Which 939 board? Epox or MSI Neo2

[caboob]

I just picked up a Gigabyte K8NS Ultra today from my local store since I couldnt find the MSI board in stock. After reading on several forums about the problems associated with the board, I decided not to open it and return it ASAP. I just can't decide between the Epox or MSI board and coming from playing with Intels, I am not intimately knowledgeable with AMD mobos.

TIA

 

[Mrvile]

Epox's are ok, but for fast and great OC (but can be a hassle to get running stable at first), the MSI is definately the fastest NF3/K8T800 generation board out there. If you want stability though, Asus comes out on top.

 

[ts3433]

Either one is fine. Decide on features and price.

 

[morkys]

Those are the two boards I would decide between. The MSI is more expensive by $26 CAD. Besides one extra firewire 1394a port and dual gigabit LAN vs single gigabit? What are the other differences that one should consider between these two boards?

 

[ts3433]

They're probably both great OCers--MSI's board is more famous for that, but I've seen an Epox 9NDA3+ do 300FSB too. Other than the features you mentioned above, they're probably equal from a technical standpoint.

 

[CraigRT]

I'd go with some other brand.

Asus or Soltek

 

[Bad Dude]

I want to find a board that would work fine with 4 sticks of 512MB in dual channel. Which one of these would work?