Req A good AMD MOBO · DIGIT-ARC

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Guys i want a good AMD motherboard that i want to pair with AMD 64 3500+ .My requirements are as follows:

------------ socket 939
------------ PCIExpress
------------ Raid Controller

My Budget is around 6-7k

Secondly I want to know whether there are any AMD boards that support DDRII 533 MHz RAM

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Increase ur buget a lil bit more and u can get MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum. Its a very good board. Check it out at MSI site.

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But isnt MSI K8N Neo 4 Platinum a socket 754 based and what is its price.
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Secondly i wud like to know that are the 6600GT based cards from XFX,leadtek etc,that are selling like hot cakes these days(about 10,000 Rs) PCI cards or AGP 8X

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ASUS A8N-E [NForce 4 Ultra Chipset]
Rs8500 - 8800
Rashi & Prime ABGB Mumbai

The Best AMD S939 Mobo plenty of features.

More Info:- *www.asus.com.tw/products.aspx?l1=3&l2=15&l3=171&model=455&modelmenu=1

MSI k8N neo4 plat is s939 mobo, and a good one at that too.
*www.msi.com.tw/program/products/mainboard/mbd/pro_mbd_detail.php?UID=637

And, yea 6600gt cards are all the rave these days. Go for the BIG 6600 gt card or the winfast 6600gt tdh EXTREME card (factory overclocked, but 2K costlier).

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msi

Go for MSI RS480M2-IL it is the best

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ASUS A8N-E heard it has fan problem

afaik MSi rs480 has heating problem ( the review at extremetech ) and its not that great board. it is mini ATX.

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what is the price range of a PCI 6600GT based cards ?

Mainly XFX,Leadtek,Gainward ,Gigabyteetc

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KHUBBU said:
afaik MSi rs480 has heating problem ( the review at extremetech ) and its not that great board. it is mini ATX.

By default the ATI graphics chip runs @ 200MHZ. There is no heating problem here. But if you set it for 300MHZ you need a fan. I dont even have a case fan, I just used a very small fan on the heatsink. The entire system runs cool anyway. 40 inside the case and 50 for the CPU. And the entire thing works with a 250W PSU.

You need better cooling if you over clock anyway. Or at least a case fan to keep the insides cool.

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KHUBBU said:
afaik MSi rs480 has heating problem ( the review at extremetech ) and its not that great board. it is mini ATX.

My RS480 is running really cool without additional cooling. Mini ATX just means it has 3 PCI slots instead of the usual 5. You don't miss out on any other feature.

OK, point noted.
Can anyone of u post a review of this mobo. I mean a proper review like the they have at techtree. That will certainly help a lot of ppl.

It will be very useful since the reviews at these sites have a high end system which give high scores but normal ppl like us go for a budget soln fo eg AMD 3200 instead of FX-55, so the benchies in these configs wud be more realistic for most of us.