RE: Any Motherboard recommendation without integrated sound, video, mo
From: BAR (BAR_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 02/26/05
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Date: Sat, 26 Feb 2005 14:57:03 -0800
You are fully entitled to an opinion, but what's the point.
Some people find that the 'packaged' motherboard suits a budget; generally
theirs, are you suggesting PCs should be built for these folk?
Fortunately, PC are built like cars, some come packaged fully of goodies at
a budget price - like a Hyundai/Ford/GM: others have fewer features and
better engineering and build quality - extras can be purachsed from the
dealer to be included in the build process or you can 'customise' the car
later - like BMW/Mercedes/Audi.
All of these cars sell well and most of these companies make a profit for
their shareholders. That's commerce. Also you can throw away a brand new
Hyundai every 6 months and still not loose out compared with the depreciation
on an Audi over 2 years!
Personally for a PC I'd buy a Mobo without integrated LAN, Sound and Video:
because one can get superior plug in components and if the individual
component fails it can be replaced without throwing away a whole Mobo.
The comeback on this is that a plug in AGP card may cost more than a Mobo
with all these fully 'integrated' components.
So 'you pays your money and puts up with the consequences'.
"Ted" wrote:
> Any Motherboard recommendation without integrated sound, video, modem, and
> Ethernet card ?
> I find buying a motherboard with above integrated hardware is a waist.
> I rather have my own preferred video, sound, modem and Ethernet card for
> one.
> Plus motherboard makers don't update their drivers if you upgrade
> the operating system.
> For example, I upgraded a computer with Intel motherboard from
> W2K to Win XP. Only the video card and modem worked with Intel
> the drivers.
> Checked their website for XP drivers:
> 1) The drivers were dated 2002.
> They all failed to install in XP giving error messages.
> 2) Intel never bothered to update the drivers, or the hardware
> was not compatible with XP.
> I didn't have a problem finding XP drivers for my hardware that
> I bought in the year 1999 in another computer.
>
> All I see these days is motherboards with integrated hardware, unless
> you want to but server level motherboards.
> I know you can disable integrated hardware in CMOS, but still think
> its a waist.
> A good way to lure buyers in cheaper computers, while eventually
> they are going to pay the full price.
>
>
>
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