David Christensen wrote:
Mark Allums wrote:... rethinking the brand loyalty.The point being that an Intel chip is, in my opinion, the current overall winner.I was an Intel guy for many years, after having been burned on no-name motherboards. Intel's products and technical support were top-shelf 10+ years ago. Then I got a CC820 board (recalled). Then they started releasing buggy BIOS updates (D945GNT). Then their technical support got arrogant. Then Intel shut down their open technical support forums. Etc..
I am not advocating Intel motherboards, just Intel CPU + Northbridge. I recommend a non-Intel board, the ASUS P6T Deluxe V2.ASUS is not a "no-name" board. Dell, HP, and others use ASUS OEM bords in their computers.
Mark Allums