Re: Anyone used an ASRock 939 Dual-SATA2 mobo
- From: "Hackworth" <NoSpam4Me@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 01:20:53 -0500
"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!
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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