Good mobo for AMD Athlon64 3200+ ?

[BirdRobin]

Which mobo below is good for the AMD64 3200? Need help on this as my friend is setting up his new PC, but he doesnt want ASUS mobos coz those are quite expensive... Other chipsets and mobos recommendations will be welcomed too...

1)Gigabyte K8VT800
2)Gigabyte K8N Pro
3)MSI K8T Neo-FIS2R
4)MSI K8N Neo Platinum

Thanks in advance guys...

P.S Added the list of mobos available form my local PC hardware store, but if you guys have mobo recommendations outside the list please help too thanks =D

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Creative SB Live! 5.1 Digital<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by BirdRobin on 07/29/04 00:19 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Spitfire_x86]

MSI K8N Neo Platinum

Don't buy VIA K8T800 based mobos. nForce3 250 is a better chipset

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[BirdRobin]

hmm, but i heard people using VIAs and hearing good reviews from them.

Whats the difference? Framerates?

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[blah]

VIAs are good boards now, they used to have some SB Live compat problems (which were more on SB side), but those days are gone caz less and less peepel are using SB stuff.

..this is very useful and helpful place for information...

 

[BeyRevRa]

I have always had problems with VIA chipsets in the past so I refuse to go with them any longer. Whether or not sound problems are a thing of the past is irrelevant to me given my history with their product. I like Nvidia, the nforce chipsets have always worked great for me. Right now I have the MSI Nforce 250 and I would recommend it to anyone.

 

[Spitfire_x86]

nForce3 250 has less memory compatibility issues.

And nVidia drivers are always better than VIA driver

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[Cybercraig]

Chaintech VNF3-250. Simple, fast, and cheap!

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