On Saturday 01 May 2004 14:44, you wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Sorry about the delay. When I choose a mobo manufacturer, I watch the
> reviews. I like ASUS. I also have a couple of HP Pavilions with MSI
> boards in them, and although they're pretty basic in feature sets, so
> far they've chugged along just fine. I try not to be a nutter about any
> specific manufacturer because they all have good production runs and bad
> production runs.
>
I had an ASUS motherboard eons ago, and it was fine; I might buy one of
those. Due to a couple of posts that mentioned possible driver problems for
MSI, I'm unlikely to buy one of them.
> I've never used SOYO, or ABIT, so I'm no help there. I also don't
> normally buy bundles, but www.jncs.com has a pretty good reputation.
> However, if you would rather have a local place to deal with, (think a
> place to throw the brick), Fry's has never refused to take anything back
> from me that didn't fly. They're just no help when it comes to choices.
>
I am STILL having occasional trouble with the Soyo on my other tower, so I
probably won't buy one of those, either. I suppose it could be an overheat
problem, because its BIOS has "anti-burn" protection, and the recent logs
show absolutely no cause for the lockups. (I've put a thermal sensor on the
CPU's heat sink, and the readings don't look bad, but I suppose I need to
unclip it and stick it right on the CPU to get an accurate reading.) I've
added a fan, but I'm still looking at other options.
I agree, Fry's is quite good about taking things back. I just think I can
save a little $$ by going over the internet.
> Did you already research case, fans, power supply, chipset, supported
> RAM, drive types etc.?
>
> Frank
For the time being I intend to use an existing case, and existing drives. I
may add a big drive later. I like to stick to older technology because you
can often get a smokin' deal on drives at Fry's.
>
> On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 12:59, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > On Friday 30 April 2004 17:36, you wrote:
> > > Hello,
> > >
> > > I look at pricewatch.com for the ballpark on how much. Then I look at
> > > jncs.com, and outpost.com, (Fry's site). I also keep an eye on
> > > www.tomshardware.com. HTH.
> > >
> > > Frank
> >
> > Cool. But what are the manufacturers you think are the best?
> >
> > Vaughn
> >
> > > On Fri, 2004-04-30 at 07:48, Vaughn Treude wrote:
> > > > Hello everyone:
> > > >
> > > > I'm thinking about upgrading one of my slower systems with a
> > > > motherboard bundle (the kind that includes CPU and RAM.) Last year
> > > > I upgraded my other tower with a Soyo Dragon bundle from MWave. It's
> > > > been a bit troublesome, perhaps because I foolishly chose the generic
> > > > memory option - next time I'll spend the extra 10 or 20 bucks to get
> > > > a better brand. But I wanted to know if anybody had any
> > > > recommendations? I don't want bleeding edge, just another system
> > > > that'll run 2GHz or so. Normally I run AMD rather than Intel CPU's
> > > > because of the price difference. I know some people don't like AMD
> > > > but many of my AMD systems seem to be have been pretty reliable. I
> > > > tried googling this issue, but there's so much commercial crap on the
> > > > web now it's hard to get an objective view. Any thoughts on this?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Vaughn
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