Howdy, just wonder what you guys thought about the Gigabyte GA-7DXR+ motherboard or any other gigabyte motherboard.

I bought a computer a lil over a month ago and it had the soyo dragon plus+ in it. Well when I got the computer it didn't work, it was dead wouldn;t even turn on. So I call tech support and they say its the motherboard, he said he was haveing tons of problems with dragon plus and it was a piece of shit LOL. So after yelling at them for a while I got them to send me the Asus A7V266-E for free. Well I got that and the computer still didn't work. So I took it to a local store and him diagnose it. He found that the power supply was dead and the cpu was fried!!! So Now I'f fed up with Ibuypower.com and after a bunch of yelling at them they promise to give me a full refund...although they have lied to me before so who knows :(

Well anyway now I'm thinking of buying a computer from a local place, because I know this guy has a good warranty and will fix anything for free if something is messed up and I know he wont sell me a shtty none working pc. BUT he will only sell a Gigabyte motherboard because.....well something about how there not overclocking boards, but I know you can overclock them. Anyway I'm just trying to find out what the best Gigabyte motherboard would be. I'm think the GA-7DXR+.

Here is the system specs w/o the mobo :

Athlon XP 1600
60gig 7200 HD
512 DDR
GeForce2 TI 64MB DDR
16x DVD-ROM
19" Monitor

anyway sorry for rambliing :D Thanks to those who give me suggestions. :P


-RadiationBoy

Not overclocking boards? Well the GA60XET won an award for its overclockability. And its just a Pentium board. I have one a friend of mine is buying it off me this week. I never did like it. The board was not made well, and has shitty components. The components are misalligned on the silkscreen. It sucks, never again.
I just purchased an Abit KR-7A Raid haven't installed it yet. It's just what I wanted, no bullshit like built in crap sound, CNR ect.
It's been getting great reviews. see here /http://www.viahardware.com/kt266ar_2.shtm

You want reliability and tech support - deal with Supermicro.
They always were the most full featured and best built.

Gigabyte next to them is a JOKE!!!

yeah know the gigabyte is overclockable thats why I don't really understand the guy. but he said he wouldn't sell the asus b/c its a "overclocking board". LOL Even though the gigabyte you can overclock from windows LOLOL. :D


-RadiationBoy

Go back to the Dragon +, and also try these links below.

http://www4.tomshardware.com/mainboa...126/index.html it has a really good motherboard review and the Dragon + and Soltek where 2 of the best.

Also try shopping here- www.newegg.com

I bought everything there. Athlon Xp 1800, Antec SX 840 Case w/400watt Powersupply, Geforce 3Ti 200 and My Dragon + MoBo. If you order on a Monday you will receive everything by Friday. I REALLY recommend Newegg.

http://www.amdmb.com/vb/index.php

For those of you thinking about a new motherboard, check here these are everyday people rating their boards pro's and cons.