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WHICH MB FOR AMD 3000+ (939)

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varungupta17 Original post #1
Dec 7, 2005 at 9:20 PM
I stay in India, bangalore. I want to buy a AMD 3000+ (939) processor as an upgrade to my computer from AMD Athlon 2600+. ASROCK K7S41GX 120 GB HDD 512 RAM.

I dont know which mother board to settle for and also which chipset, ATI RAEDON OR NVIDIA NFORCE.

My budget for motherboard is around Rs. 4500.(US 100$). ON AResearch on net i have come across follwing boards:
1) MSI RS450M2-IL
2) MSI K8N NEO PLATINUM
3) MSI RS482 SERIES
4) WINFAST NF4K 8MCI.

If board graphics is good then i will not go for a graphic card.

Also i am thinking of going for some good ASUS MB for around Rs. 3K and go for a graphic card.

COMPUTER GURUS PLZ HELP ME !!! HELP NEEDED URGENTLY !!! I WANT TO PURCHASE COMPUTER BY THIS WEEK END
V
Dec 7, 2005 at 9:49 PM
goin for an external GFX card totally depends on ur requirements

dont expect a good on board graphics to beat an normal external GFX card

as far as choice of mobo is concerned

with on board graphics

MSI-RS480M2-IL wins hands down
cost = Rs 4900

without onboard graphics
i havnt got an idea abt a good board comin for 3k

for the GFX go for XFX geforce 6200
cost= Rs 3500

and the chipset as far as i see it maybe nvdia nforce is slightly better
but boards from MSI are based on ATI ... (atleast most of them!!!)
Aniruddh
Dec 7, 2005 at 11:11 PM
Dude u wont get MSI K8N NEO4 Platinum for 4.5k,it costs more then 6k and it dont eva hav a onboard grapix.for onboard grapix as vijay said MSI RS480/82 is the best u can get,else if u will b goin for external gpu then i'll suggest u to go for ASUS A8NE mobo but that 2 wont come for 4.5 and even this mobo dont hav a onboard gpu.
Kniwor
Kniwor #4
Dec 8, 2005 at 2:21 AM
all that is said above holds good...

I'd just like to add that look around for boards based on nVidia 6100 chipset
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nitrous #5
Dec 8, 2005 at 1:58 PM
dude, even i'm upgrading from a 2600+ to a 3000+ 939 socket processor. I've decided to go for the Asus A8N-E after a lot research on this forum and outside. What is ur decision??
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Delta #6
Dec 8, 2005 at 2:48 PM
Take a look at Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 Here.

It is nice solution if you want featuers of nforce4 along with onboard graphics.
Maverick340
Dec 8, 2005 at 3:35 PM
Oh yeh the running fight between MSI RS482 and Asus A8n-E is on..Evem i dunno which ine to go for!
However i fell MSI is a better option...
Kniwor
Kniwor #8
Dec 8, 2005 at 10:11 PM
i dont think how u guys get in confusion with the 2 motherboards....

If u have enough money to purchse a good graphics card...
Something better than or equal to 6600 plain.... then get A8N-E

If ur tight on budget... get RS482...
what's the confusion...

yeah if u'r confused on budget and looking best value for money.... RS482...
Kniwor
Kniwor #9
Dec 8, 2005 at 10:12 PM
Delta said:
Take a look at Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 Here.

It is nice solution if you want featuers of nforce4 along with onboard graphics.

do we get this in india
V
Dec 8, 2005 at 10:31 PM
Kniwor said:
Delta said:
Take a look at Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 Here.

It is nice solution if you want featuers of nforce4 along with onboard graphics.

do we get this in india


we dont seem to have it in the Indian market as yet
this is the link for the stuff from Gigabyte available in India
*www.gigabyte.in/products/Motherboard.htm#nForce Chipsets
Kniwor
Kniwor #11
Dec 9, 2005 at 1:19 AM
thanks
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Delta #12
Dec 9, 2005 at 8:10 AM
vijay_7287 said:
Kniwor said:
Delta said:
Take a look at Gigabyte GA-K8N51PVMT-9 Here.

It is nice solution if you want featuers of nforce4 along with onboard graphics.

do we get this in india


we dont seem to have it in the Indian market as yet
this is the link for the stuff from Gigabyte available in India
*www.gigabyte.in/products/Motherboard.htm#nForce Chipsets

No man. It is available in india. I've inquired Here about it. It is available @ 4450 only.