What mobo?

[Thundrchez]

Abit doesn't make a board that they don't have full confidence in. Asus will. Can you say i820 mobo recall?

Two of the smartest things that Abit did was: decided not to make a super7 mobo, and decided not to make a i820 based mobo.

[Compton]

isochar, that is a good point

Thundrchez, have you seen an Abit VA6 in action?

[Thundrchez]

Compton, no, I haven't seen an Abit VA6 in action. The Abit mobo's that I've worked with are the BX6r2, BH6, BP6, BM6, KA7, and KT7; all of these have done very well for me.

I just got my KT7 + t'bird 800, and I'm in the midst of reinstalling w95, etc. So far it is running like a champ, but it is way too early for me to give it a final thumbs up. I like to see it completely stable for several weeks before I give it that seal of approval.

[fds]

I'm far from satisfied with the ABIT BE6 motherboard in my secondary machine, although most of my problems are because of the BX limitations.
The worst is the on-board HPT UDMA66 controller.
ABIT seems to be a cheap, low quality solution to me.

My other motherboard, made by Supermicro (with the i840 chipset) has never given me any problems and I'm very happy with it.

If I had to choose between ABIT and ASUS, there's no question I would go with ASUS. I did come across a faulty ASUS motherboard once but other than that they still fared a lot better than the overly tweaked unrealiable offerings ABIT has.

In fact I would have probably stayed with ASUS, if only they had made a motherboard with the i840.

[Pace]

Anyone know where to get the BX133 in the UK? I can't find it anywhere! Dabs.com did have it but they seem to have removed it.

Thanks,

Paul.

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