Help me decide between these Barebone Systems, fast

Nuke209 · Jul 4, 2005, 03:01 PM

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856115019BIOSTAR IDEQ IDEQ 210P

OR

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856150035
SOLTEK EQ3802GD-300P

BOTH socket 754, yea yea, i know 939 is better, but this is for my uncle who needs a system, wanted a 64bit and was tryna save money, blah blah

Anyways, the Biostar has 'True' 250w psu and the Soltek has 300w psu

It will be running a 9800pro 256mb
I read the review on the Biostar one at anatech and it handle a x800pro with everything else hooked up to it, and was surprise.

But now I dont know which to pick, help

Matth · Jul 4, 2005, 04:40 PM

Two things would turn me in favour of the Soltek...

1. More drive bays
2. 300W PSU with dual 12v (8A + 14.5A, 22.5A max combined load)

On looks, I'd throw both of those out, and go:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856160004 - or the sliver version

Nuke209 · Jul 5, 2005, 03:17 AM

he wanted either one of those, but the link u gave was nice, but he doesnt want

nitrousoxide52 · Jul 5, 2005, 03:21 AM

The Biostar, because it has nforce, which IMO is better than VIA, and it also has raid0/1 just incase he has more than 1 harddrive.

Nuke209 · Jul 5, 2005, 05:18 PM

Yea, I like the Biostar more
The VIA is ok

Jul 4, 2005, 03:01 PM	#1
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	Help me decide between these Barebone Systems, fast http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856115019BIOSTAR IDEQ IDEQ 210P OR http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856150035 SOLTEK EQ3802GD-300P BOTH socket 754, yea yea, i know 939 is better, but this is for my uncle who needs a system, wanted a 64bit and was tryna save money, blah blah Anyways, the Biostar has 'True' 250w psu and the Soltek has 300w psu It will be running a 9800pro 256mb I read the review on the Biostar one at anatech and it handle a x800pro with everything else hooked up to it, and was surprise. But now I dont know which to pick, help __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX

Jul 5, 2005, 03:17 AM	Thread Starter #3
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	he wanted either one of those, but the link u gave was nice, but he doesnt want __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX

Jul 5, 2005, 03:21 AM	#4
nitrousoxide52 Driverheaven.com err .net Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,719 Rep Power: 0	The Biostar, because it has nforce, which IMO is better than VIA, and it also has raid0/1 just incase he has more than 1 harddrive. __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 3800+ XFX Geforce 7800GT ABIT AN8-SLI BFG Tech 650w

Jul 5, 2005, 05:18 PM	Thread Starter #5
Nuke209 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Paul Posts: 568 Rep Power: 0	Yea, I like the Biostar more The VIA is ok __________________ 2006 Subaru Impreza WRX

Jul 4, 2005, 04:40 PM	#2
Matth Flash Banner Hater Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: UK Posts: 3,426 Rep Power: 93 System Specs	Two things would turn me in favour of the Soltek... 1. More drive bays 2. 300W PSU with dual 12v (8A + 14.5A, 22.5A max combined load) On looks, I'd throw both of those out, and go: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16856160004 - or the sliver version