What motherboard to choose!?

[Duzens]

So, chrismas it is and i will treat myself with a new motherboard.. and my choise has come down between these to:

EPoX EP-8KTA3+ ATX
CPU: AMD Athlon Thunderbird / Duron 700MHz~1.4GHz+
Socket: Socket A
Chip: VIA KT133A
FSB: 200/266MHz
Slots: 6PCI / 1ISA / 1AGP x4 / Audio
IDE: 4-Ultra DMA/100 RAID
SCSI: None
Ram: 4 x 168-pins SDRAM
Cache: On Chip
Warranty: 2 Years
Producent varekode: EP-8KTA3+

OR

Product ASUS A7V600 - mainboard - ATX - KT600
Producttype Mainboard
Model ATX
Dimension (B x D x H) 30.5 cm x 24.5 cm
Chipsettype VIA Apollo KT600
Maks. busspeed 400 MHz
Processor 0 ( 1 )
Compadable processorer Athlon, Duron, Athlon XP
RAM 0 MB (installed) / 3 GB (maks.)
Supports RAM-tecnology DDR SDRAM
Controller for storeing RAID ( Serial ATA-150 )
Controller for storeing (2.) IDE ( DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) Fast Drives )Soundexit Cardkort - 5.1 kanal surround
Network - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet


My PC:

Athlon 1700 XP CPU
768 DDR 2700 RAM
GeForce 4 TI 4800SE 128 DDR RAM
Current mainboard: K7S5A from ECS Elitegroup
Turtlebeach soundcard
Onboard network card

The techical references are from a danish site, so try to get through it...

Please help



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[harrack52]

I would have to suggest the Soltek 75FRN2-L which is very cheap and performs/overclocks extremely well.

It doesn't have any great features but if you don't need the features, why pay for them ?

Another good choice would be the Abit NF7-S

Both are based on the nforce2 chipset which is the best platform for 32 bit cpus (like the Athlon XP), especially if you overclock.

In any case, you wouldn't be able to use your current memory (DDR) on the Epox 8KTA3+ because it only supports SDRAM.

So to sum up: The Soltek 75FRN2-L if you want great performance at a cheap price, without any features, or the Abit NF7-S if you want great performance with features at a more expensive price.

There are other good brands out there like Gigabyte and Msi both those are the two I would choose from.

I don't talk about asus because I feel they don't offer enough for the price they demand. Also, the technical support is said to be non-existant....by everyone who owns one !