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Anyone used an ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 mobo
I recently came across the ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 motherboard while I have
been investigating upgrading my PC. Has anyone used this motherboard? Although Toms Hardware website seemed to think it was ok, I have very little experience in what is a good mobo and what is not. Unless I trawl through every board on Toms site to find what is best for me to use, I have no real way of knowing if this ASRock mobo is the one for me. The big advantage for me is that it can use either an AGP or PCI-E graphics card, so is fairly future proof. It also allows me to use my current AGP graphics card while I save up for a much better PCI-E card. My existing card is nothing to write home about, but would do for a while. Basically, my question is - do I go for this mobo, to allow me to upgrade the graphics card later, or should I forget it and go for a PCI-E only mobo and use the onboard graphics (assuming it has one) until I can upgrade properly? A comment from someone that actually uses the ASRock mobo would be great! If the latter, could anyone recommend a decent mobo? Currently, although I do play games, none of them are very modern (my current PC is OLD). I mainly use it for graphics work, internet and the older games. TIA Martin |
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Anyone used an ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 mobo
"Martin C" wrote in message ... I recently came across the ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 motherboard while I have been investigating upgrading my PC. Has anyone used this motherboard? Although Toms Hardware website seemed to think it was ok, I have very little experience in what is a good mobo and what is not. Unless I trawl through every board on Toms site to find what is best for me to use, I have no real way of knowing if this ASRock mobo is the one for me. The big advantage for me is that it can use either an AGP or PCI-E graphics card, so is fairly future proof. It also allows me to use my current AGP graphics card while I save up for a much better PCI-E card. My existing card is nothing to write home about, but would do for a while. Basically, my question is - do I go for this mobo, to allow me to upgrade the graphics card later, or should I forget it and go for a PCI-E only mobo and use the onboard graphics (assuming it has one) until I can upgrade properly? A comment from someone that actually uses the ASRock mobo would be great! If the latter, could anyone recommend a decent mobo? Currently, although I do play games, none of them are very modern (my current PC is OLD). I mainly use it for graphics work, internet and the older games. TIA Martin This board was reviewed in Custom PC magazine. They said it was fine. They used it to compare the AGP and PCIe versions of a high end card (FX6800GT ?) and found no difference in performance. Mike. |
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Anyone used an ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 mobo
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I recently came across the ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 motherboard while I have been investigating upgrading my PC. Has anyone used this motherboard? Although Toms Hardware website seemed to think it was ok, I have very little experience in what is a good mobo and what is not. Yes. Just got one from Scan. Took the plunge as I had a 6600GT which I didn't want to upgrade immediately. I've always bought high end boards. This is the first budget board I've bought in half a decade. For a budget board, the packaging, manuals and accessories put alot of the expensive ones to shame. The board doesn't feel cheap either and I had no problem overclocking my AMD64 3500+ to 3800+ speeds with default voltages on it. Buy one, you'll not regret it. -- Conor Windows & Outlook/OE in particular, shipped with settings making them as open to entry as a starlet in a porno. Steve B |
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Anyone used an ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 mobo
Martin C wrote:
I recently came across the ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 motherboard while I have been investigating upgrading my PC. Has anyone used this motherboard? Although Toms Hardware website seemed to think it was ok, I have very little experience in what is a good mobo and what is not. Unless I trawl through every board on Toms site to find what is best for me to use, I have no real way of knowing if this ASRock mobo is the one for me. The big advantage for me is that it can use either an AGP or PCI-E graphics card, so is fairly future proof. It also allows me to use my current AGP graphics card while I save up for a much better PCI-E card. My existing card is nothing to write home about, but would do for a while. Basically, my question is - do I go for this mobo, to allow me to upgrade the graphics card later, or should I forget it and go for a PCI-E only mobo and use the onboard graphics (assuming it has one) until I can upgrade properly? A comment from someone that actually uses the ASRock mobo would be great! If the latter, could anyone recommend a decent mobo? Currently, although I do play games, none of them are very modern (my current PC is OLD). I mainly use it for graphics work, internet and the older games. TIA Martin Go for it. I just upgraded my computer yesterday with one. I installed an Opteron 148 and have it overclocked right now to 2690 mhz. Very easy board to install and so far it is rock solid. I got a combo special at Monarch Computer. The only gripe I have about the board is the IDE2 connector is mounted on the board in a spot where it's hard to connect the ribbon to a CD or DVD drive. I had to really stretch the cable. But like I said the board is solid as a rock so far. Bob |
