Which motherboard?

[Knev123]

Hi,

i am wanting to upgrade in the near future (for gaming), i have found 2 similar motherboards and i am having trouble deciding between them, the boards are:

ASRock 939DUAL-SATA2

and the

ASRock 939NF4G-SATA2

they both have similar specifications although i am not worried about the SLI limitations of them.

The specs are as follows

939 DUAL:(£45.83p)
Chipset ULI M1695 + M1567
CPU Support Athlon 64, FX, X2,
No of PCI Express x1 Slots 1
No of PCI Express x16 Slots 1
No of PCI slots 3 x PCI slots
No. of AGP Slots 1 (4x / 8x)

939NF4G:
CPU - 939-Pin Socket Supporting AMD AthlonTM 64 / 64FX / 64X2 Processor
- Supports AMD's Cool 'n' Quiet Technology
- FSB 1 GHz (2.0 GT/s)
- Supports Untied Overclocking Technology
- Supports Hyper-Transport Technology
Chipset - Northbridge: nVidia GeForce 6100
- Southbridge: nVidia nForce 410 MCP
Expansion Slot - 2 x PCI slots
- 1 x PCI Express x 16 slot
- 1 x PCI Express x 1 slot
- 1 x AMR slot

(If you can suggest ay other similar alternatives to these, that would be gratefully received)
Your response will be gratefully received, thankyou
KNEV123

 

[burtie]

The ASRock 939DUAL-SATA2 has a AGP graphics slot and a pci Express graphics slot,for people with an AGP graphics cards who do not want to by a new pci Express one,but have the chance to add one at a later date.

So i would go for the 939NF4G if you are getting or have a pci Express GPU,if you have a XT800XT PE AGP card sat around then get the DUAL.

burtie

P.S i have heard good things about the duel mobo,and for the price 45 notes is not bad.

 

[Exfoliate]

Frankly I'm not crazy about ASrocks products as the layout is very tight on the Dual especially and the one I used to build a friends PC was defective so I'd look toward something from ASUS, Gigabyte, DFI, or ABIT. Sure they'll cost more but it's worth it to get a stable mobo. Look for something with an nForce 4 Ultra/SLI chipset in particular.