what was your favorite motherboard ever?

Solaris17 · Jul 30, 2010

p5n-e SLI

took my E7200 to 4.5 stable

or my old albatron board ill find it tommarrow

Here it is my baby

Albatron KX18DS pro II

MohawkAngel · Jul 30, 2010

I really enjoyed the old PC-Chips motherboards with AMD socket 563 if i remember it well. CPU soldered right onto mobo. Best user friendly mobo ever you put the ram on it thats all. old VIA C3 video onboard, onboard sound and onboard lan 10/100 ..... dump in the cd and click START all drivers and programs of mobo and pc chips installed. At the time it was a real joy for a newbie like me.

For now its my Asus M4A785-M ...low buck, able to handle future 6 cores even if i wont need it ..nice overclocker even if i dont need it neither shit load of features and good board to build a cheap HTPC.

BTW if any of you see those pc chip mobo im talking about sendme the e-bay link in my message box. thx

netieb · Jul 30, 2010

Mine board i will always remember ^^

Melvis · Jul 30, 2010

GA-K8NF-9 Ultra best mobo i have ever had.

http://www.gigabyte.com/products/product-page.aspx?pid=2268#ov

R.I.P

Mr McC · Jul 30, 2010

Probably the 939Dual-Sata2.

I have never got more value for money from a motherboard and sales of this model undoubtedly helped to move ASRock out of the "exclusively budget" section to its position as a competitor with the big boys.

1nf3rn0x · Jul 30, 2010

eVGA 780i

kurosagi01 · Jul 30, 2010

my current board since the only one i know and experienced with,very nippy board.

{JNT}Raptor · Jul 30, 2010

Abit NF7-S---1 of the best of all time IMHO

ASROCK Dual Sata 939---Easily one of the most underrated Mobo's out there but rock stable and allowed incremental upgrades......very sweet and well ahead of it's time.

brandonwh64 · Jul 30, 2010

{JNT}Raptor said:
Abit NF7-S---1 of the best of all time IMHO

ASROCK Dual Sata 939---Easily one of the most underrated Mobo's out there but rock stable and allowed incremental upgrades......very sweet and well ahead of it's time.

Ive always wanted to see a full setup with the ASROCK board with the additional add on board with DDR2 and and AM2 cpu in action. i never could find pictures of someone that had the whole shabang!

sapetto · Jul 30, 2010

mlee49 said:
Asus P5Q-E. Loved that baby, even more than my X58.

http://pic.xfastest.com/sxs112/ASUS/P45-Ser/P5165116.jpg

+1 I love my current board

erixx · Jul 30, 2010

Abit NF7 !!!!! Still running as my LRPC.*

Then P5q-pro and p7p55-pro. I know there are 'fancier' boards, but these are just good.
No gigabyte please (personal opinion) only board brand that died twice during installation.
Also no Nvidia chipsets like Striker series, 2 died in short time.

* LRPC=Living Room PC. WTF is a HTPC anyways if you dont use more than 2 speakers!!!!!

_JP_ · Jul 30, 2010

My current board, hands down.

ASRock 4CoreDual-SATA2 R2.0 :pimp:

Definitely...

In summary, this board is a colossus, even tough it is a budget board. It can handle tons of tech and mixtures still be able to run stable.

Ran a x1650 on AGP without any issues and now is running a HD 5770 without any problems...so far. *knocks on wood*
And can run both at the same time for multiple monitors...

Initially only supporting 2GB DDRII (either 1x2GB or 2x1GB), I got a modded BIOS and now is running with 4GB (2x2GB)...

There's only one con in it, actually...cable management...

I also have a NF7-S (2.0), spectacular board!

ucanmandaa · Jul 30, 2010

My all time favorite would be Asus P4P800. It run my 2.4c at 3.4 with 283fsb for nearly 4 years before AGP slot went kaput. Asus Cusl2-c would be in second place as it was my first overclocking board. I run a PIII 866 at 975 for 2 years before giving the system to a friend. I even got a second Cusl2-c for my retro rig last year equipped with PIIIs 1.4 and its fast

arroyo · Jul 30, 2010

ABIT NF7-S v2.0

This board rock's. There was tons of unofficial BIOSes and hundreds of mods. This board blows all other opponents for socket A. There is no real competition for this mobo! The best motherboard for socket 462 that human created and one of the TOP motherboards of all time. I'm lovin' it.

vnl7 · Jul 30, 2010

dfi AD73-PRO, still in service 24/7 whit a athlon xp 1800+ and a geForce440

Geofrancis · Aug 6, 2010

my favurite board was probibly the lanparty jr p45-t2rs

more once of the fastest overclocking boards for 775 and in a micro atx form i got mine to over 500fsb with a q8200

mlee49 · Aug 6, 2010

Just sold that exact board to Soylent Joe! Stupid easy to overclock and really nice layout.

