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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!cpk-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!news.bbnplanet.com!cam-news-hub1.bbnplanet.com!tezcat!gail.ripco.com!dr From: dr@ripco.com (David Richards) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Best choice of Motherboard? Date: 8 Dec 1996 05:14:01 GMT Organization: Ripco Communications Inc. Lines: 17 Message-ID: <58diqp$6a1$1@gail.ripco.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: rci.ripco.com Is there any performance or stability advantage to using a more expensive motherboard? For example: An ASUS Dual Pentium (Intel 430 chipset) board runs $600 A Gigabyte Pentium board with the Triton-II chipset runs $150+ Since I have no intention of using the on-board IDE controller, what benefit would I derive from going with ASUS over Gigabyte? -- David Richards Ripco, since Nineteen-Eighty-Three My opinions are my own, Public Access in Chicago But they are available for rental Shell/SLIP/PPP/UUCP/ISDN/Leased dr@ripco.com (312) 665-0065 !Free Usenet/E-Mail!