Re: Anyone used an ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 mobo
- From: "Michael Hawes" <michael.hawes1remove@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 22:11:37 -0000
"Martin C" <MartinC@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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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. 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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