Coop, I bet both of those MB's are great, and honestly I dont know the differences between the 2. Bloom and other advised me early on in my shopping to make sure and get a MB with the via KT266a chipset. Emphasis eon the "a". I read this
aritcal which is featuring th new AMD XP processor and they used the EPOX board for their test. So that is where I got the notion to buy it. But ASUS is a great brand, no doubt it is as good or better. I havent done the research yet
I did do a search for
via KT266a and found 2 more MB's being released with the chipset.
Gluck! I am right behind you
wife release $600 for me to use