Motherboards that are value for money/performance:

by **Admin** Sun 1 Nov 2009 - 12:38

Hello :)
I like Gigabyte boards.
So for Intel CPUs' I'd suggest looking at th GA-EP43-S3L from Gigabyte.
Although its been around a while now.
Still is a top performer, when you consider the cost.

For AMD
Still Gigabyte, MA790XT-UDP4.
This board should last you through a cone or two upgrades at least.

Check out their website:

by **SithTracy** Mon 23 Nov 2009 - 22:08

Been an Asus guy and used some BioStar boards as well. Heard good things about Gigabyte boards too. Just always had great service from Asus so have not felt the need to switch.

by **JayCee** Tue 24 Nov 2009 - 12:25

Mine is a Gigabyte P35C-DS3R. Had it for quite a while and no problems as yet.

by **alan1476** Sun 6 Dec 2009 - 17:22

I have the Gigabyte X48 DS5 Mobo and it works just fine in ACHI mode but my drives are on a controller card and it shows my BenQs as SCSI and others that are SATA as IDE, but they work just fine so I dont really care what it says, LOL.

by **SavageNFS** Thu 18 Feb 2010 - 22:52

I have always used Asus, but some of the gigabyte boards are really nice. I'm with SithTracy though, until Asus gives me a reason, I'm not switching.

by **4hams** Sat 20 Feb 2010 - 1:49

My last board was an ASUS and my current board is an ASUS P6X58D Premium.

I just picked up 2 ASRock 775 boards about a month ago for a Q6600 and a Q9550 which I put to use for my 2 eldest daughters. I added Arctic Freezer 7 Pro's to both and they rock for the kids. One runs Win Vista Home Prem and the Q9550 runs Win 7 Home Prem.

The boards ASRock G965M-S were only fifty bucks, had on board video and sound so they covered all bases for the girls.

by **SithTracy** Sat 20 Feb 2010 - 18:12

Been interested in ASRock for a small cheap pc... Thanks for the tip Joel... I do have a Biostar system that my wife and kids have and it is rock solid as well, but I think I read somewhere that ASRock is an ASUS off brand.

by **SavageNFS** Sat 20 Feb 2010 - 18:48

http://www.techspot.com/news/3001-asrock--asus-on-the-cheap.html

ASRock is a subsidiary of ASUS.

by **4hams** Sat 20 Feb 2010 - 19:07

These 2 boards have only been running for a month but so far have been excellent and very affordable for almost anyone. And now I find out they are part of the ASUS home. Cool!