Which Asus, Abit, ECS, or Soyo board for Athlon XP?

[IndieSnob]

Allready posted this to the motherboard forum but thought I might get more answers here.

I'm going to be building an athlon system and integrating some stuff over from another system and wanted to see what the best motherboard would be. It's going to have to be between Asus, Abit, ECS, or Soyo since the shop I'm buying from usually only gets these boards, and since I've been a customer for over 10 years it's cheaper for me then to buy online. I'm looking for a stable board and am not intrested at all in any overclocking. I will be using one of the higherup XP processors, probably the equivilant of 1.7ghz or so. I want to make sure it's compatible with the following components I will be moving over into the system:

ATI Radeon 8500
Soundblaster Audigy
2 256 Megs Sticks Of Generic DDR
40 Gig ATA100/7200 Maxtor
30 Gig ATA100/7200 IBM
16x10x40 Lite-On CDRW
5x Sony DVD
Realmagic Hollywood+ Dvd Decoder.


Any help on this would be greatly appreciated 😀

 

[j@cko]

Asus's A7V333 looks pretty damn good, has a lot of features and very stable from he reviews I've read, but pricy.
But if you are on budge, then I would suggest the Epox 8K3A/8K3A+.

 

[orangebang]

if you like the VIA KT266A chipset, then the Asus is a great bet for system stability and reliance. Most of the gaming system companies will build a Athlon machine with the Asus K7V266-E motherboard...and I just saw one at a local electronics chain store for $119.00.

They recently dropped the price 40 bucks...so it's a GREAT deal.

I have the same in my box right now, and it's great. I have it slightly overclocked, and it's stable. Very decent board.

 

[BullsOnParade_]

I'd recommend ASUS. Dunno whether its luck or quality but i've goughed, not nicked, GOUGHED! my Asus A7M in a couple of places and its still ticking. In comparison i nicked my epox board and had to RMA it immediately. Check out www.lostcircuits.com for some fact based reviews of the Asus, Soyo and Abit boards. From all my research I'd go with Asus, however Abit and Soyo are still great boards. In any case best luck with your system.

bulls