ok guys which of these two mobos please

[bigjonnyauk]

hi guys

gonna get a new mobo maybe in the next 20 minutes lol

i think i have narrowed it down to these 2

my prob is i hate flashing boards with new bioses scares me stiff

anyways heres the 2 boards

http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...roductID=60318
http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/Produ...roductID=90710

cheers guys will be putting a barton xp2500 or xp2800 in it also 512 meg 2x256 ram

if any of you guys have these boards please put which ram you are using so i know which works ok cheers

pc3200 by the way

[El Gordo]

Abit has the better rep if your going for the O/C. But i've NEVER had a single problem with any of the 7 Asus motherboards I've owned.

I had the A7N8X-E-Deluxe before I decided to change over to a DFI Lanparty. Asus makes rock solid boards but after having so many of them I was just feeling a bit jaded. I've learnt my lesson now after having a few problems with the DFI (great aftersales support tho) so on my next upgrade I'll be heading back to Asus cap in hand.

Oh and I was using 2*256 of Mushkin's finest blue kit pc3200 dimms .

[MasterFlash]

Ive just got a NF7-S v2.0. Its fantastic... its easy to update bios, easy to OC... its gets my vote

You download a flash utility so you can update through windows, very quick n easy.

Very nice

*Ive got 2 sticks of Corsair XMS 512Mb DDR 400MHz PC3200, in duel mode.

[Agent]

Abit.

You can update the BIOS in windows, by clicking one button, so you dont need to worry about that

[Stoo]

Either, both are great boards and both are capable of flash-updates through windows

If you can't decide, flip a coin

[LouG]

Go for the abit nf7-s, I've had no problems since i got mine. Touch wood

[mike_w]

Can't talk about the Asus, but the Abit has beeb rock solid for me, and overclocking has been trouble free (so far). No negative points, nothings broken (yet...)

[Lee H]

Abit gets my vote too

If your gonna get the Abit you might wanna pop along to the following url and have a little read before you actually get it, therefore you know what to do when it arrives

http://forums.hexus.net/showthread.php?t=14145

Hope this information helps

Lee

[blockers]

NF7-S vote here too.

bit of an abit nf7-s fan club round here