New 939 build Motherboard - ASUS or ABIT?

[killban]

I would have to side with Abit on this one. I have used the AN8 boards in a couple of machines, and they are superb. They have excellent voltage and fan control options as well. I have the Fatal1ty SLi board in my gaming machine, and with all the fan controls, it is pretty quiet at idle. Once I start gaming, the OTES fans will kick in when the Case gets to 40 Degrees. As soon as I stop gaming, the temps come down and the fans stop. The other machines I have built have been lower end Abit boards, but the fan / voltage controls are still there.

Abit also have the Numeric boot codes on the Motherboard, and that has been most helpful in finding out boot issues. Asus are good, but Abit gets my vote for the tuneability of the settings.

Just my 2p worth.

[weebroonieuk]

my asus a8n32 is luvly let me clock my 1.8 ghz opteron to 2.8 and it has no fans just fancy heatpipes and tones of other features its one of the best boards out if you check out the reviews around the web its well praised

[Agent]

The data courruption thing was solved ages ago on the NF7-S.
Update your BIOS. There is a setting in there you can change to fix it.
A search on the Abit forums will provide more than enough info

[BUFF]

Buff - the reason I am willing to shell out for a £140 board rather than a £70 is that I want the Passive heatpipe cooling on the chipset to replace the noisy fan, and I want the extra stability of the multiphase power distribution system - plus it gives headroom to expand my horisons in the future.

Well, you get the heatpipe chipset cooling on the Abit AN8 Ultra or AN8 SLI.
I don't think that even the AN8 32X has the power system of the ASUS A8N32 (unusually as power circuitry is an area where ASUS boards usually don't shine).

[farooqm]

The only issue with the Asus I have is that the non-Deluxe/Premium models don't seem to reach a very high FSB if you are overclocking.

Mine reaches 245 (and is amazingly stable there) but at 250 it crashes like crazy.

I have the Asus Standard SLI (non-Deluxe/Premium model) and it's stable at 295, haven't messed about too much but I'm sure I can get it stable at 300.

[SourceQuench]

The data courruption thing was solved ages ago on the NF7-S.
Update your BIOS. There is a setting in there you can change to fix it.
A search on the Abit forums will provide more than enough info

I believe that there were even a few modded BIOSs out there that had the default setting changed to the correct timing - a life saver if you ever forgot it when you reflashed

[EtheAv8r]

Well... it looks like ASUS AN832-SLI Deluxe it will be then I think... back on course with my original plans. Monitor also now also decided I shall replace my Iiyama 19" CRT with a ViewSonic VP2030b.

So I will finally go S939 just befor the new AMD socket is released..... or should I wait...???? (Joke).

[darrensen]

Best money i've spent on a mobo...Thumbs up for Asus!

[DanceswithUnix]

The only issue with the Asus I have is that the non-Deluxe/Premium models don't seem to reach a very high FSB if you are overclocking.

Mine reaches 245 (and is amazingly stable there) but at 250 it crashes like crazy.

Mine is solid at 266MHz, not tried any higher yet.

[weebroonieuk]

they dont reach a high fsb ? mines is at 311

thats running a dual core cpu ..... , try asking around here for some more advice , i left everything at auto except voltage and the fsb all is going well

ive been an abit man since i took the plunge to buld my first pc and this is the first time i have switched to a non abit mobo and no regrets .....well the asus forum is crap !