i am buying a motherboard some time next week and i have decided between 2 board but i dont know which one is better off?

NF7-S RAID v2, nVIDIA nForce2 v1.2, Dual DDR400, Serial ATA 150 Raid 0/1/0 plus 1, ATA 133, AGP 8X, USB 2.0, On board 10/100Mb Lan, SoundStorm Technology - Real-time Dolby Digital 5.1 audio encoding, supports ACPI and Wake on LAN

or

Socket-A ASUS A7N8X DELUXE, N-Force 2 Chipset, AGP Pro 8x, Dolby Digital 6 Channel Audio provided by ALC650 Realtek Audio Chip, Onboard 1394 Firewire 2 Ports MCP-T Integrated IEEE 1394a + Realtek® PHY 8801B, 6 x USB 2.0, Dual Channel DDR400, Serial ATA RAID Provided by Silicon Image Sil3112A Controller, Dual Onboard LAN MCP integrated 3Com® MAC + Broadcom® AC101L PHY, ASUS COP cpu overheat protection, Q-Fan

the price difference between these two boards do not bother me also so i dont have to go for the cheaper one.

sifn't go this one:

Socket-A GigaByte GA-7N400PRO2 Nforce2 ULTRA400 Chipset

It has all the features of the abit, cept it has raid on the IDE channels as well.

The difference between the asus and abit - the asus has DUAL 10/100 LAN.

Comes down to what features you want - want dual LAN go the asus, don't need it go the gigabyte or abit.

ASUS ! i got one, they rock.

the asus is a nice board, but they have a s***ty bios :>

I've got the ASUS A7V8X-X, I got it few days ago and it was pure j0r! 333MHz FSB Athlon XP CPU Support, DDR400 (PC3200) Support, AGP 8X Technology, S/PDIF out port on back I/O (on audio model only).

Edit:

the asus is a nice board, but they have a s***ty bios :>

Nothing that can be fixed with the ASUS autobios, which you connect up the internet & downloads the biso flash it than reboots your machine!

NF7-s :D good sound onboard :D

Thrax, I'm not talking about stability or fixes etc, I just don't like the way it's layed out. Award s***s over it :> Oh and I got a nf7-s 2.0, and it cains :O

ture, I find the layout rather s***ty but meh.

i got the asus it rox

If I had a bit of spare money I would get one these boards http://www.lanparty.com.tw/lp1/specifications/specifications_us.jsp Friend of mine got one of each to test out and they are very nice boards. they come with a nice carbag for your PC too :)

Epox 8RDA+

Ive got the ABIT NF7S 2.0.

Rocks. No complaints. Moved to this from ASUS, no looking back.

Though ill admit the ASUS documentation and board layout is nicer.

Though ill admit the ASUS documentation and board layout is nicer.

I'll have to agree there, they put the firewire and 1394 ports right right to the agp slot ;\

Get which ever one is cheaper and spend the money you saved on candy :)

I got an ASUS and their ok

ugh, too much bais

The NF7-s is the best board

Epox 8rda3+ owns you all.

nf7 is the overclockers choice :)

Asus

nf7-s is meant to be a good overclocker, i was going to buy one and ended up and an A7N8X-Deluxe.

Excellent board, I swore I'd never buy asus, but I did, and I love it.

Its no slouch in overclocking either. I can get my xp2500 to 2.3ghz.

Abit and the Asus boards are good

Epox 8rda3+ owns you all.

damb right i gotz a 8rga2+ rev 2 cause i could not wait for the da3 but epox boards kick ass

Its no slouch in overclocking either. I can get my xp2500 to 2.3ghz

i got 2.3 out of my 2100 on an epox board and my freind pulls out 2.2 from his xp1800 on thr 8rda3+ board epox are the best board for the price range.

The Abit NF7-S does have 10/100 LAN already.

Its no slouch in overclocking either. I can get my xp2500 to 2.3ghz

And my KT333 mobo (A7V333) is running my CPU OC'ed to 2.34ghz

Wow, i better go buy an 8rda so i can go less than now!

The NF7 is the better board

ok. what cpu do u have idiot? have u o'clocked your 2.3 to 2.34 wow u r an idiot

Xp2100 .. idiot

Its one thing that I hate its people that ask what sort of motherboard should I buy. My friend said this, that magazine said that, blah blah f***in blah.

Buy one that suits your needs. Simple! Its not hard to pick a processor and a chipset to suit.

Aww, [~]-KeNiTiK went quiet

Herbal, no, NF7-s :)

i got an abit nf7-s 2.. if it would only work :(.. got 3rd return of the mobo in 2 weeks tomorrow :P bugga farkin s*** i say.. think its a sweet mobo, but s*** for luck ere

The NF7 is the better board

words of wisdom :)

EDIT:s*** dude, check your powersupply?

yepo.. moo came around.. we f***ed around for a whole day ey :P s*** happens.. aint the psu, last time it was f***ed bios/cmos.. now i dunno wat it is.. no post or nuttin, no boot, no beeps.. tried everything.. got another return morrow.. :P but i hope i getone back by the end of the week for a lan..

Are they finding things wrong with the board when you return it?

Sounds dodgy ... like your doing something funky to it

Motherboard standouts (mounts) in wrong spot and shorting it or some s***

Tried it out of ya case?

sup hemmy.. yer tried all that. moo even said the mobo was f***ed.. the 1st one was DOA.. this one worked for a while, but was s***ting up right from the start.. all spacers are in teh right spots.. checked all that of course.. tried everything out of case.. still nuttin.

u wanna buy mine from me, a7n8x-deluxe. im looking to sell and just wondering if your interested?

you should be banned for reviving a thread that is this old i have already chose the motheboard i like and it is iteh abit board.

them abit nf7s apparently use cheap bioses, i've had a doa myself, was a corrupt bios.

flash the bios i have a few freinds with the version abit nf7-s v2 and none of them have had any problems and they are sposed to be good to overclock on.