Intel CHIPSETS, not Motherboards.

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This is just a reminder that while Intel is capable of making the finest chipsets around, it almost always falls short when trying to implement the chipset on its *own* motherboards. I have never had an Intel motherboard that worked nicely and didn't require a lot of extra work on my part. From 440BX's to 845's...nothing but shit.

Slackmaster 2000
 
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My 815 Intel motherboard works great! But I would have preferred to buy an ASUS, it had a lot of cooler features... However, at the last minute, my local PC tech guy ran out of them, and cut 50$ off my price.
 
So Intel sucks, VIA sucks, ALI sucks, AMD sucks. What's the alternative? And what exactly is your point? :)

There will always be incompatibilities, it seems the industry doesn't communicate with one another as best as they should. I remember building 8 athlon systems when they first came out. The motherboard was ASUS, the case was an In-Win, the processors were slot A AMD, boxed retail processors. Not exactly generic companies. The placement of the power connector for the motherboard, and the heatsink for the cpu were too close. I ended up using an xacto knife to shave a millimeter off the edge of the power connector so that it would connect properly. Emailed both companies about it, did I ever get a response... no (has anyone ever form a com.tw site?). Who's fault was it? I'll never know. From the simplest component like a computer case, to the motherboard and up. Par for the course. Isn't that an exciting story? on the edge of your seat I bet....

I've had good luck with intel chipsets and ASUS, ABIT and Microstar motherboards. I've also had good luck with some VIA and ALI chipsets. It all depends on the application. We all know it's video games that drive the home computer industry and the cycles/s up. That's where you see all the computer sites with the funny benchmarks... oh quake 3 gets only 140FPS on a P4 1.5GHz, and the AMD 1.2GHz thunderbird gets 159FPS! blah, bunch of geeks.

Anyways.
 
My point is that I've never come across an Intel motherboard that I've found to be any good. They can make a chipset, but they can't implement it.

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