need advice re: new motherboard

[Sam443]

ok, the cost is no problem, i have ~200 bucks and alot of sdram to sell off i need be. im trying to decide between the i820 motherboard and an Abit 440BX 133-RAID. the only real difference is RIMM vs DIMM. the board comes with a 128meg chip and i can always sell off my 192megs of dimms to get another 128 chip. i just dont know what to do.....i am extremely literate w/computers and feel free to talk tech with me. just need advice. and i dont want any posts about amd....amd sux it has no support and it locks up every so often for no reason at all.

 

[Bartman39]

Just curious what are you wanting to do with a new box??? Game??? or what??? The 820 from what all I have read was a flop its memory controller as I understand it did not work properly with the awesome ram it was intended for... Even the VIA board out performs them I think??? The BX boards have the best performance but not by much over the new 815`s. If your going to OC then there are a lot of considerations and in reality its luck of the draw unless you get a pretested setup... But if your set between the two boards you have mentioned... I would be more in favor of the BX 133-Raid system Just my .02

 

820s eat it.
The new RAM speeds come out to be slower then pc133 performance wise from what ive read.

 

[Isaiah]

AMD does not suck i820 is suck

I would get the Abit 440BX 133-RAID


Isaiah

 

[resinboy]

unless you enjoy misery do NOT buy the 820