Which is the best mobo?

[jormar23]

I'm debating on which mobo to get? the Epox EP-8k7a or the 8kta3 or the gigabyte GA-7DX. they all I got good reviews but I would like the best. I will be putting in a T-bird 1.33 chip in it. also anyone know if any of these motherboards will support the amd chips coming out in the near future?

[cntrowland]

I don't know anything about the board (I'm using an MSI K7T Turbo), but make sure you use pricewatch.com or another searchbot, and you can get that Abit mobo for about $116 + shipping. If you know where it's cheaper than that, LET US KNOW!!

[edtrip]

Better read the post about the Phoenix/Award BIOS issue. On the basis of that I'd definitely be leaning towards the Epox, but then I don't want spyware (and apparently performance zapping spyware) embedded in my BIOS.

I think this whole "which motherboard" question has to be put on hold til this PhoenixNet issue gets resolved. NOBODY shuld be buying mobos with that **** embedded in the BIOS.

[Imperion1]

I have the 8k7a, without the phoenixnet **** - new bios flash.
Its a stable board for me, no problems.

The main differences between the 8k7a and 8kta3 are:
8k7a - DDR motherboard, no ISA slots, 2 DDR Dimm slots, AMD761 chipset

8k7a3 - Sdram motherboard, 1 ISA slot, 4 SDram Dimm slots, kt133a chipset

[eagle1]

The Gigabyte boards are very stable but most of them are not good for overclocking (if you plan to do that).!

And about the BIOS issue, a lot (if not most) Gigabyte boards come with the AMI BIOS which is not the best but it does suffice.!