Hi Bill,

 From what I have heard, the 939 will give you a little more upgrade room
in the future, including the possibility of PCI-e.

Either way I suggest you look at the A8N (939) or K8N (754) instead. The
general consensus is that the Nvidia NForce chipset is much better than the
Via.

Asus recommends a minimum 350W supply for these motherboards.

Russ Poffenberger
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At 12:50 PM 12/1/2004, you wrote:
>From: William Patton
>Date: December 1, 2004
>Subject: Socket 939 vs 754
>
>Hello, I am planning on building a new system.   I have  used ASUS MB boards
>and AMD processors in the past with good luck.  ASUS has two boards out that
>would work for the Athlon 64 cpu.  The A8V, VIA K8T800 Pro has the socket
>939 and the K8V, VIA K8T800 has the socket 754.  Could you folks discuss a
>build using the Athlon 64 with either of these ASUS boards and pros and cons
>for the socket 939 vs 754.
>
>Also, I was planning on using my present Enlight 7255 case with an Enlight
>300W power supply.  Would this  power supply be okay or would I be better
>off getting the 360W.  Thank you all very much.

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