Need suggestions on parts

[Dsword]

hi, my 2000+ just went kaput. and i am thinkin of buildin a new one. i need suggestions on a mobo. this is what i have so far.

AMD ATHLON XP 2500+ "Barton" 333 FSB PROCESSOR 90$
need mobo
120 gb wd
512 kingston ddr
256 kingston ddr
geforce 4 ti 4200
audigy 2

really need help on mobo this is going to be for gaming

[Arcuivie]

Mobo - Asus A7N8X Deluxe

If you are using only 2 sticks of RAM I wouldn't get 2 different sizes, why? I don't really know, lol. But 512 should be plenty, so get 2 sticks of 256.

[Tazman]

This board has been getting Maximum PC's Kick Ass Award the last few months. Highlights are RAID, Dual LAN, nForce 2 chipset, 2 Firewire ports, 6 USB 2.0 ports, 6. sound. Sells for $124 shipping included
at NewEgg.

The last Asus board I used was the A7V333 which had alot of goodies but didn't overclock as easy as the Soyo Dragon.

Mike

[Dsword]

alright thanks ill check it out...

and the reason i have two diff sizes is because i still have them from my old computer

[cruiserlck]

I agree with both Arcuivie and Tazman , I'm running the deluxe version of that board and it rocks. I'm using the same cpu and video card on this board with 512md ddr pc3200 and it does very well.

[Urban_Squrill]

Asus A7N8X Deluxe for sure! Thats what I am running and its great.

[Telexen]

I do believe the board will have problems if you run two sticks of differently sized RAM in dual channel.

[sulusulu]

You might comsider the Giga-Byte GA-7NNXP . It has dual lan with gigabit, audio, dual BIOS, paralell IDE RAID, SATA, and four DIMM slots. But, it has a hefty prive at about $175 or so.
I've been htinking about getting on myself. Here is a Tom's Hardware review. The only issue that I know of is that it has no hole around the CPU for some big heat sinks.