I'm putting together a system that will tide me over for a while, but I need SATA on the board. I've narrowed it down to one of these choices, but wanted some opinions. Currently I'm leaning towards the NF7-S2 simply because it's about $20 cheaper, and this is a system that won't last me more than a year most likely. (I'm holding out on the Athlon 64s until I can get a board with PCI-E and a significant upgrade to my Radeon 9800 Pro.)
Also, I plan to put either a mobile Barton 2500 or 2600 inside with two sticks of 512MB PC3200 memory. (Some people say the 2500 is better for OC'ing, and some the 2600, thoughts?)
This thread is very simliar to one a few pages back, but that was before the release of the NF7-S2, so the comments about the NF7 being outdated seem, well, outdated.
I'll be using this setup primarily for playing EverQuest 2 (yeah I'm one of those) and DVD burning, so really the only taxing thing is EQ2 (which by all accounts should be very taxing, even with my Radeon 9800 Pro) and the occasional FPS. I won't want to get too crazy with the OC'ing, but I'm thinking that by going with the final choice of these two boards and two chips, I can boost my performance a decent amount and still keep the costs down.
Also, I plan to put either a mobile Barton 2500 or 2600 inside with two sticks of 512MB PC3200 memory. (Some people say the 2500 is better for OC'ing, and some the 2600, thoughts?)
This thread is very simliar to one a few pages back, but that was before the release of the NF7-S2, so the comments about the NF7 being outdated seem, well, outdated.
I'll be using this setup primarily for playing EverQuest 2 (yeah I'm one of those) and DVD burning, so really the only taxing thing is EQ2 (which by all accounts should be very taxing, even with my Radeon 9800 Pro) and the occasional FPS. I won't want to get too crazy with the OC'ing, but I'm thinking that by going with the final choice of these two boards and two chips, I can boost my performance a decent amount and still keep the costs down.