New motherboard reccomendation

Anfini03

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Need new motherboard for recent setup gone bad. Gunning with 430W power supply. geforce4 Ti4600, Audigy1. What is the most stable motherboard to combine with these? Gigabyte? The one I am sending back is the P4G8x, because the damn thing keeps crashing or rebooting during gaming. I figure it can only be either heat or power supply insufficiency or motherboard incompatibility. I don't think it's power insufficiency, and am pretty sure it's not heat, since all the fans are working. So, I figure it just doesn't like the motherboard. What should I get?

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Crashman

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In the same price range as your current board? The Abit IS7 and the Asus P4P800. The IS7 includes the ICH5R southbridge's SATA RAID and a firewire chip, whild the P4P800 does not.

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Crashman

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Nope, I'm waiting for a big drop in DDR prices (which happens periodically) before making my final decision.

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P4C800-E does.

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Crashman

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LOL, at what premium over the IS7, $30?

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