There is something bad about all boards.
 
I'd recommend my setup, no probs
 
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System Spec:
Athlon 800
Gigabyte GA-7IXE F4
128Mb SSi PC100
Radeon 64Mb DDR (oem and proud of it)
Hauppauge Wintv Model 406
Realtek 8029 LAN (cnx to ISDN server)
Creative ES1371 PCI64v
Creative SBlive Value
Creative 48mx CDROM
Memorex TriMaxx200(DVD/CDR/CDRW/CD, 4,6,4,24)
Segate SS330630A 30Gb 7200 ATA4
LS120

I've got the Aopen AX6BC Pro Gold board for my p3 700, and it works great.... pretty much anything based on the bx chipset will suit your needs though

No Problems so far
 
 
 
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Supermicro P6DBE Rev 3.0 Motherboard
Dual Intel Pentium III 850
512 MEGS of ECC RAM
Sound Blaster Live!
Adaptec 29160 SCSI Card
GeForce 2 GTS 64MB
IBM DMVS18N Ultra 160 Hard Drive
Western Digital 20.5GB Hard Drive
Razer Boom Slang 2000 (USB)
Roland Sound Canvis SC-55
3COM 3CR990-TX-97 with 3XP Processor 10/100 PCI Network Interface Card
Plextor Plexwriter 12/4/32
Pioneer 10X DVD-ROM
Sony GDM-F500R Monitor

I am running ASUS CUBX/E and ist works great! Overclocking is supreme, performance is excellent - a LOT faster than 815 boards I tested before (AOPEN, ASUS and Abit). Extremely stable, 2 x UDMA100 (Promise) and 2 x UDMA33 on board. Just take care you get the "/E" - version!!! On the CUBX w/o "/E" the onboard controller was crap.
 
Best board I ever had (and a lot of my customers are very satisfied with it, too).
 
Have fun
 
Llion
 
[This message has been edited by Llion (edited 12 November 2000).]
 
[This message has been edited by Llion (edited 12 November 2000).]

Everything is working flawlessly here. Didn't have a single problem with my GeForce 2 Card. Just needed to get latest drivers and now life is much better now!
 
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System Specs:
Asus P2B-D
Dual PIII 700MHz
512MB PC100 RAM
Elsa GeForce2 GTS 64MB Video Card
Promise Ultra66 Controller
WD 15.3 GB HDD ATA66 7200 RPM
WD 20.5GB HDD ATA66 7200 RPM
Asus 50x CD-ROM
Sony 4x4x24 CD-RW
SB Live! Platinum
Razor Boomslang 2000 USB Mouse
Wacom 6x9 Intuous Art Tablet
SuperMicro SC-750A Case w/ 400 Watt PS

Thank you for all your opinions guys. Just a couple last questions. Do any of the bx based boards support 4x agp. I know that at this point its pretty useless to have, but i'm loking for future performance as well? Next, can someone reccomend a good reputable site online to buy from that has good prices? Lastly for donald2b, do you have any compatibility problems with your SB live or your Geforce2 at all? I currently have a dual p2 400 and would like to build another smp system but was worried about compatibility problems with the p3 700 after all the crap i've put up with on my system. My SB live always locks the system so I took it out. I got the geforce2 which also locks the system all the time so its out too.....talk about a pain in the neck
 
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Sixtyniner,
 
Actually, my system has been the most rock solid system that I have ever used. I am currently using the 6.34 nVidia drivers for my GF2 and I am using Liveware 3 for my SB Live!. When I first put it together I was using a TNT2 M64 video card because I was waiting for the GeForce 2 cards. I am dual booting with Win2K/Win98SE. I have run Linux, BeOS, and WinME successfully with no problems.
 
This has been a dream system to work with and has been up and running almost non-stop for about 5 months now with no problems.
 
Unfortunately there are no BX based boards that I know of that support AGP4x. I believe this is a limitation of the chipset. I wanted stability over anything else since I do a lot of computer animation and render times tend to go multiple days.
 
Hope this helps!
 
~Donald2B
 
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System Specs:
Asus P2B-D
Dual PIII 700MHz
512MB PC100 RAM
Elsa GeForce2 GTS 64MB Video Card
Promise Ultra66 Controller
WD 15.3 GB HDD ATA66 7200 RPM
WD 20.5GB HDD ATA66 7200 RPM
Asus 50x CD-ROM
Sony 4x4x24 CD-RW
SB Live! Platinum
Razor Boomslang 2000 USB Mouse
Wacom 6x9 Intuous Art Tablet
SuperMicro SC-750A Case w/ 400 Watt PS