After seeing the specs on the Springdales, I think I'm more of a Canterwood man. The primary use of my PC is connecting it to my stereo and progressive scan playback on my 19" LCD, but after that is surfing, business stuff (mainly reports and spreadsheets), and of course gaming. I figure a motherboard should last a long time, probably longer than any other system component aside from maybe the floppy drive, so a few dollars more spent now is well spent. I plan to do an upgrade the weekend after this one, and I was wanting feedback before I order. I'm already spending more than I wanted. Googlegear and NewEgg were really close in price on this ($711 & 715)
ASUS Motherboard P4C800 DELUXE Retail
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 800 MHz FSB - RETAIL
KINGSTON HyperX 2X256MB DDR433 (PC3500) DDR RAM
WD "SPECIAL EDITION" 80GB 7200RPM HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD800JB 8 MB Cache
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with sp 1 - OEM Full Version
What I have:
ATI 9700 Pro All-In-Wonder
3 X 23 GB Seagate Elite UW SCSI 5400 RPM
Pioneer 10/40X DVD 305 SCSI
Yamaha CRW2100S 16X/10X/40X SCSI
AHA2940UW Pro Ultra Wide SCSI Card
USR 56k PCI Modem
ViewSonic VX990 (19? LCD) Display
Logitech Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
Enermax EG365P-VE FCA
10-bay Server Case
I plan to phase out the SCSI HDs, and set up 4 IDE/ATA drives eventually. Considering that I still run my PIII-850 440BX system, you can see I'm planning on this lasting a few years...
ASUS Motherboard P4C800 DELUXE Retail
Intel Pentium 4 2.4GHz 800 MHz FSB - RETAIL
KINGSTON HyperX 2X256MB DDR433 (PC3500) DDR RAM
WD "SPECIAL EDITION" 80GB 7200RPM HARD DRIVE MODEL # WD800JB 8 MB Cache
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition with sp 1 - OEM Full Version
What I have:
ATI 9700 Pro All-In-Wonder
3 X 23 GB Seagate Elite UW SCSI 5400 RPM
Pioneer 10/40X DVD 305 SCSI
Yamaha CRW2100S 16X/10X/40X SCSI
AHA2940UW Pro Ultra Wide SCSI Card
USR 56k PCI Modem
ViewSonic VX990 (19? LCD) Display
Logitech Wireless Keyboard/Mouse
Enermax EG365P-VE FCA
10-bay Server Case
I plan to phase out the SCSI HDs, and set up 4 IDE/ATA drives eventually. Considering that I still run my PIII-850 440BX system, you can see I'm planning on this lasting a few years...