Is this a good MB?

gizmosmustang · May 15th, 2007

looking to upgrade my motherboard and CPU and saw this it is compatible with my RAM which is a + because i don't want to change RAM right now
Biostar Geforce 6100-M9 NVIDIA Socket 939 MicroATX Motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0GHz OEM Processor at TigerDirect.com

**gvblake22** · May 15th, 2007

That should be an ok s939 board, but not for $139!!! I have a Gigabyte AM2 motherboard based on the nearly the same chipset (only the nForce 430 MCP instead of the 410 on the Biostar board) and it seems to work just fine. So unless that is the price in some other currency than American Dollars, do not buy it from Tiger Direct! You can get the same board from Newegg for only $66.12 shipped to your door...

But with a little more looking, the Foxconn 6150K8MA-8EKRS has a better onboard GPU (GeForce 6150) and better southbridge (nForce 430) for the same price as the Biostar board on Newegg; and the Foxconn even has a $10 mail-in-rebate, so it is actually cheaper if you do those!

Panda Man · May 15th, 2007

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Originally Posted by gvblake22

That should be an ok s939 board, but not for $139!!! Unless that is the price in some other currency than American Dollars, do not buy that. You can get the same board from Newegg for only $66.12 shipped to your door!

That board at TD comes with the processor

Personally, I can't ever recommend Biostar, but that's just me.

gizmosmustang · May 15th, 2007

cool good thing I asked before ordering it I tell you one thing the people here have been a great help to me since I joined

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Originally Posted by Panda Man

That board at TD comes with the processor

Personally, I can't ever recommend Biostar, but that's just me.

well what motherboard do you recommend that comes with the CPU and supports DDR 400 ram?

**gvblake22** · May 15th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panda Man

That board at TD comes with the processor

Personally, I can't ever recommend Biostar, but that's just me.

HAHA, didn't even notice that!

I've built a s939 system for a friend on a mATX Biostar board and it seemed to work just fine, so I have no complaints so far about Biostar.

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Originally Posted by gizmosmustang

cool good thing I asked before ordering it I tell you one thing the people here have been a great help to me since I joined

Well that's good to hear, I'm always afraid Panda and Joker scare off all the new members!

jk guys, you know we love ya

Panda Man · May 15th, 2007

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Originally Posted by gizmosmustang

well what motherboard do you recommend that comes with the CPU and supports DDR 400 ram?

939 is dead so its hard to recommend a good cheap one, but if you don't mind buying the 2 separate then (this will hardly affect the price btw):

Newegg.com - ECS KN1 SLI Lite (1.0A) Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Toledo 2.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - OEM

$168.99. Choice is up to you, I just recommend going against Biostar, but blake knows more than me and he doesn't mind them

**gvblake22** · May 15th, 2007

Quote:

Originally Posted by Panda Man

939 is dead so its hard to recommend a good cheap one, but if you don't mind buying the 2 separate then (this will hardly affect the price btw):

Newegg.com - ECS KN1 SLI Lite (1.0A) Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail

Newegg.com - AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ Toledo 2.0GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor - OEM

$168.99. Choice is up to you...

Good call there Panda Man. You can get great deals on s939 processors now, so buying the motherboard and CPU separate isn't really an issue.

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Originally Posted by Panda Man

...I just recommend going against Biostar, but blake knows more than me and he doesn't mind them

HAHA, I don't claim to know more than the next guy, I was simply giving you my opinion and experience with the only Biostar board I've built a system with so take it as you want... :wavey:

Death_blooms · May 16th, 2007

So when did 939 die? I take it AM2 is the replacement.

onebxr · May 16th, 2007

AM2 is about to die.
-1

**Hitman** · May 16th, 2007

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Originally Posted by Death_blooms

so when did 939 die? I take it AM2 is the replacement

Months ago, where you been man? AMD switched to AM2 in order to support DDR2.

May 15th, 2007	#1
gizmosmustang Town Drunk Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 70	Is this a good MB? looking to upgrade my motherboard and CPU and saw this it is compatible with my RAM which is a + because i don't want to change RAM right now Biostar Geforce 6100-M9 NVIDIA Socket 939 MicroATX Motherboard and an AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ 2.0GHz OEM Processor at TigerDirect.com First Build CPU: AMD 64 x2 5000+ Board: Asus M2A-VM Memory: 2 GB G. SKill DDR2 800 Video Card: Asus X1550 HDD: Western Digital Caviar SE 160GB & Western Digital Caviar 80GB Case: Apevia X-Dreamer II Power Supply: 420W PSU Cooling: 4 80mm case fans 1 120mm case fan Operating System: Windows XP Home Edition

May 15th, 2007	#2
gvblake22 Modder-ator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Tempe Desert Posts: 6,321 Blog Entries: 1	Re: Is this a good MB? That should be an ok s939 board, but not for $139!!! I have a Gigabyte AM2 motherboard based on the nearly the same chipset (only the nForce 430 MCP instead of the 410 on the Biostar board) and it seems to work just fine. So unless that is the price in some other currency than American Dollars, do not buy it from Tiger Direct! You can get the same board from Newegg for only $66.12 shipped to your door... But with a little more looking, the Foxconn 6150K8MA-8EKRS has a better onboard GPU (GeForce 6150) and better southbridge (nForce 430) for the same price as the Biostar board on Newegg; and the Foxconn even has a $10 mail-in-rebate, so it is actually cheaper if you do those! Last edited by gvblake22; May 15th, 2007 at 11:02.

May 16th, 2007	#8
Death_blooms This is why I'm hot Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Forest of doom :P, UK Posts: 562	Re: Is this a good MB? So when did 939 die? I take it AM2 is the replacement. Last edited by Hitman; May 16th, 2007 at 11:53. Reason: Proper Capitalization, Grammar, and Punctuation

May 16th, 2007	#9
onebxr resident headbanger Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Frisco, TX Posts: 1,145 Blog Entries: 3	Re: Is this a good MB? AM2 is about to die. -1 I would rather read a NewEgg review than a [H] review

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