Asus A7V-E

[BlackWinterDay]

Hey!

I'm currently re-building my system, and am looking for a good Socket A mainboard (One that offers easy overclocking would be nice!) I though an Asus board would be out of my price range, but the A7V-E board is only $160 Canadian at a local dealer versus $145 for an ECS board that has no overclock support. Considering this board's features, it seems way underpriced... What gives? I can't find any reviews on this board on the Net, only reviews on the various other A7V models... Anyone got one? I'd love to hear about it...

http://www.asus.com/products/Motherboard/socketa/a7v-e/spec.html

[Braindrain]

Don't cheap out on the mobo. The A7V is usually about $10-20 more. Just get the normal A7V and buy a (slightly) slower CPU. Won't matter 'cause you can o/c it anyways!

And no, I don't know anything about the A7V-E.

[patrickm]

i have an asus a7v133, and it's a great board. but it's based on the KT133A chipset instead of the older, buggy KT133 that the original a7 series used. the a7v-E says "enhanced" KT133, and i'm not sure what the enhancements are, but i'm not sure i'd want them. i don't do any overclocking on mine, but the board is rock solid. no glitches with my ATI cards, lockups, or anything. the KT133A chipset also supports the 266 FSB, where the a7v-E apparently doesn't. also, try to get the onboard ATA100/RAID controller but NOT the onboard sound.