Trying to decide which mb to go with in a mb combo KD7-r or the KX7-333. There is about a $50 diff in price

haven't heard about these mobos, what features are different in the 2 of them?

Abit KX7-333 VIA KT333 Chipset Motherboard CPU Socket A CONVERAGE PCI Y CHIP SET VIA KT333 MEMORY SLOT DDR SOFTMENU 3 AGP Slot 1 PCI Slots 6 Form Factor ATX ---------------------- CPU Support AMD Athlon XP 1500+ ~ 2200+ or future Socket A Processors based on 200/266 MHz(100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate) Support AMD Athlon 700MHz ~ 1.4GHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200/266 MHz(100MHz/133MHz Double Data Rate) Support AMD Duron 600MHz ~ 1.2GHz or future Socket A Processors based on 200 MHz(100MHz Double Data Rate) Chipset VIA KT333 / VIA VT8233A Supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 IDE protocol Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI) Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 2X(3.3V)and 4X(1.5V)mode (Sideband) device Supports200/266/333 MHz (100/133/166 MHz Double Data Rate) Memory Bus Settings Memory Four 184-pin DIMM sockets support PC1600/PC2100/PC2700 DDR SDRAM module Supports 6 banks up to 3GB DRAMs for unbuffered DDR modules Supports 8 banks up to 3.5GB DRAMs for registered DDR modules System BIOS SoftMenu™ III Technology to set CPU parameters Supports Plug-and-Play (PNP) Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI) Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS Multi I/O Functions Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB Two Channels of Bus Master IDE Ports supporting up to four Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 devices Built-in Standard /EPP/ECP parallel port connector Two built-in 16550 fast UART compatible serial port connectors Built-in PS/2 Keyboard and PS/2 mouse port connectors On board USB header for two extra USB channels Miscellaneous ATX form factor 1 AGP slot, 6 PCI slots Hardware monitor Including Fan speed, Voltages, System environment temperature Built-in Wake on LAN header Built-in Wake on Ring header Built-in IrDA TX/RX header VIA KT400 Based AMD K7 Mainboard DDR 400, AGP 8X, ATA 133, USB 2.0 SoftMenu™ Technology CPU . Supports AMD-K7 Athlon / Athlon XP Socket A 200/266MHz FSB Processors . Supports AMD-K7 Duron Socket A 200 MHz FSB Processors Chipset . VIA KT400 / VT8235 Chipset . Supports Hi-Speed UniversaSeriaBus (USB 2.0) . Supports Advanced Configuration and Power Management Interface (ACPI) . Accelerated Graphics Port connector supports AGP 4X/8X (1.5V/0.8V) Memory . Four 184-pin DIMM sockets . Supports 2 DIMM DDR 333/400 (Max. 2GB) . Supports 3 DIMM Un-buffered DDR 200/266 (Max. 3GB) . Supports 4 DIMM Registered DDR 200/266 (Max. 3.5GB) RAID . High Point HPT372 IDE RAID Controller supports Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 . RAID 0/1/0+1(striping + mirroring mode for boosting performance and data security) Audio . 6-ChanneAC 97 CODEC on board . Professional digital audio interface supports 24-bit S/PDIF Out LAN . On board 10/100Mb Operation supports ACPI & Wake on LAN System BIOS . SoftMenu™ III Technology to set CPU parameters . Supports Plug-and-Play (PNP) . Supports Advanced Configuration Power Interface (ACPI) . Supports Desktop Management Interface (DMI) . Write-Protect Anti-Virus function by AWARD BIOS Internal I/O Connectors . 1 x AGP, 6 x PCI slots . Floppy Port supports up to 2.88MB . 4 x Ultra DMA 33/66/100/133 Connectors . 2 x USB headers . 1 x CD-IN, 1 x AUX-IN . 1 x IrDA Back Panel I/O . 1 x PS/2 Keyboard, 1 x PS/2 mouse . 2 x Serial, 1 x Parallel . 1 x SPDIF Out connector . Audio connectors (Front Speaker, Line-in, Mic-in, Center/Sub, Surround Speaker) . 2 x USB, 1 x RJ-45 LAN Connector Miscellaneous . ATX form factor . Hardware monitoring - Including Fan speeds, Voltages, System environment temperature

oops! you mixed it up! where is the second motherboard? k, i guess the second motherboard starts with '1 agp slot 6 PCI slots...' The second one is a better motherboard, the first one looks old and obsolete. The second one also has usb 2.0, has the new KT 400 chipset, has an AGP 8X slot, DDR 400 etc etc, I think you should get the second one. And $50 extra is not that much comparing the difference between the two boards. And which AMD xp are you going to use with it? I suggest you wait for the newer models which are going to be released...I heard they are better