what chipset?

hello all i'm new to the forums and i'll start by asking what would yall prefer,

VIA KT600
or
nForce2 Ultra400
or
NVIDIA nForce2 Ultra 400 + MCP

thanks for your input!

nForce2 Ultra400 + MCP-T is the current best for socket A, I believe. This post should be in the AMD motherboards section, I believe.

NF2 (don't care about sound-storm or serial ata)

sorry, if theres a Mod reading this could you move it to AMD? thanks!

the motherboards i was looking at were giga byte at newegg, they are refurb.

i'm looking to get a 2500+ or a 2600+, dont need anything to big, we will all be useing 64-bit cpus soon anyways.

also, i dont know to much about CPUs, but what are the good and bad things about AMD, and intel. thanks!