- Oct 9, 1999
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I'm going thru the upgrade pains and I'm getting sick of it already.
First I went with the Fry's ECS special, the P4M800. Everything was fine till the USB, mouse and keyboard ports stopped working. Kicked myself for falling prey to ECS again and made another bad decision in a hurry. Got an AB9 (non-pro) and the other necessary video card, RAM and power supply.
But I could not get RAID to work under Vista, even after buying another RAID controller, since the Jmicron controller drivers ssck.
Now I'm considering yet another motherboard, just don't know which one.
I have simple needs. Vista drivers, overclock, RAID 1, 1 IDE, 1 PCIx16, 2 PCI, and the other usual ports. That should be a piece of cake right?
But is there a clear winner in the under $150 category?
First I went with the Fry's ECS special, the P4M800. Everything was fine till the USB, mouse and keyboard ports stopped working. Kicked myself for falling prey to ECS again and made another bad decision in a hurry. Got an AB9 (non-pro) and the other necessary video card, RAM and power supply.
But I could not get RAID to work under Vista, even after buying another RAID controller, since the Jmicron controller drivers ssck.
Now I'm considering yet another motherboard, just don't know which one.
I have simple needs. Vista drivers, overclock, RAID 1, 1 IDE, 1 PCIx16, 2 PCI, and the other usual ports. That should be a piece of cake right?
But is there a clear winner in the under $150 category?
