Am 29.01.2011 17:07, schrieb Dale: > Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: >> On Saturday 29 January 2011 13:29:53 Florian Philipp wrote: >> >>> Hi list! >>> >>> I'm thinking about building a new media PC and wanted to use an ASUS >>> M4A88T-M/USB3 mainboard (link: [1]). Any objections to this? >>> >>> >> I wouldn't buy an Asus board at the moment, thanks to their crappyness. >> >> I bought a GA-880GA-UD3H 4 weeks ago. It works. >> >> rtl8111d/e lan chip >> usb3 >> >> lots of pcie slots. >> >> note: you don't have to care about the realtek suffices. >> 8111d/e/whatever... >> they just work > > That mobo is a nice one. Lots of good stuff. If I recall correctly it > has the latest SATA too. The 6Gbs speed that is. Mine has 3Gbs. > > I read somewhere that the current line up of Gigabyte mobos are the > highest rated. It used to be Abit and ASUS but we all know how these > things change. There was another one that was highly rated a good long > while back, especially with Linux users, but I can't recall the brand > now. ASRock or something? Maybe? > > I looked into ASUS before my build and switched to Gigabyte after some > research. About the only thing I was settled on when I started was a > Nvidia based video card. The rest was open to changes. I do wish I had > got the 6 core CPU now tho. That is my only regret. Still happy tho. > This new rig is easily 7 or 8 times faster all the way around. >
Thanks for all the input, Dale and Volker! I think I settle for a GA-880GMA-UD2H ([1]). Basically, it's the little brother of what Volker proposed. I need a Micro-ATX board. Originally, I ruled out all Asrock and Gigabyte boards because because they usually come with 2 PCI slots, 1 PCIe x16 and 1 PCIe x1. I rather want another PCIe 1x instead of the second PCI slot. Asus, Foxconn and MSI offer that. This particular Gigabyte board, however, offers a second PCIe 4x (in a physical x16 slot). I guess that's even better. Although the arrangement on the board will make it dificult to use two larger extension cards in both big PCIe slots. Regards, Florian Philipp [1] http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128445&Tpk=GA-880GMA-UD2H
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