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.
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.