3volvedcombat · Aug 6, 2010

Favorite board.
And I have it swallowed right now with My Corsair H50 cooler cramped over the board in the 902 case.
My spot Cool 60mm fan right above my chipset
My Corsair RAM cooler
2x GTX 260's completely covering the bottom off my board board.
I can only see about 20% of the blue PCB :roll:

AND Yes I did manage to HACK SLI on my board. SLI'd Crysis and was getting GREAT utilization.

I even put 3 video cards on my board.

Look at what i had on this bitch :laugh:

and it was fully stable. A+!!!!

DrPepper · Aug 6, 2010

P5Q-Deluxe and my P6T

Rakesh95 · Aug 7, 2010

warup89 said:
So far is the one I'm using right now, the good old Gigabyte EP45-UD3P

-No problems, no Nothing~!
-Bios is really good too.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3267/3193345334_c8b8a933fc.jpg

I have the ddr3 version and it is the best 775 motherboard I have ever used. Right now I'm using an X58A UD3R, its just below as an equivalent to the UD3P.

Anarchy0110 · Aug 7, 2010

Asus M4A89GTD

Want to pair this with 2 HD5850

Rakesh95 · Aug 7, 2010

Faith[ROG].Anarchy said:
Asus M4A89GTD

http://www.ixbt.com/mainboard/asus/m4a890gtd-pro-usb3/board.jpg

Want to pair this with 2 HD5850

Slot placements a bit weird on that board IMO. What do you think?

Anarchy0110 · Aug 7, 2010

Not a bad idea gotta say. Well don't know how to say but for me that's a nice placement

CDdude55 · Aug 7, 2010

My current board is fanastic:

My version is the one that has the black and gray RAM slots though.(and gray PCI-E slots)

And... believe it or not, another old favorite board of mine(which i still have) is:

Yes the EVGA 680i SLI motherboard, this board lasted me for about 3 years and still has ran with no issues to this day. :rockout:

As you can see im a huge fan of EVGA.

Black Panther · Aug 7, 2010

Mine has to be my old faithful P5B

Been running strong since May 07 now, seeing an E4300 go from 1.8Ghz to 3.15Ghz and my current E8400 to 4.2Ghz on air.

System Name	Rocinante
Processor	I9 14900KS
Motherboard	MSI MPG Z790I Edge WiFi Gaming
Cooling	be quiet! Pure Loop 240mm
Memory	64GB Gskill Trident Z5 DDR5 6000 @6400
Video Card(s)	MSI SUPRIM Liquid X 4090
Storage	1x 500GB 980 Pro \| 1x 1TB 980 Pro \| 1x 8TB Corsair MP400
Display(s)	Odyssey OLED G9 (G95SC)
Case	LANCOOL 205M MESH Snow
Audio Device(s)	Moondrop S8's on Schiit Hel 2e
Power Supply	ASUS ROG Loki SFX-L 1000W
Mouse	Lamzu Atlantis mini (White)
Keyboard	Monsgeek M3 Lavender, Akko Crystal Blues
VR HMD	Quest 3
Software	Windows 11
Benchmark Scores	I dont have time for that.

