which athlon mobo should I get?

[gtech56]

I am currently peicing together a nice new rig to head off to school with and I am trying to decided what board I should get. I am leaning to towards the Epox EP-8K7A, the Biostar M7MIA or the Gigabyte GA-7DX. However I am rather hesitant to make a purchase because of the up and coming SiS 735 chipset. I am looking for a board that will offer a nice price for performance ratio and that chipset seems like it will provide just that. If any one has any suggestions on what board I should get or if I should just wait on a SiS board (ahaha, I never thought I would EVER say that). Thing is, I don't have much time before I have to head to school and I am itching to get these parts on a board and watch it fly! Ne help would be very much appreciated..thx )....

..PS...I got in touch with Gigabyte and they said that they would have a product available after august...should I interperet this as after the 1st or after the end of the month???

 

[m1ke101]

well i have the epox and it kick ass....nice and stable and i can overclock when later on when i want. you probably know the epox comes highly recommended here, so you wouldn't be going wrong with the epox.

 

[gtech56]

heh....yeah..ive definently seen that...does the 761 support integrated 10/100 network connection?

 

[Boonesmi]

the 760 chipset supports integrated 10/100 lan, but... very few motherboards actually use it.

so you will need to buy a NIC

 

[gtech56]

thx