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help! ive read * boards and read * reviews im stuck between these 3.
MSI K8N Neo Platinum Edition
Epox EP-8HDA3+
Gigabyte GA-K8VNXP
CPU is AMD 64bit 3200.. im not gonna overclock or anything, just run stock (games and office apps)
which would give me best performance and stability, as well as good features 
sorry if i sound like a noob lol
TIA, Levi.
<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by levijay on 08/13/04 05:07 AM.</EM></FONT></P>
I would either get the MSI or the Gigabyte. Personally I prefer Gigabyte in general, have had several Gigabyte boards and never had a problem. The MSI board offers the 7 channel sound, as the Gigabyte board only has 6, but I don't see this as a deciding factor.
Overall I would go for the Gigabyte board, Gigabyte has a few features that the others don't. First the dual power setup (6 phase). Second I like the Dual Bios setup on the gigabyte, that feature has saved me once in the past (Don't know why more boards don't offer this, and what could be the odds of a power failure during a BIOS update 
).
Overall my choice is the Gigabyte.
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