Ah geez here it goes...

Well I'm getting ready to build myself a shiny new desktop, AMD Athlon 1.4Ghz, the specs I'm planning on using are listed below:


AMD Athlon 1.4Ghz Processor, Thunderbird core
Antec SX830 Case
undecided cooling
256 MB DDR memory
Standard Floppy Drive
IBM 7200RPM 30GB hard drive
Maxtor 7200RPM 20GB hard drive
Buslink 25GB hard drive
Plextor 16x CDRW Drive
DVD drive
Iomega Zip Drive 100MB
Sandisk ImageMate
ATI RADEON™ VE Dual Display
Standard Audio Card
SCSI Controller for Buz
Realtek 10/100 PCI Network card
FireWire interface card
PCTV Studio card
Logitech Optical Mouse
PS/2 Keyboard
Lexmark Z52 USB printer

(some of these are leftover parts from another PC, like the USB hard drive, biggest mistake gettin one of those, heh)

Considering this is my 1st computer that I'm going to build myself, I'm not really worried about sticking water tanks in my computer and doubling the clock speed, I maybe want to OC it a little bit but I'm more concerned on just getting the damn thing to work. You know, having as few compatibility issues as possible. because, little known fact I actually DO own a Gateway desktop (old 350 P2) and it's always having problems, especially with USB and Firewire devices...

I've been considering 2 motherboards: the Asus A7M266 or the MSI K7T266. Which of these motherboards do you think is really the best, considering the hardware I have, and that I'll be using it for:

video editing, music, CD burning, graphics, Internet and Email, DVD movies

Which would you recommend..and if you've had experience with these boards please tell has it been good or bad.

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