Asus X ECS

I personally would get the ECS board. Asus is great and all, but there are just a few minor nuances. Never did like the thermal protection. Additionally, the thermal probe Asus sometimes uses has been known to be incorrect by as much as 10 degrees celsius, not a good thing at all. I'm not slamming Asus though, they have some of the best boards out there. In this case though, price wise, if it doesn't matter to you, I like ECS. In the same sense, the Asus board will overclock much further than the ECS board, which is limited to a bus speed of 166Mhz should you decide to overclock.

Soon enough, Intel will make the i845s...imagine dual channel Sdram...*shudder*

Go for ASUS. ASUS is lot more reliable than ECS

There is another good mobo for you - MSI KT3 Ultra2. $79 at Newegg. Based on KT333ce chipset. Good performer and stable.

Just ignore Spitfire, he's biased towards MSI, doesn't use anything other the Kt3 Ultra.

Soon enough, Intel will make the i845s...imagine dual channel Sdram...*shudder*

I am not biased against MSI. I like MSI mobos because they are --

* Good performaner
* Stable
* Reliable
* Feature Rich
* Cheap
* Personal good experience with MSI

I like MSI, but it doesn't mean I dislike all other mobo brands. I also like ASUS mobos, but they are too expensive compared to MSI. When a MSI and ASUS mobo are equal in terms of both stability, performance and price, i recommend both of them.

<b> And you must consider that KT3 Ultra (or KT3 Ultra2) is one of the best KT333 mobo now and inexpensive. </b>

Yup, just like I like the 8K5A2 for AMD systems.

...And all the King's horses and all the King's men couldn't put my computer back together again...

Hmm, yes, i'd go Epox over MSI almost any day.

Soon enough, Intel will make the i845s...imagine dual channel Sdram...*shudder*

i dont like most of epox and ecs' budget line of mother boards. if i were to get one of those brands i would not get their bottom line.

how do you shoot the devil in the back? what happens if you miss? -verbal