Well I already have an extra 2700+ TBred I was going to use, along with a Shuttle AN35N Ultra, both new in the box, but was thinking about getting a mobile Barton instead (and noticed a couple used 2400+ for sale), along with an NF7-S V2, since it's a better overclocker, and also because I'd really like to have SATA. Although (minor things I'm sure) the NF7's SATA isn't native, and it only has 3 RAM slots. In looking for memory it seems 4 slots would be better, since 512MB sticks are faster than 1GB (if you plan on 2GB total). Or is this not worth worrying about?
Is there another mobo I should look at for an XP-M with these features?
So should I do something like above, or go for an A64? Any drawbacks to A64 or the mobos required, besides price?