asus p5wd2 premium or abit aw8max 3rd eye2

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soccrstar

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• Oct 10, 2005

• #1

sup

tryin' to choose between these 2 boards

intel pentium dual core 2.8-3.0ghz goin' in

going to be watchin' tv, encodin', gamin', music, and would like to do some overclockin'

ASUS MB P5WD2 Premium Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 955X ATX Intel Motherboard

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ABIT AW8-Max 3rd-Eye II Socket T (LGA 775) Intel 955X ATX Intel Motherboard

 

Sneaky

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Milwaukee, WI

• Oct 10, 2005

• #2

p5wd2-premium - much better board overall IMO

 

d.chatten

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• Oct 10, 2005

• #3

I have to agree with Sneaky, the P5WD2 Premium is a class act.

 

batboy

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Kansas, USA

• Oct 11, 2005

• #4

Initially the Abit AW8 had some problems with the Pentium D dual cores, but a BIOS upgrade fixed all that. Since then I've heard good things about the AW8. In fact, I have a brand new one sitting in a box at home. I got a new Swifty water block, so as soon as I overhaul my watercooling system and convert it to LGA775, I'm going to try this AW8 bad boy out.

 

wing

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• Oct 14, 2005

• #5

Abit for sure, I have had the IC7 series boards and now have the AW8-Max and they are solid and offer enough features to make you wet yourself. Very happy with them.

 

Pinky

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Las Vegas, NV

• Oct 14, 2005

• #6

Another mostly satisfied Asus owner here. I haven't owned an Abit board in years, no opinion on the quality of their products.

 

hkh

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Ontario, Canada

• Oct 14, 2005

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I was asking myself the same question I would of got the aw8 max but because I have a lain li case I am getting the asus board.