Mick Mearns wrote:
Hello list; I am considering the following two motherboards. This will be "the one" for the next 4-years or untill 64bit CPU's are affordable. Both are available locally.
What would you choose?? Any experiences pro/con??
Asus A7N8X-E Deluxe or Gigabyte GA-7NNXP
They both use the nVidia nForce2 chipset, 400 FSB and have serial ATA.
Thanks Mick
Can't say anything about the Asus, but the Gigabyte should work well. I have been using the similar GA-7N400 Pro 2 for about 6 months with no problems. Since the Gigabyte does not use the nforce2 NIC, you should not need to load the closed-source Nvidia drivers. SATA is being used in PATA mode, so it's slower than ATA 100, but that is supposed to change soon.