System Name	Cold Flame
Processor	Intel Q9550 @ 4 GHz
Motherboard	Asus Maximus II Formula
Cooling	Air 4x 140mm Aerocool V14, 2 Aerocool 120mm V12
Memory	G.Skill DIMM 4 GB DDR2-1200 Kit
Video Card(s)	ATI HD 5870
Storage	Samsung 1TB
Display(s)	Samsung SyncMaster P2370
Case	Aerocool BX-500
Audio Device(s)	Xfi-Xtreme Gamer
Power Supply	Corsair HX 850
Software	Windows 7 x64

System Name	Night Rider \| Mini LAN PC \| Workhorse
Processor	AMD R7 5800X3D \| Ryzen 1600X \| i7 970
Motherboard	MSi AM4 Pro Carbon \| GA- \| Gigabyte EX58-UD5
Cooling	Noctua U9S Twin Fan\| Stock Cooler, Copper Core)\| Big shairkan B
Memory	2x8GB DDR4 G.Skill Ripjaws 3600MHz\| 2x8GB Corsair 3000 \| 6x2GB DDR3 1300 Corsair
Video Card(s)	MSI AMD 6750XT \| 6500XT \| MSI RX 580 8GB
Storage	1TB WD Black NVME / 250GB SSD /2TB WD Black \| 500GB SSD WD, 2x1TB, 1x750 \| WD 500 SSD/Seagate 320
Display(s)	LG 27" 1440P\| Samsung 20" S20C300L/DELL 15" \| 22" DELL/19"DELL
Case	LIAN LI PC-18 \| Mini ATX Case (custom) \| Atrix C4 9001
Audio Device(s)	Onboard \| Onbaord \| Onboard
Power Supply	Silverstone 850 \| Silverstone Mini 450W \| Corsair CX-750
Mouse	Coolermaster Pro \| Rapoo V900 \| Gigabyte 6850X
Keyboard	MAX Keyboard Nighthawk X8 \| Creative Fatal1ty eluminx \| Some POS Logitech
Software	Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 10 Pro 64 \| Windows 7 Pro 64/Windows 10 Home

Processor	Core i7 920
Motherboard	Asus P6T v2
Cooling	Noctua D-14
Memory	OCZ Gold 1600
Video Card(s)	Powercolor PCS+ 5870
Storage	Samsung SpinPoint F3 1 TB
Display(s)	Samsung LE-B530 37" TV
Case	Lian Li PC-B25F
Audio Device(s)	N/A
Power Supply	Thermaltake Toughpower 700w
Software	Windows 7 64-bit

System Name	Omen
Processor	i7-4710HQ
Cooling	Dual fan/heatpipe
Memory	16GB
Video Card(s)	4GB GTX 860M
Storage	256GB PCIE SSD/256GB PNY UHS-1 SD Card
Display(s)	15.6' 1080P
Case	Aluminium
Audio Device(s)	Onboard
Power Supply	Brick
Software	Win 10

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System Name	Ultraman
Processor	Intel core i9 13900HK
Motherboard	Alienware/Dell inverted motherboard
Cooling	Alienware/Dell cooling solution + IETS GT500 cooling pad
Memory	Alienware/Dell 32GB 6000mhz DDR5
Video Card(s)	Nvidia RTX4080 12GB
Storage	1TB Dell supplied NVME + Samsung Evo 1TB NVME
Display(s)	AOC Gaming CU34G3S/BK
Case	Alienware X16
Audio Device(s)	onboard/Speakers: Logitech G560
Power Supply	Alienware/Dell battery + 330W charger
Mouse	Microsoft Pro Intellimouse - White
Keyboard	Ducky One2 SF White MX cherry Red
Software	Windows 11

System Name	Ummmm...Mine
Processor	I7 920 @ 4.2ghz @ 1.29v's load
Motherboard	ASUS P6T Deluxe V2
Cooling	Custom 1/2 inch H20
Memory	3x2gb Patriot Sector 7 @2008Mhz 27-9-11-9 1T
Video Card(s)	EVGA GTX 580 SC 900/1800/1090
Storage	1-Mushkin 60gb SSD 1-500GB WD Black and 2-1TB 32mb WD Black
Display(s)	25 inch Hanns-G 2ms
Case	Custom
Audio Device(s)	Turtle Beach Catalina
Power Supply	Corsair AX850 Pro Series-Modular
Software	All Kinds...and then some.
Benchmark Scores	3dMark 11 P7066 Compare Link- http://3dmark.com/3dm11/251153

