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msi 645 ultra vs. soyo dragon ultra vs. asus p4s333

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zck250

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msi 645 ultra vs. soyo dragon ultra vs. asus p4s333

Which of these sis 645 motherboards are the best?

Are there any other ones that are better?
 
I was a big Asus fan having owned a P3V4X for the last couple of years. But the P4S333 did not offer all the features I was looking for in a new P4 board. So I went with the Soyo P4S Dragon Ultra. It is a great board with TONS of features. Onboard RAID, ATA 133, USB 2.0, Onboard 5.1 Sound, Onboard Networking Adapter, etc....... All in all a great board.
 
Ill 2nd the SY P4S Dragon Ultra board. Killer motherboard, plain and simple. Onboard Sound and NIC are top notch, even has a Highpoint 372 RAID controller.
 
The Dragon also costs about $40 to $60 more than other SiS645 boards. If one uses all the features, it may be worth it, though the reviews I have read are less than favorable with regards to BIOS issues and OC'ing. For ultimate OC'ing I say either the P4S333 (worked at 166 CPU/200 memory for the special DDR400 test at www.x-86secret.com) or the Gigabyte because of the ability to separately control the CPU, Memory, AGP, PCI bus speeds.
 
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