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Hi,
I have been offered a new system with eith an AMD 2.6 or 2.7 with a
Soltek Motherboard. Is this a good brand of MBoard or what brand of
MB should I go for?

I am not interested in over clocking.

Thanks
John.
 
Hi,
I have been offered a new system with eith an AMD 2.6 or 2.7 with a
Soltek Motherboard. Is this a good brand of MBoard or what brand of
MB should I go for?
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Soltek not really a good brand.
If you want a good and reliable motherboard, try to go for brands such
as Asus, MSI, Abit, Gigabyte and etc ...
 
Bushy put me in my place by writing
Hi,
I have been offered a new system with eith an AMD 2.6 or 2.7 with a
Soltek Motherboard. Is this a good brand of MBoard or what brand of
MB should I go for?

I am not interested in over clocking.

Thanks
John.
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Solteks are hit and miss. Some are reliable s hell, then the next one you
buy could be flaky.
Go with a solid Gigabyte or MSI board. They are the most trouble free for
the moment.
 
Bushy said:
Hi,
I have been offered a new system with eith an AMD 2.6 or 2.7 with a
Soltek Motherboard. Is this a good brand of MBoard or what brand of
MB should I go for?

I am not interested in over clocking.

Thanks
John.
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I have heard good things about Soltek boards, I was looking at them,
when i was buying a new board.
BTY, you do not get a AMD 2.6 or 2.7, you get 2600 or 2700.
AMd CPUs got a slower clock rate than what the model number says it has.
The idea being is that a 2500 is as efficent as a P4 2.5. Not sure if it
is or not, but it is still fast.

A 2600 runs at 2.13Ghz and a 2700 runs at 2.17,
 
Juha Kettunen put me in my place by writing
Many say (+magazines) that Asus is the best choice for AMD proseccors.
I am just buying a computer, and I chose Asus (A7... Deluxe)! By
reading articles, I got that *impression* that Aus is the best! Also
they say that it is quite suitable for overclocking!
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I have (as well as others) had many more problems with the ASUS boards
than all others. MSI seems to have a fairly robust product line right
now. It is all personal experience talking though. I have just RMA'd way
too many ASUS to think differently now.
 
Wheat Muncher said:
Juha Kettunen put me in my place by writing


I have (as well as others) had many more problems with the ASUS boards
than all others. MSI seems to have a fairly robust product line right
now. It is all personal experience talking though. I have just RMA'd way
too many ASUS to think differently now.
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calm down ..calm down ; this is not a religious or politics news group :)

Explain to me then, that why PC Pro Issue 106, page 80 praises Asus A7N8X by
saying: "With this revision, A7... remains our *favourite* board for AMD
CPUs and retains its place on the A list." These people are professional
writers, aren't they? Overall rating: 5 stars out of 6!

If the board is FAVOURITE, it does means, that it beats that MSI, doesn't
it?
 
Wheat Muncher said:
Juha Kettunen put me in my place by writing
LOL...I'm not worked up, sorry if I gave you that impression. I am just
running on what I have learned through experience. The PC Pro may praise
the ASUS, and I don't blame them. ASUS makes an awesome product, the only
thing I find they are having trouble with right now is quality. The
boards are flaky at best. Sometimes I find it is better to settle for a
board with less bells and whistles and have it stable enough to run
trouble free. So, I switched to a mix of 70% Gigabyte and 30% MSI. I
still use ASUS vid cards. I use the MSI on systems that need the cost
kept down. I won't dispute you for an instant that the ASUS boards are
more feature rich. I just got sick of swapping them out all the time. If
I didn't have these problems, then ASUS would probably be my favorite as
it was 2 or 3 years ago when they were the king of boards.
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If it does not work, I will send it back to the seller and get a new one!
Certainly the new one then works! They have their guarantees ...
 
Some One said:
Later on, we started hearing about the "bad capacitors" out there and
I guarantee that was the problem.

I've had so much trouble with different Asus boards that I wouldn't
take one for free!
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XP2800+ -> XP3200 ! Mon 16th June 2003 03:32:pm
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comment by:
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OS:Windows XP I bought this barton 2800+ and using the Asus A7N8X rev 2
(what else!) I could easily switch the bus speed to 400MHz and reduce the
multiplier to 11, now my samsung PC3200 runs at full throttle and my
benchmark ratings have risen by over 10%! Great processor, easily clockable
without any fuss and sits at around 50 deg C with the retail fan and sink.
Just make sure you have the proper tool to fit the heatsink as its a scary
job otherwise!
 
I spent a year arguing with my reseller that my Asus board was bad. I
could never keep it happy for more than a week. Every time the system
went if for testing, it always passed and they blamed software. At the
end of the warranty I insisted that they RMA the board or I'd just
snap in it half on the spot and wave it in front of their customers.
They RMA'd it, and the replacement worked fine.

Later on, we started hearing about the "bad capacitors" out there and
I guarantee that was the problem.

I've had so much trouble with different Asus boards that I wouldn't
take one for free!
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Perhaps that board was bad, though it hardly means all their boards
are trouble-prone... name a manufacturer that hasn't had issues with
many of their boards. Perhaps only those that strip away all
features, don't drop the price, so you're paying more for design &
support (Intel).

Many people, myself included, have several Asus boards working well,
would gladly accept any free boards that you want to be rid of ;-)


Dave
 
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