Hey ho it's my thread
(growls, drools)
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I just need:
An AGP slot
4 PCI slots
A memory controller
memory slots...
and a CPU socket
(oh and standard backside conectors)
nothing else.
I couldnt care less about SATA.
Epox boards are totally unknown here, i found only 1 merchant selling one (8KHA), and it was an import (ie it's at $160 !!).
Asus make boards with very few 'doohickeys'. SATA or IDE RAID are doohickeys to me. As for onboard sound or ethernet they're standard in the chipset, so everyone has them...
As for the amdmb article... It only says the perfs are pretty similar, set aside driver / BIOS problems (that are usually solved quickly by VIA or Asus).
So is it worth spending about $600 to get a NForce2+RAM ? I'm not sure about that.
I'll wait and see...