I was thinkin about gettin the AthlonXP 1800+
Now what mobo, I read about EPoX's new DDR board with the new Via chipset
any other suggestions?

i just bought an ecs K7S5A board,this thing rocks,has a built in lan and audio plus has 4 memory slots,2 for DDR and 2 for SDram and is athlon XP ready for only $75.
i've has 6 via based motherboards in the past and had trouble with every one of them despite their much higher cost.

Yep, I just bought the K7S5A and it has been rockin for me too. The system runs much cooler because there is not a north and south bridge....only one chip and read tomshardwareguide.com under the Mainboard section. There is an article about this board there with complete benchmark results. Another board to consider that totally rocks all others is the new and improved KT266A chipset. Don't confuse this with the KT266 that came out in April. They have improved the new version drastically...just take a look at Tom's review on that board. Both of the above boards are AthlonXP ready. The KT266A is about double the price of K7S5A though.

Rick

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I also have the ECS K7S5A and this board rocks. You can get this board from pricwatch for $53 right now.