negative I would choose the abit over the asus

Epox 8RDA3+ is the best

not 8RDA+
but 8RDA3+

you gotta get the nforce 2 ultra 400 chipset
not the old A1 nforce2 for 8RDA+

also look into Abit
check out www.motherboardfaqs.com to get aquinted with nforce2 before you buy
and nforcershq.com as well
because it can be problematic if you have bad luck

Well I went with the Asus A7N8X Deluxe version which showed the nForce 2 Ultra chipset and came with a AMD 2.17 proc. Cant wait to get all my parts in and put together in my new case.

Why do I recommend the Epox or the Asus so badly??? Because they are the best Nforce2 boards on the market right now. They were designed for the power user in mind. Besides having high performance, they have every BIOS setting under the Sun which comes in very handy when fine tuning your system.

If your content with stock settings with no flexability, then go with the board you like the best. But if you want a board that gives you flexabilty when overclocking or fine tuning, then you can't go wrong with the Asus or Epox.

Why do you think AccurateImage and myself acheive such high benchmarks? Because we use the best there is. :nod:

bah hahaha I have owned all the nforce boards and by far the best overall was the the a7n8x delux revision 2.0 with the ultra 400 chipset, did 208fsb rock stable with no volt mods on the last pc I built and netted me a 20056 3d mark. The two worst boards I have used overall were both epox boards and one went back to fried and the other in my girls pc because it came from newegg. The msi rocks but do not expect to overclock it at all. Hell even my shuttle is now running at 194x2 fsb with no volt mods and I am getting the new ultra 400 shuttle that will be on shelves middle of this month that has full overclocking features. Not bad when I can score 18,127 with a toaster. should be able to hit 20,000+ with the new ultra 400. no matter what, make sure your board has the ultra 400 northbridge, the old version sucks a fatty and you have to v-mod it to do anything. the new chip is all black and no silver middle and it has a big ultra400 logo on it.

I would go with the Gigabyte GA-7NNXP nForce 2 Ultra400 chipset motherboard.

Check it out here->

http://tw.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/...s_GA-7NNXP.htm

looks like a good baord but have seen no improvments other than techie paper improvments over say an a7n8x delux which you can get for about $70 cheaper, almost enough to buy another week 306 barton haha :)

blah, you just didn't know how to set up the Epox AI. :P

tried for 2 weeks on both *LOL* must have received duds, but I use sata raid ect... the epox just does not have the goods for me, the asus is super cheap now and has loads of killer features.