Suggestions for good quality Socket A motherboards

[norml2000]

I am looking to upgrade my mobo and am undecided about what I should get. I have checked out some of the Asus boards and MSI boards, but there are just so many choices and it is hard to find out just how dependable they are. I guess the most important feature that I want to make sure that it has is at least 3 or 4 IDE channels. If anyone wants to recommend something and give me some detailed reasons for their choice it would be much appreciated.

Thanks,
NORML2000

 

[okiepc]

I have had excellent results using a Biostar M7VIG also
Biostar M7VIG Pro boards. I started using these over a year ago and not a single problem so far. the advantages
are you can use either SDR or DDR Ram, which ever is cheapest at the time. These boards have onboard lan, audio, and video, you can use an array of processors from
Duron to Athlon. There is also an AGP slot for a hotter
video card. The price is very nicer also around $58.
Go to Biostar web site and check it out.

 

[adkmom]

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=socket+a+motherboard

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[crazy888s]

I'm a gigabyte fan. They have a socket A series out with the new nForce 2 Ultra400 chipset: GA-7N400

Since youre looking for at least 3 IDE channels, check out the GA-7N400 Pro. It has 4 PATA and 2 SATA channels, not to mention dual channel DDR400 support which doubles bandwidth speed, support for athlon 400MHz processors, onboard LAN, audio, NIC, Raid, Firewire...heck, you check it out...

http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_GA-7N400 Pro.htm

i have the cheaper 7N400-L1 Board, and it rocks. Bios is easy to manage and overclock, never had any trouble!