Thanks for the info. If you tell me that Asus gives good tech support, that
will be a big factor in my selection.

Daniel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Hugh Vandervoort" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Wednesday, August 24, 2005 4:16 AM
Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] FIRS TIME BUILD


> I went through this excercise recently and settled on the ASUS A8V
> deluxe. The AMD 64 processor support and the price  was more important
> to me than other factors. ($100.00 rebate). This board was easy to
> install and has been very stable. There are new versions available since
> then. I had a couple of support questions that were answered quickly and
> accurately by ASUS.
> I suggest you look at  Anand: http://www.anandtech.com/mb/  and Tom's
> Hardware guide  http://www.tomshardware.com/index.html
>
> daniel wrote:
>
> >Thanks John:
> >I will use it to surf the web, scanning, digital camera, word processing
> >I was thinking of an AMD processor with 939 socket.
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "John Sproule" <[log in to unmask]>
> >To: <[log in to unmask]>
> >Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2005 3:52 PM
> >Subject: Re: [PCBUILD] FIRS TIME BUILD
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>I would suggest going with a PCI Express motherboard at this stage of
the
> >>game.  It looks like the industry is making the shift towards this
> >>
> >>
> >becoming
> >
> >
> >>the predominant video card standard.
> >>
> >>I guess that next you have to decide what processor you want to use,
> >>
> >>
> >before
> >
> >
> >>you can decide which motherboard to use to support this processor.
> >>
> >>This in turn will help you to see what kind of memory you are going to
> >>
> >>
> >need
> >
> >
> >>to buy (DDR or DDR2).
> >>
> >>Do you have some ideas of what sorts of things you will mostly be using
> >>
> >>
> >this
> >
> >
> >>computer for?  What do you imagine will be the most demanding
applications
> >>or kinds of use that this computer should be capable of handling?
> >>
> >>Knowing this might help others make further suggestions.
> >>
> >>John Sproule
> >>
> >>
>
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