What are the best DDR Thunderbird mobos out, now or soon to be? And, what are the best Thunderbird mobos now, to date? Just looking for some considerations from other opinions. Thanks.

There really isn't enough info about any of boards to answer that question. All the big Mobo makers have a board in the works, but you can only buy a Biostar or Gigabyte.

really is too early to tell. I will be looking at the Abit and Asus offerings based on their reputation. Some reviewers have said that the Epox offer looks promising. who knows I may even wait around to see if Micron releases their Scimitar chipset. May just be a pipedream.

Jon
"Water-Cooled CPU Runner"

While your question is a wee bit premature, it's a good one.
I think I'll be looking at one of the new MSI boards with
onboard scsi. Go to: http://www.anandtech.com
You should find some good info there.

I personally would avoid gigabyte like the plague...they have the absolute worst tech support and you can never download a new bios file for your gigabyte board from there website ( just try it you will see what I mean). Would you want to buy a brand new technology and not be able to download future bios upgrades? Wait for the Asus, Abit or MSI offerings. MSI in particular seems to be getting better and better and there tech support is great ( hey they actually anser your emails!)

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