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Changing My Motherboard....

4 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/changing-my-motherboard.108681/

Zen
Zen Original post #1
Feb 14, 2009 at 8:29 AM
i have a m2n-mx se motherboard & it sucks...planning to upgrade the mb to something better, yet value for money. i have a am2 x2 4200 cpu & 2 GB 667 Mhz ram..

Please recommend a good motherboard...
The Sorcerer
The Sorcerer #2
Feb 14, 2009 at 8:52 AM
In my books for now:
Biostar TA790GX A2+ Rs :5,020.00
Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H Rs :4,358.00
Zen
Zen #3
Feb 14, 2009 at 11:16 AM
are any of these any good? >

Asus M2A-VM

Asus M2N - VM DVI

Gigabyte GA-MA74GM-S2

MSI K9NGM4-L


im looking for one without any onboard and maybe 4 Ram slots..


Thanks Again
The Sorcerer
The Sorcerer #4
Feb 14, 2009 at 12:03 PM
Depends more on the budget- which you haven't mentioned BTW. I doubt there is any issue in compatibility with newer boards though- atleast as far as I know. The ones I mentioned have 4 slots. For the sake of discussion- even if they were 2 slot mobo, I dont see any reason to keep them aside. You get 2x 2GB rams and I doubt many use more than 4GB since 4GB is properly utilized on 64 bit OS. No point in buying or rejecting a board for a lesser pci slot or ram slots. Very few use them, out of which few of them a set of 4 rams which can be bought easily in set of 2 rams just for the heck of occupying space.