I am going to build a system from scratch soon and was wondering which would be the best mobo to get. I am going to use the computer mostly for gaming and I am definitely leaning to go with a system that supports DDR SDRAM. If I go with the a7m266 w/audio from Asus I will probably buy it from a local store for $203 and will put a soundcard in later when I get more $$. The MSI will probably cost me about $160 total (w/shipping) from pricewatch. Which is the better board and/or better buy? Does anybody know any links to articles where they compare the two? Also, I haven't ruled out other mobos if you have other suggestions. For reference the following are the other components that I will probably put into it -
-AMD-K7 Athlon Thunderbird 1200MHz - 266MHz Socket A (or maybe the 1000MHz for $50 less)
-eVGA Geforce2 PRO 32MB DDR AGP W. TV Out - RETAIL
-256 MB DDR PC2100 CL=2.5 Unbuffered Non-parity 2.5V 32Megx64 from crucial.com (is it worth the $20 more to get registered ECC?)
the hdd, cdrw, and other components I am not completely sure of yet.
Any help or links would be greatly appreciated.
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-AMD-K7 Athlon Thunderbird 1200MHz - 266MHz Socket A (or maybe the 1000MHz for $50 less)
-eVGA Geforce2 PRO 32MB DDR AGP W. TV Out - RETAIL
-256 MB DDR PC2100 CL=2.5 Unbuffered Non-parity 2.5V 32Megx64 from crucial.com (is it worth the $20 more to get registered ECC?)
the hdd, cdrw, and other components I am not completely sure of yet.
Any help or links would be greatly appreciated.
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As long as it's funny it's okay.