It's been a number of years since I built my pc and want to find out if
there's a site(s) that is designed to provide a list of mobos fitting a
set of specs as a starting point for researching specific ones.
I'm undecided what direction I want to go yet, so such a site (if there
were one) would let me quickly toss around ideas and mobo feature
combinations. For example, I'd like to develop a list of mobos, mfr
and model number grouped by CPU (for example, P4, dual core, i7) and
relevant features from which I could then do more research.
Thanks,
John
Tom's Hardware and similar -- or, as easy to get lost in nitty-gritty
of hardcore PC forums, as highend stereos for
dedicating to $40K speakers. Time you're willing to put up with
Google's granularity, a point of competence, where you may not want to
go further.
Get out of it what goes in . . . want it quick, who's kidding who?
Starting set of specs... Most carry sound, many video. Biggest issue
is how it boils down to popular reception and reviews, which is apt to
be weighed for layering in the newest and a best support across the
computer industry infrastructure, CPU/GPU RAM, I/O, processor and
video options. And all that means is it's going to be more expensive
to implement than something older, reviewing less interesting articles
from archive, or budget gear. Budget's cool, but I don't necessarily
trust buying old stock, in time harder to support;- nor would I care
to do business with a hint of a shop catering in less than conspicuous
old stock. Either they say it upfront -- refurbished, pulls,
rebadged, etc -- or I'm gone.
Whatever. Not at all a focus with better-regarded parts distributors.
My personal bias is to center in on the MB make first. I've run a
fair sampling of ASUS, MSI, an ABIT here and there. No reason not to
consider them past tense, along with others worth considering, such as
Gigabyte. The present market yield simply may not be my past
inclinations. So I decide on another ASUS, or something else, having
done so in time to narrow in on a model. Here's where it starts
getting easy -- get the most offered for the money -- then do a once-
over on the reviews and product specifications.
Way I've done it is on new product, people couldn't figure out how to
assemble and returned. Pretty good luck for the most part (sans being
shy on videocards overclocked and dead), expecting somewhere around
half-off the going price. It can be an offset to learning, getting
more than expected features for less, learning to implement and
deciding a usefulness to them. As I said, I know the brand's getting
good reviews, as well looked over specs and possibly as well
researched them.
It's reducible to something good if not better than expected, I
conceivably might decide to adapt to. I don't go there necessarily
looking with prior expectations you want, (unless it's someone in need
of help, I'm building for, when I wouldn't do no fooling around, no
sir);- just with a general assessment of how well I think I'm up to
handling, variously, gear offered. Sometimes it's also fast. Dollar
cost averaging if you want to get reducibly even lower, just not too
low... I'm above that, and nowadays only habitually hang at the very
best bottom-surfing forums, if you get my drift. ;-;
