the majority seems to lean toward an 845PE mobo (Asus or Abit), but is there any difference between these boards that makes one outshine the other? I'd like to setup a P4 2.4GHz (533FSB) system with my GF4 Ti4200, SB Live, and ATA 100 drives. I already have a PCI firewire card and I'm not looking for RAID or S-ATA. Furthermore, 8X AGP really hasn't arrived for the most part and seems to cost alot (both for mobo and new video card) - so I don't need that either.
Asus P4PE, Abit BE7, Abit BH7... So, which mobo do I get? Does it really matter? Does the Abit BE7 support Hyper-Threading? It seems as though the BH7 and P4PE are almost identical? I'd like to upgrade later on to a P4 3.0+ GHz CPU due to HT, but that won't be until they actually become affordable in another 12 months... So I'd want HT compatibility on my mobo.
Asus P4PE, Abit BE7, Abit BH7... So, which mobo do I get? Does it really matter? Does the Abit BE7 support Hyper-Threading? It seems as though the BH7 and P4PE are almost identical? I'd like to upgrade later on to a P4 3.0+ GHz CPU due to HT, but that won't be until they actually become affordable in another 12 months... So I'd want HT compatibility on my mobo.