new mobo

ok i am building a new puter with a AMD 2500 barton proc

radeon 9500 (possibly pro)

and im wondering would this be a good mobo for overclocking, and it doesnt say but does this have the c-1 stepping and the good soundstorm onboard audio?


Asus Motherboard for AMD Athlon/XP/Duron Processors, Model# A7N8X Deluxe Retail
Supported: Socket A AMD Athlon/XP/Duron (support AMD XP3000 "Barton")
Chipset: NVIDIA nForce2 SPP, nForce2 MCP-T
FSB: 400/333/266MHz
IDE: 2 x ATA133
RAM: 3x 184-pin DIMM Sockets (PC3200/PC2700/PC2100 non-ECC DDR)
Slots: 1x AGP (Pro/8X), 5x PCI
Ports: 6x USB2.0
Onboard Serial ATA: Silicon Image Sil 3112A Controller w/ 2 ports
Onboard Audio: Realtek ALC650 6-ch w/built in amplifier
MCP integrated 3Com MAC + Broadcom AC101L PHY LAN
Firewire 1394: 2 Ports MCP-T integrated IEEE 1394a + Realtek PHY 8801B

also if youd like to suggest a diff. board tell me plz

well not sure about aht mobo but one ofhte best Mobos for overclockign right now is the Abit NF-7 S, Epox too but Abit seems to be the most liked ATM... except i think there is a probelm with the SATA controller on Abits... you might wanna look into that if you decide to go Abit- unelss some one replys here about it

hmm i have an a7nx deluxe but i really dont like it, however some other ppl on the board seem to like it alot, if i were u starting from fresh i'd get a abit nf-7 s, make sure its a rev 2.0 thou.