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**snafupen** · 03-09-2006, 08:18 PM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

well i just bought an ABIT NF7-S2G motherboard (socket A, yea i know its outdated, but im not upgrading for a while and my epox has 9 bad caps on it). all the caps on the NF7 are rubies, except three, and those are chiciron or whatever that brand it. but from what ive read around the forums is that you just gotta look at the particular motherboard, cause different boards and different revisions often use different parts, even within the same brands. my suggestion is if you want to order a mobo online is to go to your local computer store and take a first hand look at the mobo youre looking at. they are usually more than willing to show you motherboards and let you looks at the first hand. alright i lost my train of thought. i guess you might want to start with ABIT because it seems they have realized the importance of good caps.

**MD Willington** · 03-10-2006, 12:21 AM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

Several of them now use good capacitors.

I just picked up a Biostar 939 6100 mainboard, Chemicons where I want them.

**Spacedye69** · 03-10-2006, 05:56 AM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

ASUS in my Compaq has UCC in vrm, and all the pic I've seen of new ASUS boards have all UCC. My old ASUS A7V333 has Nichicon in vrm.

**gonzo0815** · 03-10-2006, 07:00 AM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

Ive seen the DFI Lanparty board here

http://www.dfi.com.tw/Product/xx_pro...YPE=LP&SITE=DE

They stated that 100% of caps are Japanese Capacitors.
And this Board is full of capazitors. And for that the price is very competitive i think (about 113€).

**willawake** · 03-10-2006, 07:31 AM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

looks good, we pay more though

100% japanese capacitors is the words we want to see

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**gonzo0815** · 03-10-2006, 08:37 AM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

yes, the 113€ are for one of those bigger online stores. i fi would bay it local, i think the 139€tag wpould be cheap....

**snafupen** · 03-10-2006, 07:05 PM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

so im pretty new with the capacitor good/bad brands thing....whats so great about all jap caps?

**willawake** · 03-10-2006, 07:11 PM

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they have the highest consistent reliability

**gonzo0815** · 03-10-2006, 07:16 PM

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they just last as long as those units useful life will last. In some cases even longer. Cheap ones will die upon six monts to 3 years, dependign on usage and environment temperature.
The worst thing is, that you could easily spend many hours to figure out the cause for pc problems. You blame windows or any other things for freezes and bsod`s and tha is why people hate their pc stuff. And in the worst case the power usuply can die, frying the whole system due to overvoltage.

**Per Hansson** · 03-12-2006, 03:32 AM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

Well, I can vouch for DFI's Lanparty nForce4 based "Expert" mobo

It has all quality caps... Sure don't regret buying it... And if you are into overclocking, well, let's just say there isn't anything better?

**Mustang** · 03-12-2006, 09:27 PM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

Originally posted by gonzo0815

they just last as long as those units useful life will last. In some cases even longer. Cheap ones will die upon six monts to 3 years, dependign on usage and environment temperature.
The worst thing is, that you could easily spend many hours to figure out the cause for pc problems. You blame windows or any other things for freezes and bsod`s and tha is why people hate their pc stuff. And in the worst case the power usuply can die, frying the whole system due to overvoltage.

Keep in mind as gonzo states "the power supply can die". It looks like more mobo's are finally coming with good caps but that's not the case with most PSU's on the market. A well thought out system should have both

**toastygoodness** · 03-13-2006, 12:06 AM

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I've found Gigabyte either uses Chemi-cons mixed with some Nichicons (don't know what series) or Rubycons now. I got lucky with a motherboard (don't remember what model, i think its a GeForce 4100/610 chipset) that had almost all Rubycons, with a few NCC KZGs. Some use those kinds that are solid without vents (polymer caps?).

**MD Willington** · 03-13-2006, 12:58 PM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

Asrock uses a mix of Chemicon/OST... but their big brother Asus uses better... Time for the big brother to guide the little brother...

**CON** · 03-15-2006, 10:43 AM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

Thanks for the responses guys.

but that's not the case with most PSU's on the market. A well thought out system should have both

funny you should mention that. The next topic/thread I was going to start was about psu caps! So here we go - which psu's have good (or bad!) caps ?

**WeStSiDePLaYa** · 03-15-2006, 11:23 AM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

im not sure how much mobo caps will affect audio, unless your using onboard sound, which would be a waste.

biggest benifet would probably be by getting a nice sound card and cap modding if need be.

but the dfi venus board is absolute best for caps, but carries huge price premium.

here is a picture linked below

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**CON** · 03-15-2006, 12:30 PM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

it seems like it is easier to cap mod a mobo than a soundcard. I also emailed badcaps.net service some time ago to ask if they will cap mod a soundcard but haven't heard anything yet. Are there members here who would be willing to do a cap mod on a soundcard ?

**gonzo0815** · 03-15-2006, 01:52 PM

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Hm well, a Soundcard capping isn`t very dificult, but the problem is that there you have to consider the frequenzy range, at least in the analog section. And this is far from easy and could be don only with quit expensive analyzing tools. So for recaping a hobyist soundcard probalby don`t need this, but if you want a defined frequenzy range, s/n ratio etc. this is mandatory.
If you want to try that, i suggest you to order some nice oscons with OFC coper leads and let an radio /tv serviceman solder them on to the card.
Stay as close as possible to the values of the original caps.

**MD Willington** · 03-15-2006, 02:46 PM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

If you had the time and the caps you could do the same thing with the non-venus board, one of the guys that posted on the same forum that first displayed that board had already done it himself.

**RJARRRPCGP** · 03-15-2006, 05:38 PM

Re: Who makes MOBOs with the best caps ?

Originally posted by MD Willington

Asrock uses a mix of Chemicon/OST... but their big brother Asus uses better... Time for the big brother to guide the little brother...

Same with Asus, with both my A7V8X-X and A7N8X-X motherboards.

But my Asus A7N8X-X, which is newer has less Ost caps. It has more Chemicon caps. Probably KZG.

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