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Serious P4 Motherboard selection help!

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Spydc

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I've been reading up on how fantastic the P4-1.6A is. I also hear it is virtually guaranteed to run at least at 133fsb. Now the hard part is choosing a motherboard and I'm extremely torn. I want one that will definitely (100%) do an overlock of AT LEAST 133FSB for 2.13GHz. I've been reading about the Asus P4B266 and Asus P4S333...among others. Cost is not really an issue. I have the FONG KAI FK320 (300Watts AMD Certified) Full Tower Case ( http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=7&manufactory=1432&DEPA=1 )
Can someone give me a great motherboard/ram combination? Has anyone looked at the EPOX line of motherboards. For the intel 845 chipset, many believe the Asus P4B266 takes the cake, but what about the Epox 4bda2+? Includes onboard raid and great overclocking features. With the sis645, there is the Asus P4S333 and the Epox 4SDA+. Again, I read great reviews and high overclockability of the Epox 4SDA+. Onboard raid is a great feature which I would like in addition to extreme overclockability. What do you guys think? I don't know. Help me. I'm going crazy trying to decide! Thank you!
 
If you are looking for one of the best combo's out there right now for the new A series in my opinion, would be the Gigabyte GA-8IRX INTEL 845 CHIPSET ULTRA ATA100 ATX or the Gigabyte GA-8IRXP INTEL 845 CHIPSET ULTRA ATA133 ATX which has raid. The best ram would be either crucial or kingston in my opinion. I have built 9 of these systems and all with crucial ram and no problem with stability. Awesome speed!!!!
 
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