Whooter Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 I'm in the process of choosing a Mobo for my new system, and I'm down to two candidates: Biostar K8HNA-Pro and MSI K8T NEO-FSR, which feature-wise are almost identical (one has an extra DIMM slot). The difference that has me wondering is the chipset. The Biostar is an nForce 3 150 chipset and the MSI is the VIA K8T800 chipset. Are there any particular reasons to choose one over the other? Anyone? Joel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buck Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Going by this comparison on Anadtech (testing the K8T800 Pro) they seem pretty close in performance. I've never used Biostar motherboards before, so I can't comment on experience with them. I have however used MSI before and was very pleased with the results Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris F Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 When I was building my AMD computers, I exclusively used MSI moboards. I loved them. Good features, good performance. Never had a problem with any of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted May 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Thanks guys. All of my previous mobos have been MSI, Abit, or ECS and never any probs with them. If there's no overwhelming reason to get an nForce 3 board, I won't worry about trying out the Biostar and stick with what I know... Thanks again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted May 27, 2004 Report Share Posted May 27, 2004 Get a K8T800 based board, stay away from the nForce3 150 chipset. I've never used Chaintech before, but have heard good things....ZipZoomFly has their new nForce3 250 based board for $77: http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetai...e=241581&ps=ho8 I'm going to be building an Athlon64 3000+ based system soon and will probably be going with a K8T800 based board. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exile Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 MSI boards are bulletproof IMHO. Myself and 2 of my friends all use them w/o an issue. As a side note, my Biostar board in my old PII is still working good.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainl Posted May 28, 2004 Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 And my last mobo was a Chaintech, and the most rock-solid example of a VIA chipset implementation I've seen. So I don't think you'd be going too wrong there, either. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted May 28, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 28, 2004 So the nForce 3 250 chipset is okay, it's just the 150 that's junk? Cool. I see that $77 board is out of stock at ZZF. Newegg and Mwave both want about $90 for it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kelley Posted May 29, 2004 Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Yeah the 150 is junk, the 250 is much better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whooter Posted May 29, 2004 Author Report Share Posted May 29, 2004 Interesting. ZZF now has the board back in-stock, but at the new price of $92. $77 must have been an error... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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