Which Motherboard to buy?

[soink]

gonna upgrade pc soon, cant pick out a motherboard but i narrowed it down a bit,

MSI KT6V-LSR VIA KT600 w/ audio, LAN more info $86

MSI KT4AV-L VIA KT400 more info $75

MSI K7N2-DELTA-L nVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 more info $98

Gigabyte GA-7VT600-P-L VIA KT600, S-ATA more info $87

ASUS A7V8X-X VIA KT400 w/ audio more info $80

ASUS A7N8X-X NVIDIA nForce2-400 more info $94

ABIT KV7 VIA KT600 w/ audio, LAN more info $95

ABIT NF7 nVIDIA nForce2 more info $98

its gonna be for amd xp 2500 barton

not planning to o/c

need good lan and sound



edit: also gonna upgrade ram, which is best for value and performance

Samsung 256MB PC-3200 DDR400 SDRAM $69

Corsair Value Select 256MB PC-3200 DDR400 SDRAM $71

Kingston 256MB PC-3200 DDR400 SDRAM (KVR400X64C3/256) $73

KingMax 256MB PC-3200 DDR400 SDRAM $73

Crucial 256MB PC-2700 DDR333 SDRAM $77


prices are canadian from a store near my house

 

[11427]

Well IMO if you want a solid reliable system and have no plans to O/C go with Asus and Samsung.

Mark

 

[Zepper]

I don't know how you feel about mail order, but compgeeks.com has the Iwill K7S3-N for US$36. Don't know how much it would end up costing you after all your taxes, shipping etc. - but it's a heck of a deal here.
..bh.