I have the FIC SD-11 board at home and it has been very stable. I am very
pleased with the board.  Don't have any hands on experience with the Asus
board though, so I can't really comment on it.

Chris Hayes


----- Original Message -----
From: Robert Underbrink <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 1:13 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] Asus vs. FIC Athlon motherboards


> The Asus K7-V motherboard for the Athlon is the faster board.  If you do
not
> care about the extra speed get the FIC motherboard.  The Athlon needs lots
> of power.  Choose the higer wattage case, It will be worth it.............
> ==================================
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Frank R. Brown" <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 2:59 PM
> Subject: [PCBUILD] Asus vs. FIC Athlon motherboards
>
>
> > My son and I are planning to assemble a
> > computer.   At the moment we are intending
> > to base it on the AMD Athlon chip.
> >
> > We've seen both the Asus-K7V and the
> > FIC SD-11 mentioned a number of times
> > as good candidates for the motherboard.
> > The FIC seems to be consistently a little
> > cheaper.
> >
> > Would people on this list have any preference
> > for one vs. the other?  Would anyone know
> > what we'd be giving up by going with the cheaper
> > FIC?
> >
> > Also, we're looking at the following cases.
> > casedepot carries two atx mid-tower cases
> > with 300W power supplies: their 436 and 468.
> > (The 436 is an In-Win A500.)
> >
> > Any recommendations (good or bad) about
> > casedepot?  Any recommendation about a
> > case?  We were thinking 300W for the Athlon,
> > and to support some expandibility.  We were
> > thinking mid-tower with decent accessibility,
> > also to support expandibility, and in general,
> > just to make messing around easier.  (After
> > all, that's the whole point of this, isn't it?)
> >
> > Does this make sense?
> >
> > Thanks for sharing your experience with us.
> >
> >
> >      Frank R.Brown
> >      Frank.R.Brown@MailAndNews
> >
> >                          PCBUILD's List Owner's:
> >                       Bob Wright<[log in to unmask]>
> >                        Drew Dunn<[log in to unmask]>
> >
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