Is this board good? http://www.pcdirect.com/product.asp?Sku=MBBIU8598
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Originally posted by minibubbait depends on your intentions. If you are any kind of an enthusiast then it's not a mobo you want to have...but if you're just going to use it in a typical desktop setting then it should be fine
It'll be used for my #2 best gaming system. I'm not real interested in fancy stuff for this one, and doubt I'll need to overclock anything right now, I just want plenty of speed to play all current 3D games at 1024x768 with ease. I'll be sticking in a p4 2.4 ghz cpu, ATI Radeon 9800 pro or an ATI radeon 9500 pro for video, 160 gb maxtor harddrive (8 meg buffer), 512 mb 2700 333mhz ram, and I'll be running Windows XP Pro on it. I'm hoping it's enough to do the job but I've never used this type of motherboard chipset before so I'm going out on a limb here.
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Originally posted by minibubbasounds like you are putting some good hardware together...you really ought to look into a beter mobo to support it all
biostar makes low quality OEM boards and I'm afraid you will be sorely disapointed with it
The only reason I'm using that stuff in it is becuase I have it onhand and I just want a mobo to get the job done. I figure if I don't like the board I'm only out $57, but I hope it suffices, I'm sure it'll beat the complete and total junk that companies like Sony, HP, and Dell are dumping into their mid to high-end systems nowdays.
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Originally posted by amd_man2003Trust us man, with those components, you wanna buy a halfway decent mobo, not some cheapo one thats gonna hold them all back
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I got the board (http://www.pcdirect.com/product.asp?Sku=MBBIU8598). Put everything together and walla it works like a charm (Hassle Free). I'm playing games like GTA Vice City and Battlefield 1942 Road to Rome glitch free on very high settings with it (Not a trace of lag). So far I'd have to say this board is what I was looking for and would recommend it to any bargain hunter that wants a cheap but good video gaming board for todays most system demanding video games.:shoot3:
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