Motherboard advice

[Chucky]

I am thinking of building a new computer. It will be a P4 with DDR memory. Is the ASUS P4B533 a decent board?

Chris

[firephoto]

I looked at newegg.com and the P4S533 seems to be more popular there.
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=280&manufactory=1315&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1


This is what I see that's different between the two.

$112.99 @ newegg.com
ASUS P4B533 Motherboard for Intel P4 478 Retail
Specifications:
Chipset: Intel 845 Chipset North, ICH4 South
RAM: 3 x DDR DIMM Sockets Max. 2GB unbuffered PC2100 /PC1600 DDR DRAM
Ports: 2 x UltraDMA 100/66/33
Audio: C-Media CMI8738 6-chan S/PDIF-in


$97.99 @ newegg.com
ASUS P4S533 Motherboard for Intel P4 478 DDR Retail
Specifications:
Chipset: SiS 645DX North Bridge and SiS 961B South Bridge
ITE 8707F LPC Super I/O Chip
Memory: 3 x DDR DIMM Sockets Max. 3GB unbuffered PC2700 / PC2100 /PC1600 DDR DRAM (PC 2700 Max. to 4 banks only)
IDE: 2 x UltraDMA 133 /100/66
Audio: C-Media CMI8738
LAN: SiS 961B integrated 10/100 Mbps Fast Ethernet

Someone else could tell you if there's a better pentium 4 board out there. I have an Abit KR7A-RAID with an AMD.

[blingbling]

I've used Asus boards for years and have never been disappointed. They're almost always my first choice when building a system. Here are some reviews of Intel 845G boards:

I don't care for Tom but he has one of the best technical sites on the web. (http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/20020722/intel845g-02.html)