Mobo Probo's

[justleftlife]

my opinion is that MSI is a good mobo but ASUS is much better... For about 600 dollars you can have an A8N mobo AMD 4000+ (2.2ghz i think) with a x800 GTO2 (over clocked to a X850 w/ 16 pipelines) Corsair 1 gb ram and a nice power source... Just my what i think you should do if you have the money. The mobo runs for about 185.

[CanaBalistic]

Just remember this when buying a mobo...

The mobo is the most critical part of your system. It is essentually the nervous system. A better mobo will increase performance better than a moderate cpu upgrade. If you're looking for hands down best performance, i would sugjest to you an Asus AI-LifeStyle board. However thoes can be quite expencive. If you have an AMD proc, DFI has some killer boards. The higer end boards will allow you to overclock further, take advantage of faster memory... All around goodness!

Expect to pay 150-200 for a high end mainboard.

[Chel]

DFI FTW

seriously though if you even consider overclocking go with DFI. Asus is my number two option. Also look into Gigabyte mobos - some models are good. First thing though make a list of all the features you want ie pci-e, sataII, onbaord audio etc then go from there.

[justleftlife]

DFI i havent really looked into them but i can tell you that i had a bad experience with ABIT boards i had one that was DOA but that would be a number of things, also shuttle is another one to kinda stay away from if you are trying to get a gaming system.