Asus A7v or Abit KT7 Raid ?????

[Garyrom]

Both seem like great mother boards, but which one to chose? About to build a system with AMD T-Bird 1 ghz. Read the reviews and it seems like a dead heat. The Abit has Raid and that seems to be the only advantage . Am I right? Asus seems to have a great reputation and reviews say it is very stable.

Will I really need the Raid feature? Abit A7V seems to be much more expensive because of the Raid.

Would like to hear opinions from those who have experience with these boards.

 

[Tetsuo316]

going from posts here in the forums, the abit has the asus as far as stability goes. i have an asus myself, and after some initial headaches, it's running like a champ! i got it because i wanted the usb.

 

[Yuri82]

I on the other side have had nothing but problems* with the abit, so stay away if you can.

*=Radeon and sb live! dont like abit.

 

[NiPNi]

I have Abit KT7 RAID, SB Live and Radeon, and it works great.

About the KT7 vs. A7V, I guess they both have their pros and cons, but the SoftMenu is a great advantage the Abit has over the Asus! Even if you're not planning to overclock, the SoftMenu is still handy.

 

[Garyrom]

Thanks all, sounds like it's still a tie.