Ok IF I buy AMD I want to spend LESS than $200 for both CPU and mobo.
Both the Abit and Epox are more than $100 just for the mobo. I may
take the Asus since it's less than $90. I don't overclock. I want
stability. I don't want to risk premature hardware failure to get a
few more 3dMarks or FPS. If the Pentium 4 800 FSB comes down a little
more to about $150 then I'm going with an Intel board and CPU. If I
could get the mobo and CPU for like $250 I'd go Intel.


"QED, eh ?" wrote in message ...
Get an Epox 8RDAx+ : beloved of hardcore overclockers and excellent value.

QED, eh ?

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Epox 8RDA3+ (224 FSB - 2.0v, 60mm NB Sink, 19CFM)
XP1800 DLT3C (10.0 - 2240 MHz stable - 1.78v, 40CFM Volcano 9+)
2 x OCZ 256MB PC3700 (448 - 7-3-3 / 2.0 dual - 2.9v)
Gigabyte Radeon 9700 Pro (383/362 - 1.5v, 40CFM)
Air - 44/64C

3DMk03 - 5,805
3DMk01 - 17,990



"grendel" wrote in message
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Looking for a good mobo to upgrade to from my 800 MHZ Athlon A7V board.
From
what I hear an nForce2 is the best Athlon chipset to get. Looks like the
A7N8X-X is the boards to get. Trying to spend less than $300 for mobo, CPU
and 512 MB of good DDR400 memory. (gonna get some from Crucial).