" thick 5 hours battery DFI NF4 Ultra - D AMD Winchester 64 3200+ @4125+ 2.62ghz sold Swiftech H20-120-BB REV. 3 LIQUID COOLING KIT 2x512 OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel sold Platinum Rev 2 OCZ POWERSTREAM 520W sold ATI X700 PRO SEAGATE 160GIG SATA Windows XP PRO SP2 / PearPC - Apple OS X 10.2 Unknown "The problem with America is stupidity. I'm not saying there should be a capital punishment for stupidity, but why don't we just take the safety labels off of everything and let the problem solve itself."

Aug 16, 2003, 10:45 PM	#4
Roadee Never forgotten Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Rest In peace, Joe. Posts: 2,198 Rep Power: 69	My vote is for the Asus A7N8X DLX as long as it is a Rev. 2 board. I have built several of these and have to say there are an awesome board, full of features. I have built 2 of them for myself, a Rev. 1.04, sold it and bought a Rev. 2.0.....didn't overclock well enough for me.......so I sold it and bought an Abit NF7-S Rev. 2........and now I am loving life If you are going to run pretty close to stock speed and want a full featured board with great reliability and support........get the Asus. Alienware and Falcon NorthWest both use it on there high end systems. Alienware Falcon NorthWest It is the #1 board used by companies in this category. __________________ We are born naked, wet, and hungry. Then things get worse.

Aug 16, 2003, 09:23 PM	#1
Sebastian DriverHeaven Newbie Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Yorkshire, UK Posts: 9 Rep Power: 0	MSI K7N2 or Asus A7N8X Hi which should I get for my first build, the MSI K7N2 DELTA-ILSR MOBO or the Asus A7N8X/DLX? Im interested in reliability and backup from the manufacturer. Sebastian

Aug 16, 2003, 09:51 PM	#2
kinetic DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Manchester England Posts: 2,559 Rep Power: 0	I've got an MSI K7N2 board but the Asus is also an excellent choice! You can't go wrong with either!

Aug 16, 2003, 10:55 PM	#5
Necrosis HardwareHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: May 2002 Location: Ohio Posts: 8,838 Rep Power: 131 System Specs	Another vote for the Asus DLX..great board!