Mobo recommendations (AMD or Intel, new or old(ish))

[captain caveman]

What AM3 or i3/i5/i7 compatible mobos would the board recommend?

What I need is a full sized board to fit in my case and good firewire/reports of good firewire performance with PCIe card. DDR2 compatibility would be a welcome miracle but I'd really, really like to be able to reuse my PATA system drives.

New or old (but AM3/iX compatible), I don't mind.

Thanks for any pointers.

[EvilDragon]

GIGABYTE.


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[Tedwood]

Originally Posted by EvilDragon

GIGABYTE.


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Haven't tried them all, but the newer GIGABYTE boards are good, I have one, well solid.

I would avoid going for cutting edge fantasia, I had problems with them in the past

[Plauto]

+1

GIGABYTE, undoubtedly the best.

[Breeder]

Nothing but trouble with gigabyte graphics in the past for me.

I`m using asus mobo atm and I`m perfectly happy, really stable for OC

[EvilDragon]

The topic is motherboards, not graphics cards, friend Gigabyte sure knows their shit when it comes to motherboards!

[franV]

Originally Posted by captain caveman

What AM3 or i3/i5/i7 compatible mobos would the board recommend?

What I need is a full sized board to fit in my case and good firewire/reports of good firewire performance with PCIe card. DDR2 compatibility would be a welcome miracle but I'd really, really like to be able to reuse my PATA system drives.

New or old (but AM3/iX compatible), I don't mind.

Thanks for any pointers.

Firewire is getting scarce on mobos so best way to go is buy an add on card.
One with the Texas instrument chipset

http://www.sunix.com.tw/product/fwb3414g.html

http://www.sunix.com.tw/product/ufc2412.html

Pata on new mobos is extremely rare and the performance (loading speeds) not good compared to the new ones.

Either use something like Acronis to clone your disks.
Just note that cloning your data to a new SATA disk will probably mean you have to activate windows again. And depending on whether you bough an OEM or full retail version this might or might not be a problem for re activation.

You might have luck with an IDE converter like this one but I dont have any experience with it
http://www.sunix.com.tw/product/sabr1000d.html

Regarding a motherboard.
Get something with USB3 and SATA6G.

http://www.sapphiretech.com/presenta...pid=1239&lid=1

http://www.intel.com/content/www/uk/...rd-dp67bg.html

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/AMD...specifications


If your budget allows it get the new ones that support PCIe3.

http://www.asus.com/Motherboards/Int...55/P8Z68VGEN3/