On 18 Dec 98 at 7:42, Peter Shkabara wrote:

> I am building a new computer for myself and am trying to decide between a
> Gigabyte GA-686BX and an Intel SE440BX2PA motherboard. Anyone have comments
> on either brand?

  The most obvious difference that I can see is in the memory
configuration.  The Intel board offers 3 DIMM slots, each limited to
128MB DIMMs.  The Gigabyte board offers 4 DIMM slots, and their only
limited to 256MB DIMMs.  That's an improvement in both capacity
(although the Intel board's 384MB is probably plenty for most
applications) AND flexibility -- you can buy smaller DIMMs now, and
increase your RAM later without having to replace them.

David G

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