Which 815 motherboard

[Paulr]

Good morning people!
Nice and simple question this one.
Motherboard purchase, which one should the hard erned company coppers be spent on?

Abit SE6 or
Asus CUSL2

Cheers peeps.

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[dZeus]

go for the MSI!

seriously, the Asus is much better, but I don't like the onboard USB controller and DMA/100 controller... I don't like onboard stuff at all!

The MSI is almost as good as the Asus, and lack these onboard stuff.. I would go for that one. The Abit SE6 is not much good according to many reviews. I thought Anandtech had a good i815 roundup. Go check it out!

[Guru]

This was easy! ASUS

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[ayoub_ibrahim]

some people have been reporting problems with usb over on the asus newsgroup

[Guru]

Originally posted by ayoub_ibrahim:
some people have been reporting problems with usb over on the asus newsgroup

Look in a ABIT newsgroup and you will find people who have problems with the ABIT's USB!
The ASUS is far more stabel then the ABIT! And don't think I'm anti ABIT, 3 out of 5 of my computers at home are using ABIT mobos! BX6-2, BE6-II & BX 133 RAID!


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[Paulr]

Thanks for the input.
The Asus board has been ordered.

[isochar]

Excellent choice. I've had one since they were available and haven't regretted it since.

[Technoid]

I have a MSI 815E Pro and im very happy with it!

[Sisyfos]

dZeus

When you say onboard DMA100, do you mean as in HPT/CMD/Promise?
One of the features of ICH2, which is part of the i815E chip set, is DMA100 and a second USB root hub, no 3rd parties involved.

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[dZeus]

hmm... I think I confused the CUBX with the CUSL2... the CUSL2 only has an extra USB HUB, which wouldn't cause too much trouble I guess....

[Delany]

Has anyone had a play with the AOpen AS3XPro Motherboard? From what i've read it doesn't look like a bad 815 board...

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[LAMFDTK]

I have had both the Asus and the SE6 and I think they are almost Dead even. THe Asus comes with the extra USB hub in which I can only get one of the three ports to work, The Abit has functioning onboard audio which the Asus does not. I think price is the factor for consideration. These boards perform the same. Every bench I did was a dead heat,and if you look at all the reviews, everyone kisses Asus Butt, by one or two frames. Thats a fact on the whole Hardware review site universe. The Asus was filled with bugs that no one reported. I have used both and I'll tell you there is no difference. Just the box and PCB color. I have the Asus in my box. Its fine. I payed way too much for both boards! Ouch!

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[Michel]

I advise you to wait just a little longer,
Abit has just announced an new 815 board, the ABIT SA6R with ATA100 RAID onboard and softmenu III.

from OCWorkBench:

ABIT SA6R is a Solano based board (thus ATA-100 support on 2 channels). The board also features the HPT370 chipset thus providing you another 2 channels of ATA100 with RAID. Thus even if you do not need the RAID, you can possibly hook up to 8 HD using ATA100 interface. SoftMenuIII is also there and of course your 1Mhz stepping (subjected to changes).

Michel

[This message has been edited by Michel (edited 28 September 2000).]