System Name	LenovoⓇ ThinkPad™ T430
Processor	IntelⓇ Core™ i5-3210M processor (2 cores, 2.50GHz, 3MB cache), Intel Turbo Boost™ 2.0 (3.10GHz), HT™
Motherboard	Lenovo 2344 (Mobile Intel QM77 Express Chipset)
Cooling	Single-pipe heatsink + Delta fan
Memory	2x 8GB KingstonⓇ HyperX™ Impact 2133MHz DDR3L SO-DIMM
Video Card(s)	Intel HD Graphics™ 4000 (GPU clk: 1100MHz, vRAM clk: 1066MHz)
Storage	SamsungⓇ 860 EVO mSATA (250GB) + 850 EVO (500GB) SATA
Display(s)	14.0" (355mm) HD (1366x768) color, anti-glare, LED backlight, 200 nits, 16:9 aspect ratio, 300:1 co
Case	ThinkPad Roll Cage (one-piece magnesium frame)
Audio Device(s)	HD Audio, RealtekⓇ ALC3202 codec, DolbyⓇ Advanced Audio™ v2 / stereo speakers, 1W x 2
Power Supply	ThinkPad 65W AC Adapter + ThinkPad Battery 70++ (9-cell)
Mouse	TrackPointⓇ pointing device + UltraNav™, wide touchpad below keyboard + ThinkLight™
Keyboard	6-row, 84-key, ThinkVantage button, spill-resistant, multimedia Fn keys, LED backlight (PT Layout)
Software	MicrosoftⓇ WindowsⓇ 10 x86-64 (22H2)

System Name	quaddamage // black pearl // black magic
Processor	Q6600 @ 3.47ghz // 1090T @ 4.0 GHZ/2800NB // P!!!-S 1.4 @ 1.5
Motherboard	Rampage Formula // CH4 Formula // TUSL2-C
Cooling	TRUE 120 // TRUE 120 Black // Stock
Memory	4GB Flex ][ 1150 // 8GB OCZ Black Edition 1600 // 512MB Kingston PC133 @ 143
Video Card(s)	4850 1GB Crossfire // Asus 5870 Crossfire // 3dfx Voodoo 5 with DVI
Storage	3x 320 7.10 Seagate // Vertex 2 + 500GB 7.12 Seagate RAID 0 // 80GB Seagate
Display(s)	Dell U2410
Case	HAF 932 // HAF X // Cheapo Case :D
Power Supply	TX650 // HX850 // OCZ 400w

System Name	"Złotko"
Processor	AMD 1055T @ 3600 MHz
Motherboard	Asrock 880G@890GX
Cooling	Thermalright 120 Xtreme (lapped)
Memory	A-Data 1600 Plus
Video Card(s)	Asus HD6950 unlocked - WOW
Storage	many more than you can imagine
Display(s)	Acer AL1923 and Philips 40PFL5605H
Case	Fractal Define R3
Audio Device(s)	X-Fi Music / onboard
Power Supply	Seasonic M12D 850W
Software	viruses, worms, trojan horses, spyware, adware, rootkits
Benchmark Scores	2.3 promile of alcohol in my blood and still standing

System Name	Machine XV
Processor	Dual Xeon E5 2670 V3 Turbo unlocked
Motherboard	Kllisre X99 Dual
Cooling	120mm heatsink
Memory	64gb DDR4 ECC
Video Card(s)	RX 480 4Gb
Storage	1Tb NVME SSD
Display(s)	19" + 23" + 17"
Case	ATX
Audio Device(s)	XFi xtreme USB
Power Supply	800W
Software	Windows 10

System Name	The Dove Box Rev 3.0
Processor	i7 8700k @ 4.7GHz
Motherboard	Asus Maximus X APEX
Cooling	Custom water loop
Memory	16GB 3600 MHz DDR4
Video Card(s)	2x MSI 780 Ti's in SLI
Storage	500GB Samsung 850 PCIe SSD, 4TB
Display(s)	27" Asus 144Hz
Case	Enermax Fulmo GT
Audio Device(s)	ON BOARD FTW
Power Supply	Corsair 1200W
Keyboard	Logitech G510
Software	Win 10 64x

System Name	My Computer
Processor	Core 2 Q9550 4Ghz 1.23volts
Motherboard	Gigabyte
Cooling	Corsair
Memory	OCZ
Video Card(s)	Galaxy
Storage	Western Digital
Display(s)	Acer
Case	Lian li
Audio Device(s)	Asus
Power Supply	Corsiar
Software	Microsoft
Benchmark Scores	25,000 3dmark06 at 4.35Ghz processor, 835core card!

