INTEREST CHECK: Several pieces of hardware

[Txiasaeia]

Coming off of this thread (http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?t=182011), I've discovered that my video card & my motherboard isn't 100% compatible, nor is my motherboard & my RAM. At any rate, MSI doesn't guarantee the vid card to work with mobo or RAM to work with mobo. My solution, as I see it, is to either sell my current motherboard & case, or sell my video card & ram, hence the interest check.

3) MSI RS480R2-IL (http://www.ncix.com/products/index.php?sku=14057&vpn=MS-7093-040&manufacture=MicroStar): Got it for about $115 or $120 at A-Power. It's gotten good reviews, but as I learned the hard way, you need to make sure that you've got compatible parts or you'll have problems. With that ringing endorsement, the RS480 is the only chipset on the market that's PCIe, mATX, and Socket 939. I really like it, but I like my video card more.

EDIT: I've decided to sell just the motherboard. Thread's in BST. Considering several (lower) offers, so if you're interested, let me know asap.

http://www.redflagdeals.com/forums/showthread.php?p=1928802#post1928802

[Txiasaeia]

I might just part out the entire system as is and get a Mac Mini. Other parts would then be a AMD A64 3200+ Venice retail, Seasonic ss-380 power supply,Pioneer DVR-109, Thermalright XP-90 heatsink, and Nexus 92mm case fan. Any interest for these?

[konfusion666]

I might just part out the entire system as is and get a Mac Mini.

ouch, my condolences!

[Txiasaeia]

ouch, my condolences!

It's just clear that the parts as is aren't playing nicely together. Most of them have been RMA'd once already, so it's pretty much guaranteed that the parts themselves work, but I just need a stable computer at the moment more than I need a powerful one. Mac Minis are quiet, too, which I like.

[FuNPoLiCe001]

just sell the motherboard and buy another one

the mac mini would be so opposite of this, and wouldn't it be alot less hassle to just get a new board, swap the board out and be done with it?

Some matx boards that are S939 (http://forums.sudhian.com/messageview.aspx?catid=45&threadid=78402&enterthread=y)

[Ren]

I'd be interested in the ram if we could work something out. Of course, I'd expect it to be cheaper than NCIX's price and shipping might kill the deal.

[Txiasaeia]

just sell the motherboard and buy another one

the mac mini would be so opposite of this, and wouldn't it be alot less hassle to just get a new board, swap the board out and be done with it?

Some matx boards that are S939 (http://forums.sudhian.com/messageview.aspx?catid=45&threadid=78402&enterthread=y)

You know, that's kind of what I'm thinking after discovering that my case can fit full-sized ATX mobos too. It'd be much simpler to just get a new motherboard than part out everything & worry about a new computer. Rather than creating a brand new thread on the subject, can somebody recommend me a good, solid motherboard that has the *least* amount of problems? Needs to be 939 & have a PCIe slot & be compatible with a venice chip, Corsair ValueSelect RAM, and a 6600GT video card. Thoughts?

[Bskll]

how bout a DFI Ultra-d, it seems to play nicely with lots of hardware.

[LegiT]

lol...the least he would want now is a DFI board. DFI makes great boards that own for 939 but it takes a lot of dedicated time to tweak the motherboard/ram/and bios changes to have a DFI stable (For the majority, I think). And since his system specs don't really match up to what the DFI requires (480w psu/premium or midlevel ram/

Stability would most likely be the Asus A8N-SLI Premium or the MSI Neo4 Platinum(You probably hate MSI now). You could also try Abit's nVidia mobos. The three are very good brands with little issues (The Asus has all the issues from its previous revisions fixed in the Premium Edition) Sometimes.

However, I could be wrong about DFI's as I haven't had experiences with them but merely a word of warning from friends.

[Bskll]

what i heard from people was to stay away from asus sli-boards. it was having lots of problems and for DFI, its very stable and nice once you have it set up, just take some and read through the manual carefully before you start messing around with it.

[LegiT]

Like I said, the problems in "earlier" revisions of Asus had problems(Deluxe and normal verison) but they were all fixed in the Premium version.

[Txiasaeia]

what i heard from people was to stay away from asus sli-boards. it was having lots of problems and for DFI, its very stable and nice once you have it set up, just take some and read through the manual carefully before you start messing around with it.

Thanks all. I decided to go with the MSI Neo4 platinum and just sell the MSI RS480. I've had a lot of MSI equipment over the years, and one bad chipset isn't enough to keep me away from them altogether. Now, does somebody want to buy a slightly used motherboard? :)

[konfusion666]

Thanks all. I decided to go with the MSI Neo4 platinum and just sell the MSI RS480. I've had a lot of MSI equipment over the years, and one bad chipset isn't enough to keep me away from them altogether. Now, does somebody want to buy a slightly used motherboard? :)

you forgot to mention that its Cursed, txia.

hmm, maybe an exorcism would be in order?

[Txiasaeia]

you forgot to mention that its Cursed, txia.

hmm, maybe an exorcism would be in order?

It's definitely not cursed. Three weeks while the video card was away on RMA the system ran perfectly - not a crash, not a single problem. On the MSI forums there have been a few other people that have had problems with the mobo and nvidia video cards, so I guess I'm not alone. To be fair, I did mention this in the FS thread.