need help with choosing motherboard for 1.2ghz tbird

[SEOTAIJI]

im getting a t-bird 1.2ghz
Asus A7V KT133, should i get this board?
or are there any other sugestions?
im getting the 1.2ghz chip from upgrade planet with a super orb attached to it for 300 bucks? good deal?
also does this motherboard have raid? and if it does.. its best to get 2 hd's right and do that raid thing?
thanx
latez

 

[h0vic]

The Asus A7V133 is an excellent board. That's what I have. UpgradePlanet has the the CPU for $268 (shipping included), meaning the SuperOrb costs $32. You're paying way too much for the HSF. You can find Globalwin FOP38 for $25 and FOP32-1 for $20 easy, and they much better HSFs. The downside to FOP38 is the noise (loudest 60mm fan), and all FOPs have horrible clips.

The MB does support RAID 0 and putting 2 hard drives in RAID does increase performance.

 

[Mikaelb]

I have a ABIT KT7A-raid and can recommend it without hesitation. I have been FU--ED By ASUCK three times with buggy or bad OC-support in the past. Will stay away in the future.