Hmm, I didn't see the rest of my original post
I also stated that I have used a few Gigabyte motherboards and worked on a
few systems that use their products. The last one in here was a GA-8IEXP if
I remember correctly. What I do remember was that I would count Gigabyte as
one of the better manufacturers who help end users. Their website is quick
enough and easy enough to navigate. I sent in a question and they answered
it quickly. Some other manufacturers that I've used haven't been so cordial.

Personally I think that since they even bothered to answer bumped them up my
small list of companies I use.
 Again, I'm sorry I don't have any direct experience on that model. I do
think it helps to get reviews of the Manufacturer as well.
 My only other thought was of socket 754 being phased out. I looked again,
however, and it does look like they are still manufacturing it next year.
??? Anyone???
 Best of Luck
Dave
 On 11/19/05, Uzi Paz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Thanks for the response.
>
> I'm familiar with that board and I also found the AGP+PCIE support
> impresive. Anyway, any board based on socket 939, seems to result in a
> computer above the budget (Mainly because there are no Semprons for Socket
> 939).
>
> The other point is that in Israel (my country) it seems that only very few
> stores sell the Asrock. I considered the Asrock socket 754 based on the
> ULi chip, but decided not to use it due to availability limitations here.
>
> If I decide that due to lack of enough experience around me with the K8U
> not to use it, I might go with either GA-K8NS which is slightly more
> expensive, or to switch to one of the cheaper boards with internal VGA,
> and MicroATX form factor (it seems that with modern boards we do not need
> 5 PCI slots.
>
> Uzi
>
> On 18 Nov 2005 at 15:25, Atman <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Sorry I don't have any experience with that one. Lately for entry level
> > systems I've been suggesting ASRock motherboard. It has Socket 939 and
> will
> > accept the dual core CPU's.
> > *ASRock 939Dual-SATA2*
> > http://www.tomshardware.com/motherboard/20050916/index.html
> > It has the advantage of being extremely flexible and a bit more
> 'forward'
> > thinking if there is such a thing nowadays. Best of Luck and Have fun
> with
> > it.
> > As always, when searching for a 'store' to purchase from check out
> > http://www.resellerratings.com
> > for some customer comments
> > David
> > On 11/18/05, Uzi Paz <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> > >
> > > I was requested to suggest a relatively low budget computer to a
> friend.
> > > It is not meant for gaming, but more for office apps, and for
> Internet,
> > > and simple audio and movies.
> > >
> > > I thought of:
> > >
> > > 1. Sempron: 2500 or 2600 or 2800, box (haven't decided: the differeces
> > > are not big, neither in price not in performance). 2. Gigabyte GA-K8U
> 3.
> > > Samsung 512MB RAM (PC3200) 4. Compucase 6A19 case+ psu 5. DVD-RW: LG
> > > 4167B or 4165B (still I did not understand what are the differences
> > > between them - I might go with the 4165). 7. Albatron based on FX5200
> > > display 8. HD: WD800JB
> > >
> > > There are mainly two questions:
> > >
> > > 1) I read very good opinions about the ULi chip used by the K8U, on
> > > Anandtech and on TomsHardware, but I found not enough opinions on this
> > > specific board. On one of the only places where I found opinios, many
> > > said that they are happy with it, but some complained about long boot
> > > time, and some had problems with it. I wish to know if there is some
> > > experience with this mobo here.
> > >
> > > 2) I know that Kingston, and Twinmos sometimes use chips not made by
> them
> > > in their memory sticks, and I've heard that there are quality
> differences
> > > depending on the brand of the chips themselves. Can anyone elaborate
> on
> > > this? and more specific: on those specific brands?
>
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