Building complete new rig : Asus a7N8x or Epox 8rda+ ?

[MoonPie]

I've been using asus board for long time but which board would u guys recommend, i know price for asus is about $25 higher

I would like to try Epox too and over clock just a little.

Also what cpu would be nice that's in price range of $50 -$100?

what memory stick should i get? will it be better to have 2 stick of 256mb or 1 stick of 512mb?

 

[bgeh]

i would get the Epox if i were on budget but i would get the Asus if i wanted the features.
the 2 best overclocking chips under(or around) $100 currently for AMD are the 1700+ and the 2100+ T-Bred B's
i recommend getting 2 sticks of 256Mb to enable dual channel DDR

 

[MoonPie]

if I'm right only more feature Asus has is SPDIF and RAID.

but what's dual channel DDR? and how could it increase performance?


found 2 good deals on memory from hot deal forum..

hyperx kingston and crucial...

which would be suitable? pc3000 or pc2700?

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: MoonPie
if I'm right only more feature Asus has is SPDIF and RAID.

but what's dual channel DDR? and how could it increase performance?


found 2 good deals on memory from hot deal forum..

hyperx kingston and crucial...

which would be suitable? pc3000 or pc2700?

dual channel DDR knida works like raid 0. it takes a data block, splits it into 2 and stores it on the coresponding memory on each of the 2 memory modules.
so what you get is double the bandwidth theoratically.
for memory, the choice is up to you, but if you plan to overclock then get the PC3000

 

[FearoftheNight]

Dual channel does almost nothing. Like 2% performance increase. Only good for IGPs.