which one

[LA_MERC_Spark]

well.. my sorry arse excuse for a comp has been giving me problems for a long while. Finally it ate a stick of ram and shortly after let out the fart of death. Well sort of. First I reformated a while back. Didn't seem to help. Then I replaced the PSU about a 2 weeks ago. In the meantime I packed up the RAM and shipped it to corsair. They were kind enough to send me two new sticks. Got sticks in hand and a smile on my face... finally I'll be back to operating status! NEGATIVE! Comp locks up during mem check. Im like wtf mate? So I throw in some other known good ram and bam!! the same result. So i reset cmos settings and guess what? It booted! Until it came to loading windows when everything ground to a hault. rebooted and back to mem check fail. So I take the HDD out and put it in another rig a it boots with no problem. So Im back to where I originally pointed the finger long ago..... mobo. So I've been looking for something to replace the MSI 648 max. I'm down to two choices. Well really I know which one im leaning towards, but I thought I'd invite some opinions so here they are.

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813127152

http://www2.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131464

[LA_MERC_Onji]

ive always been an abit fan myself, theyve been good to me

[LA_MERC_LaTech]

While ABIT had a problem with their capacitors a number of years ago (BE6-2, BH6 era), they've been very stable of late. ASUS is also a very good manufacturer. It'll probably come down to person al preference.

[npor]

I have an Abit IC7-G and it does everything I want it to. I would probably get the Asus if it were the same price as the Abit, but it isn't.

[LA_MERC_Spark]

hmmm... some people say they've had problems with the fan on the north bridge dieing, but the reviews I've read put it ahead of the ASUS... not by a huge margin mind you but ahead at any rate. Anyway... ABIT is the one I'm planing to get. Hopefully this will hold me over until I can lay the smack down for a real upgrade! May go with AMD next go round! *ME SLAPS HEAD* Thanks for the input.

[|Team Moped| Kripto]

I have really good luck with my ASUS, no problems here!

[npor]

The fan on my IC7-G northbridge did die, but I found it better just to leave it off. It spins at 7k RPM so it has a bad whine, and the heatsink by itself works just fine. My northbridge is always slightly warm.

[Texas_Lawdog]

i am running a abit now and been very pleased.