My friend had to buy K8T800 based ASUS K8V-X for his new A64 based system. There was not a single other A64 mobo in the market except a K8M800 based Asrock µATX mobo. Few days ago, they had an nForce3 250 based ASUS K8N-E but it was out of stock.
He won't overclock, he just wants a stable system which has to last years. The system will be used for casual use, such as preparing college assignment, undergraduate level programming practice and light gaming. Was it very wrong to go with this mobo? It seems to be a cheapened up version of ASUS K8V series mobos. When they bought the first one of these to build the system, it failed to boot out of the box. Then they had to swap it with another one.
Generally early Athlon "classic" adopters were enthusiasts. However quite a few people have used these rubbish early Slot-A Athlon mobos for some years. And I've seen many people who use PC as intelligent typewriter, are using their trash VIA's P3 chipset based systems for years. So I can be optimistic, can't I? 🙁
He won't overclock, he just wants a stable system which has to last years. The system will be used for casual use, such as preparing college assignment, undergraduate level programming practice and light gaming. Was it very wrong to go with this mobo? It seems to be a cheapened up version of ASUS K8V series mobos. When they bought the first one of these to build the system, it failed to boot out of the box. Then they had to swap it with another one.
Generally early Athlon "classic" adopters were enthusiasts. However quite a few people have used these rubbish early Slot-A Athlon mobos for some years. And I've seen many people who use PC as intelligent typewriter, are using their trash VIA's P3 chipset based systems for years. So I can be optimistic, can't I? 🙁