Whats your favorite motherboard of all time?

Fitseries3 · Jan 23, 2012, 07:28 PM

I've been looking through all the motherboards i've had in my hands over the years and i been wanting to get my hands on some great boards to toy with again.

i really cant decide so i thought i would ask your opinion.

simple question...

what is your favorite motherboard(s) of all time and why?

any socket, AMD or Intel

AthlonX2 · Jan 23, 2012, 07:33 PM

either my Lanparty Expert or my EVGA E760

ZenZimZaliben · Jan 23, 2012, 07:36 PM

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Originally Posted by AthlonX2

either my Lanparty Expert or my EVGA E760

Same things came to my mind. DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR, Socket 939. With an Opteron 165/170. Oh how I miss Lanparty! They really killed themselves off with the P and X series.

AthlonX2 · Jan 23, 2012, 07:39 PM

i still have a lanparty P45.love the board as well just cant remember how to overclock the old intels anymore..

LagunaX · Jan 23, 2012, 07:39 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenZimZaliben

Same things came to my mind. DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR, Socket 939. With an Opteron 165/170. Oh how I miss Lanparty! They really killed themselves off with the P and X series.

Ditto.
However my current Asus P8P67 Vanilla hasn't failed me yet!

Sasqui · Jan 23, 2012, 07:53 PM

ASUS x38 Maximus Formula

Reason: Because I bought it from you

But seriously, it's bullet proof, an amazing overclocker, and all the features without all the fluff. Hell, I even bought a second one!

Fitseries3 · Jan 23, 2012, 07:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Sasqui

ASUS x38 Maximus Formula

Reason: Because I bought it from you

But seriously, it's bullet proof, an amazing overclocker, and all the features without all the fluff. Hell, I even bought a second one!

one of my favs for sure. ANY asus board from that era, p5k3, p5e3, maximus, rampage, blitz, commando, etc. all greats

MightyMission · Jan 23, 2012, 07:57 PM

Foxconn Destroyer!
that thing could allow me to get equal cpu-nb frequencies to the clock frequencies(4ghz/4ghz)
beast of a board

radrok · Jan 23, 2012, 07:57 PM

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Originally Posted by ZenZimZaliben

DFI LANParty NF4 SLI-DR, Socket 939

This

, it still has a couple of 7800 GTX plugged in, I remember I had to manually switch the PCIe lanes for SLI

brandonwh64 · Jan 23, 2012, 07:59 PM

The Abit NI8 SLI 775!

Reason: For 15 months of temps reaching 130 deg F at times with NO AC, this board WOULD NOT DIE! It even OCed my Pentium D 805 to 4Ghz!!

One of the best boards I ever owned

Frick · Jan 23, 2012, 08:05 PM

Abit NF7-S for Socket A and Abit BE6 and/or BE6-II for slot 1. I once got an Athlon 64 3000+ (Venice) to 2.7Ghz with a Asrock Dual-Sata2.

Fitseries3 · Jan 23, 2012, 08:12 PM

funny that no one has said any boards from the past year or so.

erocker · Jan 23, 2012, 08:14 PM

Asus Crosshair IV. Worked perfectly, even had very good onboard sound which I really miss.

Frick · Jan 23, 2012, 08:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Fitseries3

funny that no one has said any boards from the past year or so.

To me classic means 5 years old or more. :P

Plus I'm not much of an overclocker or tweaker anymore, I just don't have a need for it.

uuuaaaaaa · Jan 23, 2012, 08:18 PM

Abit Ic7-MAX3

Fitseries3 · Jan 23, 2012, 08:18 PM

well lets do any board from any time.

AlienIsGOD · Jan 23, 2012, 08:18 PM

my old 775 mobo, Gigabyte EP45 DS4P

8 USB ports, overclocks well with the F8 BIOS and on mobo reset, power and Clear Cmos buttons

Fitseries3 · Jan 23, 2012, 08:20 PM

great.... more pics please!

mstenholm · Jan 23, 2012, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by Fitseries3

funny that no one has said any boards from the past year or so.

A good board last looong. I'm very happy with my GB UD7 but my Abit IP35 PRO never gave me problems in the past 4-5 years running 4 GHz. Ask again in three years

LAN_deRf_HA · Jan 23, 2012, 08:22 PM

I loved my P6X58D Premium. Probably the first and last board I'll ever have that had zero voltage fluctuation regardless of load. With my older boards they all just sort of blend together, didn't really feel too different from each other. The tech in my current P8P67 EVO though really stands out. Been enjoying the fan control and the whole UEFI thing in general.

Sasqui · Jan 23, 2012, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brandonwh64

The Abit NI8 SLI 775!

Reason: For 15 months of temps reaching 130 deg F at times with NO AC, this board WOULD NOT DIE! It even OCed my Pentium D 805 to 4Ghz!!

One of the best boards I ever owned

Oh how I miss Abit

Completely Bonkers · Jan 23, 2012, 08:27 PM

Asrock 775i65G

Q6600 + AGP + DDR

Great way to upgrade to s775/Core2Q and migrate existing GPU and DDR

Fitseries3 · Jan 23, 2012, 08:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Completely Bonkers

Asrock 775i65G

http://www.asrock.com/mb/photo/775i65G.jpg

Q6600 + AGP + DDR

Great way to upgrade to s775/Core2Q and migrate existing GPU and DDR

terrible 20pin placement though

Batou1986 · Jan 23, 2012, 08:29 PM

Gigabyte EP45-UD3P so bad ass I bought two, in fact both of them are still running E8400's at 3.6 tho ive passed them on to family members.

brandonwh64 · Jan 23, 2012, 08:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Fitseries3

terrible 20pin placement though

LOL that is what I thought on my HTPC board ATM

Jan 23, 2012, 07:28 PM	#1
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AthlonX2 Better Than You Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Toledo,Ohio Posts: 5,449 (2.24/day) Thanks: 729 Thanked 1,572 Times in 994 Posts System Specs	i still have a lanparty P45.love the board as well just cant remember how to overclock the old intels anymore..

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