extra price... but I dunno... advice? $220 AMD 3500+ Venice --> this seems to be the best buy for a processor right now. The X2s are still just so spendy... anyone disagree with this proc choice? $140 SLI/SATAII/Deluxe-type mobo // Asus or Abit or Epox...

Athlons and Durons? Which motherboard and chipset is best considering overclocking the Northwoods? I´d like to use Asus, Abit or EpoX... I won´t be needing on-board VGA or audio. LAN would be nice , but RAID is very important! Price is not that big...

speeds with no OC, just about any mfg's board will work as long as you stick to the quality mfgs. Gigabyte, Epox, Asus, ABit, DFI, and others. For beginner overclocking ABit&Epox (though Gigabyte, Asus, etc still are good options too). For advanced OC,...

for motherboards, as I don't know what you would like, feature-wise (on-board SATA ports, sound, no. of PCI slots, etc). A cut-down board would of course cost less, but almost any Nforce3 board from Asus, Abit or Epox would probably suit your needs nicely....

was going bad...after figuring that out...I replaced it with a high perf stick of mushkin pc2100 and havent had a problem since....I have owned asus, abit, epox etc...my favorite so far is my abit and my msi boards....I get great stabibilty out of this mobo...

to 1024x 768 Try to reinstall and play Rise of Nations -OR- If you have a PC that is Asus, Abit, Epox, MSI, etc then check your chipset found in the motherboard manual and go to that website. Example an Asus P4c800-E has an Intel P875 chipset...

makes most of their popular boards in a -M version, like the P4S533-M. Not certain which ones have which features however. Why don't you pick out a few boards from Asus, Abit, Epox, or Gigabyte, and get back to me? You're posting in a forum with class....

are useless. They can only give you answers. Pablo Picasso Go with the TBird, and spend the extra cash on the 256MB. In addition, don't skimp on the motherboard. Get a high end board from ASUS, ABIT, EPOX, or MSI. It is worth the additional $40 or so. My...

until other ones are out. I don't tend to trust gigabyte boards, and by the time they are readily available, other manufacturers will have better stuff. I'd wait for Asus, Abit, Epox, and hopefully Micron. Otherwise that should rock. Jon "Water-Cooled...