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Anyone used an ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 mobo
"Martin C" wrote in message ... I recently came across the ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 motherboard while I have been investigating upgrading my PC. Has anyone used this motherboard? Although Toms Hardware website seemed to think it was ok, I have very little experience in what is a good mobo and what is not. Unless I trawl through every board on Toms site to find what is best for me to use, I have no real way of knowing if this ASRock mobo is the one for me. The big advantage for me is that it can use either an AGP or PCI-E graphics card, so is fairly future proof. It also allows me to use my current AGP graphics card while I save up for a much better PCI-E card. My existing card is nothing to write home about, but would do for a while. Basically, my question is - do I go for this mobo, to allow me to upgrade the graphics card later, or should I forget it and go for a PCI-E only mobo and use the onboard graphics (assuming it has one) until I can upgrade properly? A comment from someone that actually uses the ASRock mobo would be great! I've assembled 7 or 8 systems this year, all with different motherboards. I recently bought one of these after reading fairly good things about it from the usual sources online. I bought it from eWiz and added it to my "stockpile" of parts. About five weeks later, I finally got around to putting a box together using this mobo. Regrettably, it was DOA. Although I had the part past eWiz's 30-day return/exchange period, they gave me an RMA anyway after I explained the circumstances about the delayed opening of the package; the catch was that they couldn't at that point exchange the unit from stock and instead would have to send my defective board back the factory (in Asia) and await the replacement. It took a couple of weeks but I did finally receive the new board. I have it set up and running bare on the workbench with an Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice) and it seems to be fine so far. I have to agree with others here who have said that it doesn't look or feel like a "budget" board. |
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Anyone used an ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 mobo
Thanks very much to everyone that replied. Looks like I shall be going for
the board after all. Cheers, Martin "Hackworth" wrote in message . .. "Martin C" wrote in message ... I recently came across the ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 motherboard while I have been investigating upgrading my PC. Has anyone used this motherboard? Although Toms Hardware website seemed to think it was ok, I have very little experience in what is a good mobo and what is not. Unless I trawl through every board on Toms site to find what is best for me to use, I have no real way of knowing if this ASRock mobo is the one for me. The big advantage for me is that it can use either an AGP or PCI-E graphics card, so is fairly future proof. It also allows me to use my current AGP graphics card while I save up for a much better PCI-E card. My existing card is nothing to write home about, but would do for a while. Basically, my question is - do I go for this mobo, to allow me to upgrade the graphics card later, or should I forget it and go for a PCI-E only mobo and use the onboard graphics (assuming it has one) until I can upgrade properly? A comment from someone that actually uses the ASRock mobo would be great! I've assembled 7 or 8 systems this year, all with different motherboards. I recently bought one of these after reading fairly good things about it from the usual sources online. I bought it from eWiz and added it to my "stockpile" of parts. About five weeks later, I finally got around to putting a box together using this mobo. Regrettably, it was DOA. Although I had the part past eWiz's 30-day return/exchange period, they gave me an RMA anyway after I explained the circumstances about the delayed opening of the package; the catch was that they couldn't at that point exchange the unit from stock and instead would have to send my defective board back the factory (in Asia) and await the replacement. It took a couple of weeks but I did finally receive the new board. I have it set up and running bare on the workbench with an Athlon 64 3200+ (Venice) and it seems to be fine so far. I have to agree with others here who have said that it doesn't look or feel like a "budget" board. |
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