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Hi there,
I bet there's about 50 other threads with all this info in, but I've never seen any direct comparisons, all I've seen is that all three have problems, but all three are very good. My friend and I are going to build new 939 rigs with Winchesters next week (I'll prolly use a 3200+, he's using a 3500+) and we're both probably going to OC. I'm probably using 1GB OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Revision 2 memory and he's using 1GB Corsair TwinX XMS DDR PC3200C2PRO memory. The only thign we can't decide which motherboard to use.
I'm not too keen on using a Neo2 Platinum as I've had my fair share of annoyances with the Neo Platinum I have right now, so I've gotten it down to between the Abit and the Asus. In Custom PC magazine they reccomended the Abit, but that was because the Asus they reviewed didn't have a working PCI/AGP lock, but it was the wifig version and I'll be going for a Rev2 one. Also they chose the Abit for the 3rd Eye, which frankly I have no use for (apparently it can check your email whilst you're playing doom3). What I've gleaned from these forums is that the Neo2 Platinum is the best, but I really am not sure about it. I don't have any problems with the non-working SATA1&2 locks and I'll probably be using one of those new BFG 6800GTs (they're roughly £50 ($90)) cheaper here).
So what I really want to know is which is better out of the Asus A8V Rev 2 and the Abit AV8 3rd Eye, or if I should just give MSI another chance. Price isn't so much of an issue and I am looking to overclock heavily.
TIA
Parag
I bet there's about 50 other threads with all this info in, but I've never seen any direct comparisons, all I've seen is that all three have problems, but all three are very good. My friend and I are going to build new 939 rigs with Winchesters next week (I'll prolly use a 3200+, he's using a 3500+) and we're both probably going to OC. I'm probably using 1GB OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Platinum Revision 2 memory and he's using 1GB Corsair TwinX XMS DDR PC3200C2PRO memory. The only thign we can't decide which motherboard to use.
I'm not too keen on using a Neo2 Platinum as I've had my fair share of annoyances with the Neo Platinum I have right now, so I've gotten it down to between the Abit and the Asus. In Custom PC magazine they reccomended the Abit, but that was because the Asus they reviewed didn't have a working PCI/AGP lock, but it was the wifig version and I'll be going for a Rev2 one. Also they chose the Abit for the 3rd Eye, which frankly I have no use for (apparently it can check your email whilst you're playing doom3). What I've gleaned from these forums is that the Neo2 Platinum is the best, but I really am not sure about it. I don't have any problems with the non-working SATA1&2 locks and I'll probably be using one of those new BFG 6800GTs (they're roughly £50 ($90)) cheaper here).
So what I really want to know is which is better out of the Asus A8V Rev 2 and the Abit AV8 3rd Eye, or if I should just give MSI another chance. Price isn't so much of an issue and I am looking to overclock heavily.
TIA
Parag
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