Socket 939 recommendations

[slick8]

Im looking for a 939 board, non SLI, just a basic board that will be used for games

 

[miahallen]

939 boards are on their way out, so they are getting tougher to find...the good news is, you can get a good board at a low price. Here's one option, a Foxconn with the nF4 Ultra chipset for only $55 after rebate.

 

[AdamBomb42]

Are you going to be overclocking?

 

[WolfDragon]

If you can find one, the Asrock Dual Sata2 is one heck of a 939 mobo, i am runnign one with my x2 4800+

very oc and volt mod friendly, and its got a pcie 16 and an agp port, and uses the uli 1695 chipset which kicked nforce3's butt (which is why nvidia bought them out)

If that isnt to your tastes, i have a gigabyte k8nsc-939, it has nforce3 and and agp port

I could be easily convinced to box up the gigabyte, i got it from monarch a while back before i was able to get my hands on the asrock. The gigabyte is "new in box", opened for inspection, and had my CPU mounted in it, has never been fired up. Oh and since i run a peltiered rig, there is some dielectric grease in the socket but that wont bother anything for you, just makes the cpu look kinda sticky if you take it out, and teh stock retention frame has been removed, but since you are building it for gaming, why would you want the stock HSF?

 

[miahallen]

If you can find one, the Asrock Dual Sata2 is one heck of a 939 mobo, i am runnign one with my x2 4800+

very oc and volt mod friendly, and its got a pcie 16 and an agp port, and uses the uli 1695 chipset which kicked nforce3's butt (which is why nvidia bought them out)

If that isnt to your tastes, i have a gigabyte k8nsc-939, it has nforce3 and and agp port

I could be easily convinced to box up the gigabyte, i got it from monarch a while back before i was able to get my hands on the asrock. The gigabyte is "new in box", opened for inspection, and had my CPU mounted in it, has never been fired up. Oh and since i run a peltiered rig, there is some dielectric grease in the socket but that wont bother anything for you, just makes the cpu look kinda sticky if you take it out, and teh stock retention frame has been removed, but since you are building it for gaming, why would you want the stock HSF?

Curious, he didn't mention anything about AGP :?

 

[WolfDragon]

Well, 939's were typically using AGP video cards so if he has the chip already then most likely theres a videocard laying around too...

At least thats what my thought process at the time was when i built my box.

 

[slick8]

no agp, Im running a 7900GTX pci-e, the rating for that foxconn from above arent very good, any more ideas?

 

[miahallen]

4/5 eggs, can't call that bad 8O

Anyway, it sounded like you were thinking of a "value" type solution (since you specified non-sli)...but most mobos with higher ratings are going to be more pricy. You can find some nice deals on ebay these days...