On Sunday 30 January 2011 10:24:17 Mark Knecht wrote: > On Sat, Jan 29, 2011 at 7:12 AM, Volker Armin Hemmann > > <[email protected]> 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 > > Nice looking MB, good price. > > Only caveat I see is the same problem I had with an Intel MB where 90 > degree SATA outputs didn't work well for me in a tight HTPC case I did > recently. In a standard case no problems. > > - Mark
my case is 'plus' size so no problems there ;) After the Asus disaster I needed a board that: has lots of sata ports has lots of usb has at least 2 pci ports is f*cking stable. Gigabyte delivered. It might be slower - I can't feel or see a difference but it is stable. Stability trumps speed. Every time.
