the best budget priced mobo?

rjpogi · Dec 2, 2004, 08:32 AM

being a student sucks, especially when upgrading PC parts using the hard earned allowance, so what is the best mobo that a $65 range can giveme and have a good performance in playing games? (e.g.Farcry, Doom 3 and HL2)

thanks in advance

Chikitta · Dec 2, 2004, 03:30 PM

Being a student is great

...apart from the total lack of money

What type of motherboard are you looking? AMD, P4, AMD 64?

rjpogi · Dec 2, 2004, 05:04 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chikitta

Being a student is great

...apart from the total lack of money

What type of motherboard are you looking? AMD, P4, AMD 64?

im going to use the same components from my sig, i'm just changing the mobo btw
you're kinda right there,hehehe being a student has it's highs, but the lack of funds make it irritating, thanks for replying

Chikitta · Dec 2, 2004, 05:22 PM

ah can't help you with Pentium boards - I'm an AMD man myself

rjpogi · Dec 2, 2004, 05:56 PM

dang that suck, help anybody?

rjpogi · Dec 2, 2004, 06:35 PM

is this a good mobo? it even supports dualchannel but costs 71 bucks http://www.jetway.com.tw/evisn/produ...5peda/spec.htm, i'm using 1 stick of DDR and not planning of buying another for atleast eons to come (DDR are really expensive) so.... should i bother buying the expensive one that supports dualchannel?

Vampyromaniac · Dec 3, 2004, 05:01 AM

I don't know about that brand, but check this one out, it's pretty cheap: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...130-467&depa=0

PS: a mobo change is not going to make much of a difference for games, not as much as a video card upgrade will

Dyre Straits · Dec 3, 2004, 07:09 AM

I just bought a new ABIT VT7 about 3 weeks ago from MicroCenter. (Posted in another thread about it....here)

So far, I'm VERY pleased with the way it's performed. It's VERY versatile and can handle 478 Pin P4 up to 800 MHz. It also supports Dual Channel DDR up to 3200 x 400 MHz and up to 4 GB total RAM.

It's a VIA-based board, if that makes any difference.

Total Price: $79. plus tax

Dec 2, 2004, 08:32 AM	#1
rjpogi DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Seoul-Tokyo Connection Posts: 235 Rep Power: 0	the best budget priced mobo? being a student sucks, especially when upgrading PC parts using the hard earned allowance, so what is the best mobo that a $65 range can giveme and have a good performance in playing games? (e.g.Farcry, Doom 3 and HL2) thanks in advance __________________ AMD 64 +3000 Venice 2 Infineon 1 gig PC2700 333Mhz DDRAM ECS Elite nForce3a Mobo Seagate Barracuda 120GB HD SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS Inno3D Geforce 6600 AGP Last edited by rjpogi; Dec 2, 2004 at 01:58 PM.

Dec 2, 2004, 03:30 PM	#2
Chikitta DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Holy land of farmers, UK Posts: 36 Rep Power: 0	Being a student is great ...apart from the total lack of money What type of motherboard are you looking? AMD, P4, AMD 64? __________________ Chikitta AMD Athlon XP 3200+ @ 2.3GHz 216 FSB [color=red]::[/color] Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe [color=red]::[/color] Hercules 9800 XT @ 435/770 [color=red]::[/color] 1gb Kingston HyperX PC3500 @ 2.0-2-2-11, 2.7V

Dec 2, 2004, 05:22 PM	#4
Chikitta DriverHeaven Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Holy land of farmers, UK Posts: 36 Rep Power: 0	ah can't help you with Pentium boards - I'm an AMD man myself __________________ Chikitta AMD Athlon XP 3200+ @ 2.3GHz 216 FSB [color=red]::[/color] Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe [color=red]::[/color] Hercules 9800 XT @ 435/770 [color=red]::[/color] 1gb Kingston HyperX PC3500 @ 2.0-2-2-11, 2.7V

Dec 2, 2004, 05:56 PM	Thread Starter #5
rjpogi DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Seoul-Tokyo Connection Posts: 235 Rep Power: 0	dang that suck, help anybody? __________________ AMD 64 +3000 Venice 2 Infineon 1 gig PC2700 333Mhz DDRAM ECS Elite nForce3a Mobo Seagate Barracuda 120GB HD SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS Inno3D Geforce 6600 AGP

Dec 2, 2004, 06:35 PM	Thread Starter #6
rjpogi DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Seoul-Tokyo Connection Posts: 235 Rep Power: 0	is this a good mobo? it even supports dualchannel but costs 71 bucks http://www.jetway.com.tw/evisn/produ...5peda/spec.htm, i'm using 1 stick of DDR and not planning of buying another for atleast eons to come (DDR are really expensive) so.... should i bother buying the expensive one that supports dualchannel? __________________ AMD 64 +3000 Venice 2 Infineon 1 gig PC2700 333Mhz DDRAM ECS Elite nForce3a Mobo Seagate Barracuda 120GB HD SoundBlaster Audigy2 ZS Inno3D Geforce 6600 AGP Last edited by rjpogi; Dec 2, 2004 at 06:57 PM.

Dec 3, 2004, 05:01 AM	#7
Vampyromaniac confutatis maledictis Join Date: May 2002 Location: somewhere dark Posts: 5,974 Rep Power: 74 System Specs	I don't know about that brand, but check this one out, it's pretty cheap: http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduc...130-467&depa=0 PS: a mobo change is not going to make much of a difference for games, not as much as a video card upgrade will __________________ *Digitalis 3.3* Athlon 64 3000 // ASUS K8V SE Deluxe // 1024MB PC3200 (2-2-2-10 1T) ATI All-In-Wonder 9700 Pro // 20" Dell 2005FPW (DVI) M-Audio Revo 7.1 + Philips Acoustic Edge // Klipsch ProMedia 2.1 320/16 Western Digital WD3200KS + 120/8 Seagate 7200.7 NEC ND-3550A 16x DVD±RW + Lite-On 52x24x CD-RW Antec Sonata case // 480W Antec TruePower personal bests \|\| Aq'3: 46796 \| 3D'01: 20461 \| 3D'03: 6336 \| 3D'05: 2677 \| PC'04: 4605 \| PC'02: 7691,9092,1250 Last edited by Vampyromaniac; Dec 3, 2004 at 05:59 AM.