Hey guys i am getting a new sytem from somewhere over the web. I'm looking for a solid p4 motherboard to go along with my p4 2.4B cpu and my 512 ddr ram, i'm probably going to put a radeon 9500 pro in there so i want AGP 8X. I dont necessarily want the top of the line motherboard, but one that is up there in performance and at the same time wont cost me a fortune. Right now im considering the ASUS P4S8X, the ABIT SR7-8X, or the GIGABYTE GA-8SG667. If there are any other mobos you recommend please let me know, thank you.

Want any extra features? RAID, SATA, Firewire? Here's a good simple board http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/Products/Products_Spec_GA-8SQ800.htm GA-8SQ800 $100-$110 @pricewatch.com -AGP8x -Dual Channel DDR400 -Onboard sound -USB 2.0 (no LAN though, but you can get an a nic card for $5)

I just bought a ASUS A7V333-X from newegg.com with onboard sound. Had to update the bios the day I installed it. Sound works but my mic doesn't and ASUS won't respond to my emails or the trouble report from their web site. Been 2 weeks now. Good luck anyway. Normande

Ya, I agree with the above post. If you don't get his meaning, he is saying to be careful with Asus boards. In paticular, the P4S8X board is really to iffy. My son and I both built machines on this board and I got rid of mine, and he is more stubborn and is still trying to work through the problems. But, don't take my word for it, go to www.asusboards.com and do a search on the P4S8X. Read all the problems with it. Mine started out great. Worked well for a week and then the blue screens started. Each time it was a different problem and I spent hours chasing down the stop errors. I added nothing to the system, it wasn't overclocked, it just started crapping out. The last straw for me was when the primary IDE controller went. I junked it and am now using an MSI 655 FISR MAX board and couldn't be happier. It has all the same stuff the Asus board had on it and is rock solid. Good luck

the asus p4s8x is bad if you don't flash the bios..until you flash it, the problems dissapear. i like the MSI Boards..you can try with 648 Max-L..i have one and is good. AGP8X, DDR333+, P4 up to 2.8 Ghz (the new version support HT), ATA133, lan onboard. The MSI 655 Max-L is good too..similar to 648 max-L (the new version of 655 support HT too) and the 655 Max-FISR have serial ata raid, gigabit lan, ieee 1394, etc..plenty of things. MSI Boards have a monitor that it's check on the internet site of MSI for upgrades for your MSI hardware and it's have other monitor for the cpu temperature, voltages, rpm of fan that you alert when something are bad.