ASROCK motherboards, are they any good

hey,
Can anybody tell are the Asrock motherboards any good
I'm planning on buying a PC and some guys offering
me an ASROCK P4I65GV, with intel 800 chipset, ATA 133, AGP 8x?
Please Help Thnx, Boo

Asrock is the Asus "Bargain Line".
Fine as far as I know, but not bleeding edge.

"Goran Boo" wrote in message
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hey,
Can anybody tell are the Asrock motherboards any good
I'm planning on buying a PC and some guys offering
me an ASROCK P4I65GV, with intel 800 chipset, ATA 133, AGP 8x?
Please Help Thnx, Boo

Thanx man. A question: So what, theyre not tested as ASUS and they don't
last as asus, or something else?
"Pen" wrote in message
...
Asrock is the Asus "Bargain Line".
Fine as far as I know, but not bleeding edge.

"Goran Boo" wrote in message
...
hey,
Can anybody tell are the Asrock motherboards any good
I'm planning on buying a PC and some guys offering
me an ASROCK P4I65GV, with intel 800 chipset, ATA 133, AGP 8x?
Please Help Thnx, Boo

NO, just not the latest greatest stuff. It's the
value line, built to a price. Has onboard video, sound,
AMR and LAN. Only 3 PCI slots. No SATA.
http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/P4i65gv.htm


"Goran Boo" wrote in message
...
Thanx man. A question: So what, theyre not tested as ASUS and they
don't
last as asus, or something else?
"Pen" wrote in message
...
Asrock is the Asus "Bargain Line".
Fine as far as I know, but not bleeding edge.

"Goran Boo" wrote in message
...
hey,
Can anybody tell are the Asrock motherboards any good
I'm planning on buying a PC and some guys offering
me an ASROCK P4I65GV, with intel 800 chipset, ATA 133, AGP 8x?
Please Help Thnx, Boo

Thanks man, thanks a lot
Greetings from Croatia
"Pen" wrote in message
...
NO, just not the latest greatest stuff. It's the
value line, built to a price. Has onboard video, sound,
AMR and LAN. Only 3 PCI slots. No SATA.
http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/P4i65gv.htm


"Goran Boo" wrote in message
...
Thanx man. A question: So what, theyre not tested as ASUS and they
don't
last as asus, or something else?
"Pen" wrote in message
...
Asrock is the Asus "Bargain Line".
Fine as far as I know, but not bleeding edge.

"Goran Boo" wrote in message
...
hey,
Can anybody tell are the Asrock motherboards any good
I'm planning on buying a PC and some guys offering
me an ASROCK P4I65GV, with intel 800 chipset, ATA 133, AGP 8x?
Please Help Thnx, Boo

You're welcome, from USA/Maine.

"Goran Boo" wrote in message
...
Thanks man, thanks a lot
Greetings from Croatia
"Pen" wrote in message
...
NO, just not the latest greatest stuff. It's the
value line, built to a price. Has onboard video, sound,
AMR and LAN. Only 3 PCI slots. No SATA.
http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/P4i65gv.htm


"Goran Boo" wrote in message
...
Thanx man. A question: So what, theyre not tested as ASUS and
they
don't
last as asus, or something else?
"Pen" wrote in message
...
Asrock is the Asus "Bargain Line".
Fine as far as I know, but not bleeding edge.

"Goran Boo" wrote in message
...
hey,
Can anybody tell are the Asrock motherboards any good
I'm planning on buying a PC and some guys offering
me an ASROCK P4I65GV, with intel 800 chipset, ATA 133, AGP 8x?
Please Help Thnx, Boo

"Goran Boo" wrote in message ...
NO, just not the latest greatest stuff. It's the
value line, built to a price. Has onboard video, sound,
AMR and LAN. Only 3 PCI slots. No SATA.
http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/P4i65gv.htm

All that is probably ok except I would recommend steering clear of onboard video.

--
Michael Culley

Michael Culley wrote:
"Goran Boo" wrote in message ...

NO, just not the latest greatest stuff. It's the
value line, built to a price. Has onboard video, sound,
AMR and LAN. Only 3 PCI slots. No SATA.
http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/P4i65gv.htm


All that is probably ok except I would recommend steering clear of onboard video.

--
Michael Culley




Any particular reason?

Art Leonard

Art Leonard wrote:
Michael Culley wrote:
"Goran Boo" wrote in message
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NO, just not the latest greatest stuff. It's the
value line, built to a price. Has onboard video, sound,
AMR and LAN. Only 3 PCI slots. No SATA.
http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/P4i65gv.htm


All that is probably ok except I would recommend steering clear of
onboard video.

--
Michael Culley




Any particular reason?

Art Leonard

Apart from the fact it's usually rubbish, it munches system RAM. Say you
only have 128MB (unlikely these days), as much as a quarter of it could be
wasted on the on board graphics chip. As a fairly decent graphics card can
be purchased for around £50, it's a pointless waste.

Miss Perspicacia Tick wrote:

Art Leonard wrote:

Michael Culley wrote:

"Goran Boo" wrote in message
...


NO, just not the latest greatest stuff. It's the
value line, built to a price. Has onboard video, sound,
AMR and LAN. Only 3 PCI slots. No SATA.
http://www.asrockamerica.com/Products/P4i65gv.htm


All that is probably ok except I would recommend steering clear of
onboard video.

--
Michael Culley




Any particular reason?

Art Leonard


Apart from the fact it's usually rubbish, it munches system RAM. Say you
only have 128MB (unlikely these days), as much as a quarter of it could be
wasted on the on board graphics chip. As a fairly decent graphics card can
be purchased for around £50, it's a pointless waste.




Hi, the Asrock boards I have installed recently have a pretty decent
onboard video system. It is adjustable regarding the amount of shared
memory from 4-64 meg. I have tested these systems with sustained frame
rates of 30 - 60 fps using standard bench programs. I find it impressive
that the board + 512meg ddr ram costs about $100 US and there is no need
to buy any additional adapter cards... a decent low end system.
Certainly not a pointless waste to those needing to stay within a budget.

Art Leonard