Board dillemma.....need help choosing

ChaSiuBao

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Hi.

My power supply blew up, and it looks like it took out the motherboard, ASUS A7A266-E with it. :(

Now I need to buy a new one. Of the following, which should I buy?

A7A266-E $620......no need to reinstall, everything goes in exactly the same as before. Happy with the old one.
A7V266-E $780......this board is without RAID
A7V266-EX $820.....this board is a newer revision of the A7V266-E, but with ATA133, no RAID, new PCB version.
A7V333 $950.....no RAID on this board either.

I have PC2700 DDR, and from my choices, I don't really need RAID. I'm a little wary of VIA chipsets, the KT266A is only a little faster than the ALi chipset, but is it worth getting the KT333 chipset instead? That's why I'm asking for advice.
 

bowie71

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wait wait wait... what dollar value you use?... how come those prices seems to expensive for me?.. refer to your name I believe your talking about dollar hongkong rite?, correct me is I'm wrong.
 

AndyHui

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Oct 9, 1999
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If you want to minimise cost, there's nothing wrong with going with the A7A266-E again.