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What is the best motherboard on this list?
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<blockquote data-quote="cruelsister" data-source="post: 733954" data-attributes="member: 7463"><p>Sly- I still remember when I got the Asrock board. It was so fully featured that I should have known something was wrong as the price was fairly low. But after unbending the CPU pins (didn't work) I installed my Xeon and the heatsink- which was (is) a Thermalright Ultra-120 which weighs in (with a Nexus 120mm fan that I used- I LOVE silence) at about 750 grams.</p><p></p><p>I almost fainted when the board bowed inwards. I immediately realized why the Asrock prices were so low...</p><p></p><p>SumTing- I agree with you about Asus. It really irritated me that they refused to support a Xeon chip in their firmware, hoping people instead would buy their overpriced server board.</p><p></p><p></p><p>Cruelsister's Silent Build Hint (actually shamelessly ripped off from my Father)- If you are using a traditional hard drive as either a primary or secondary drive, and also have room on the case floor, and are annoyed by all the drive noise (makes me nuts!), consider decoupling it from the drive cage and instead placing it on the case floor on top of something like this:</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH]188137[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>It will absorb all of the drive noise, and if you also have a lower case fan blowing inwards it will keep the drive cooler.</p><p></p><p>Chimaira- I've been using mine for about 3 years now (which is a lot longer than I normally have gone between builds, but I can't justify a change) and it has performed superbly. The price was competitive and the build quality was excellent. I still check out reviews of current boards and I haven't seen any indication that they have messed up since I bought mine.</p><p></p><p>You should love it!</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="cruelsister, post: 733954, member: 7463"] Sly- I still remember when I got the Asrock board. It was so fully featured that I should have known something was wrong as the price was fairly low. But after unbending the CPU pins (didn't work) I installed my Xeon and the heatsink- which was (is) a Thermalright Ultra-120 which weighs in (with a Nexus 120mm fan that I used- I LOVE silence) at about 750 grams. I almost fainted when the board bowed inwards. I immediately realized why the Asrock prices were so low... SumTing- I agree with you about Asus. It really irritated me that they refused to support a Xeon chip in their firmware, hoping people instead would buy their overpriced server board. Cruelsister's Silent Build Hint (actually shamelessly ripped off from my Father)- If you are using a traditional hard drive as either a primary or secondary drive, and also have room on the case floor, and are annoyed by all the drive noise (makes me nuts!), consider decoupling it from the drive cage and instead placing it on the case floor on top of something like this: [ATTACH]188137[/ATTACH] It will absorb all of the drive noise, and if you also have a lower case fan blowing inwards it will keep the drive cooler. Chimaira- I've been using mine for about 3 years now (which is a lot longer than I normally have gone between builds, but I can't justify a change) and it has performed superbly. The price was competitive and the build quality was excellent. I still check out reviews of current boards and I haven't seen any indication that they have messed up since I bought mine. You should love it! . [/QUOTE]
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