System Name	Rusky
Processor	Intel Core i7 D0 3.8Ghz
Motherboard	Asus P6T
Cooling	Thermaltake Dark Knight
Memory	12GB Patriot Viper's 1866mhz 9-9-9-24
Video Card(s)	GTX470 1280MB
Storage	OCZ Summit 60GB + Samsung 1TB + Samsung 2TB
Display(s)	Sharp Aquos L32X20E 1920 x 1080
Case	Silverstone Raven RV01
Power Supply	Corsair 650 Watt
Software	Windows 7 x64
Benchmark Scores	3DMark06 - 18064 http://img.techpowerup.org/090720/Capture002.jpg

System Name	Cant think of one
Processor	Intel Core i7 930 D0
Motherboard	Gigabyte EX58A-UD3R
Cooling	3x 200mm, 1x120, 1x120 push for megahalem
Memory	Kingston OC DDR3 1600MHz Cas 6
Video Card(s)	Gigabyte GTX 275 896mb
Storage	1x WD AV-GP 1 Terabyte(OS/bkup) 1x WD Caviar Green(Data) 1x WD Caviar Blue(MAC OSX 10.5.5
Display(s)	Dell 22"
Case	Coolermaster Storm Sniper
Audio Device(s)	ALC889a
Power Supply	Coolermaster Utimate Circute protection(UCP) 700
Software	Wndows 7 and MAC OSX leopard

Processor	Intel Core i5 12400F Alder Lake Hex-Core Processor @ 2.5 GHz
Motherboard	Asrock B760M Pro RS/D4
Cooling	Thermalright Assassin 120X Refined SE
Memory	16GB DDR4 2666MHz Dual Channel Corsair Vengeance LPX
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX2060-DUAL-O6G EVO (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060)
Storage	1TB Samsung PM9A1 NVMe + 500GB Crucial P3 NVMe + 2TB WD Black P10 External HDD
Display(s)	Asus VG278Q TN Full HD 144Hz Gaming Monitor
Case	MSI MAG Shield 110R
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G Pro X Wireless Gaming Headset
Power Supply	CoolerMaster MWE Bronze v2 450W
Mouse	Razer Viper V3 Hyperspeed w/ Hyperpolling Dongle + Razer Deathadder V3 Wired
Keyboard	VGN VXE ATK68 Gateron Mechanical Hall-Effect\| Monka 3075 V2 Pro Cherry Powder
Software	AtlasOS v0.4

Processor	Intel Core i5 12400F Alder Lake Hex-Core Processor @ 2.5 GHz
Motherboard	Asrock B760M Pro RS/D4
Cooling	Thermalright Assassin 120X Refined SE
Memory	16GB DDR4 2666MHz Dual Channel Corsair Vengeance LPX
Video Card(s)	Asus RTX2060-DUAL-O6G EVO (NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2060)
Storage	1TB Samsung PM9A1 NVMe + 500GB Crucial P3 NVMe + 2TB WD Black P10 External HDD
Display(s)	Asus VG278Q TN Full HD 144Hz Gaming Monitor
Case	MSI MAG Shield 110R
Audio Device(s)	Logitech G Pro X Wireless Gaming Headset
Power Supply	CoolerMaster MWE Bronze v2 450W
Mouse	Razer Viper V3 Hyperspeed w/ Hyperpolling Dongle + Razer Deathadder V3 Wired
Keyboard	VGN VXE ATK68 Gateron Mechanical Hall-Effect\| Monka 3075 V2 Pro Cherry Powder
Software	AtlasOS v0.4

System Name	CDdude's Rig!
Processor	AMD Athlon II X4 620
Motherboard	Gigabyte GA-990FXA-UD3
Cooling	Corsair H70
Memory	8GB Corsair Vengence @1600mhz
Video Card(s)	XFX HD 6970 2GB
Storage	OCZ Agility 3 60GB SSD/WD Velociraptor 300GB
Display(s)	ASUS VH232H 23" 1920x1080
Case	Cooler Master CM690 (w/ side window)
Audio Device(s)	Onboard (It sounds fine)
Power Supply	Corsair 850TX
Software	Windows 7 Home Premium 64bit SP1