DDR Board Advice

I would check out newegg's refurbished section, if you want to save some money on customer returns with 30 day warranty and free shipping. If you already have pc2100 ddram, you might want to consider switching to the p4 1.6a. With my epox 4sda+, I can use the 4:5 divider and get true pc2700 speed out of my ram, which the p4 can take advantage of. The athlon doesn't really benefit from the extra bandwidth of ddr333. One example of the mobos available is the asus p4s333 for only $75 shipped. Running my 1.6a at 2.19 (137 fsb at 1.675 volts) and ddram at 171 fsb with 4:5 ratio. Without overclocking, the p4 is relatively slow with ddram. If I were in your shoes, I would still wait for the thoroughbred before making a move. If it runs cooler like the p4, it should overclock better than the current xp.