i have the same opinion of msi and epox. look around the net and all you see is praise and ooo's and aaaaa's, then visit thoer forums. if you visit the msi forum you get about 45 posts from DIFFERENT people all who have a nice shiny new 266a board that was doa; a freind of mine bought one of these despite my objections, and his showed up doa. i just sat back and laughed while i helped him find a nice reliable board to buy. epox has been screwing people since way before i built my first. they screwed the hell outta me with that kx133(?) board which got stellar reviews, and 90% of which showed up either doa, or intermittently fscked up.
only had one iwill board and it was a POS as well. trust the names that treat you right. Asus, Abit, Gigabyte, Tyan these companies have good track records. i'll wait till some one i trust puts out a board...then i will wait another month to check the forums and see if its getting a healthy bashing yet, THEN i buy. afterall whats the rush?
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