New computer

[NocturnDragon]

I'm going to buy a new computer soon.

Case: some kind of Desktop or Middle Tower 300W
VB: Matrox Millenium G550 32MB DDR OEM
MB: Asus A7V333-E-Audio 145$
CPU: Intel Pentium 4 2 GHz Northwood 512K 0.13
Mem: DIMM 512MB DDR PC266
HDD: Maxtor D740X, UDMA-133, 7200Rpm 80GB (two of them using raid 1)
CD and Burner: keeping the old one
Net: the same

Here there is my question:
What MB would you buy for this computer?
I need a raid system so my choices are:

ASUS P4B266-E/RAID 845D
ABIT BD7II-RAID

What are the pro cons of them both?
I would go for the ASUS.. but i wanted your advice before buy it..
Thanks in advance.

[dZeus]

Depends on how long you plan to use this new setup. If it's less than half a year, you can get the Abit... otherwise get the Asus.

[crente]

i have an asus p4s333 mobo and they are always updating their web site and their mobos bios, good company.

[ALBPM]

Get a 2.26 P4 with the 533MHz processor bus and the ASUS P4B533-V. Then you can use PC2700 DDRAM.
They will overclock easily to 2.6 or higher. Plus this mobo has onboard LAN and audio if you want to use them.

Paul

[NocturnDragon]

I need a fast reply... What do you guys think about the MSI 845e MAX2?

Is it better or worse then the Asus P4B533-E?
I never had any MSI board so i have no clue if it's reliable or not..

[Greebe]

IMHO MSI is surpassing Asus in quality and driver/BIOS support these days.

[NocturnDragon]

Originally posted by Greebe
IMHO MSI is surpassing Asus in quality and driver/BIOS support these days.

Thank you for the answer.. i was looking forward to get a P4 2GHz but does the MSI 845e MAX2 support 400MHz FSB? Otherwise i should get a P4 2.26