Author: Peter Stayne
Date: 14:45:01 06/01/03
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I bought the Iwill DP533 board after reading an E7505 chipset mobo shootout (on http://www.2cpu.com ) showing it to be in the clear lead speed wise. It's integrated stuff rocks too. 64-bit Intel Gigabit NIC (FAST as all hell on my gigabit network), AC97 sound, 4 USB 2.0 ports (most mobos only have 2), plus 2 internal, Firewire port, and even SPDIF. The board also supports the brand new PCI-X stuff (PCI ports running 133MHz) for future boards supporting that. AGP 8x. For $600, I considered it a good buy. As far as opteron options are concerned, if you need a board with an AGP slot, you'll have to wait a while until nForce3 comes out. After that, I haven't researched those boards. That said, I am MORE than happy with my current setup, as I'm sure you would be if you go the same route i did. I bought most of my stuff through Newegg.com, since they are the undisputed kings of price/reliability in terms of service/shipping etc... hope that helps! let us know how things go with that! Pete
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