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Your Text: Insert Slimies » Insert UBB Code » Close Last Tag \| All Tags UBB Help	To answer your first question, I owned two Shuttle boards in the past :) Anyway, all AMD motherboards are based on the same VIA chips (north/south bridges, main chipset, etc.), but not all manufacturers use the same electric components (bigger electrolytes, etc.) And that's where manufacturers can save a few bucks (to make the board cheaper, but lowering the quality). I experienced this a long time ago when I bought Chaintech 6BTA board (BX chipset), just because it was much cheaper than ASUS P2B-F, but it died after one year of use and since then I only use ASUS products. I can go forever like this, but let's get to the point... [url=http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/01q3/010808/index.html]DDR For AMD: 16 Boards With VIA KT266 (Tom's Hardware)[/url] --- start copy/paste from conclusion page --- This highly comprehensive test at our lab spanned a period of almost two weeks and shows us the following: For users who are looking for a fast but stable board, we recommend the MSI (MS-6380) and Soltek (SL-75DRV). The Asus A7V266 isn't a bad choice either - by already supporting the AMD Athlon with the Palomino core, it is well equipped for upcoming technology. --- end copy/paste from conclusion page --- [url=http://www.digit-life.com/articles/roundupkt266/]VIA Apollo KT266 based Mainboards (Digit-Life)[/url] --- start copy/paste from conclusion page --- So, if you need high performance and the price doesn't matter much for you it's better to pay attention to the ASUS A7V266, but if you want a solution with an ideal price/quality ratio, than look at the Soltek 75DRV and EPOX 8KHA. --- end copy/paste from conclusion page --- I rest my case - [b]ASUS[/b] - the best there was, the best there is and the best there ever will be. They have been very long on this market and they really deserved their reputations with tons of high quality hardware... [url=http://www.max.co.yu/] [img]http://www.max.co.yu/images/ozone-sig-take12.gif[/img] [/url] Loading...
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