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Thinking of buying a K8V. Any advice?
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Getting close to time to build a new system. Had good experiences with ASUS before. Thinking of getting a K8V. I've looked through this group and haven't seen much discussion of problems. Anything I should be careful of - graphics card to avoid, choosing memory, etc? Or maybe there's an altogether better board I should be looking at? Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers, Paul. |
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"Paul Gardiner" wrote in message ... Hi, Getting close to time to build a new system. Had good experiences with ASUS before. Thinking of getting a K8V. I've looked through this group and haven't seen much discussion of problems. Anything I should be careful of - graphics card to avoid, choosing memory, etc? Or maybe there's an altogether better board I should be looking at? Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers, Paul. Only major issue with these boards that I'm aware of is that earlier builds used bad capacitors that could bulge, burst, and leak. Asus is aware of the problem and posted a description of the capacitors and what to look for on their support site. Here is a link to the description: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/faq/q...px?KB_ID=85257 Aside from that issue, the board is an excellent choice for an Athlon 64 build. I just built one myself with no difficulties whatsoever. So as long as you make sure you're not getting one with problematic capacitors, I highly recommend one. Boff |
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"Boff" wrote in message t...
"Paul Gardiner" wrote in message ... Hi, Getting close to time to build a new system. Had good experiences with ASUS before. Thinking of getting a K8V. I've looked through this group and haven't seen much discussion of problems. Anything I should be careful of - graphics card to avoid, choosing memory, etc? Or maybe there's an altogether better board I should be looking at? Thanks in advance for any advice. Cheers, Paul. Only major issue with these boards that I'm aware of is that earlier builds used bad capacitors that could bulge, burst, and leak. Asus is aware of the problem and posted a description of the capacitors and what to look for on their support site. I'll look out for that then. Here is a link to the description: http://www.asus.com.tw/support/faq/q...px?KB_ID=85257 Aside from that issue, the board is an excellent choice for an Athlon 64 build. I just built one myself with no difficulties whatsoever. So as long as you make sure you're not getting one with problematic capacitors, I highly recommend one. Thanks for the feedback. Does look like this will be the board I go for. Cheers, Paul. |
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