This is my two cents! I don't want to start a war, just want to expose you my opinion. I'm in computer industry for 10 years, working as network manager and technician. I'm sick of all those mobo manufacturers who produce flashy, but poorly designed boards. I don't want to look my board, I want to use it! Today's board are about all deficient: bad capacitors and poor voltage regulation. 50% fails in 2 years or so. The only mobo maker that produce board that last long is Intel, they use really good quality capacitors, coils, mofsets... Aopen, Asus, Abit have all RMA % between 15% to 30% during the first year while Intel have an RMA % that is less than 5%. But Intel don't produce AMD board. When you are an AMD Athlon user as me, what compagny can offer me boards as good as Intel Desktop Board? I had problem with Asus board (A7V266-E and A7V333), Aopen board (AK77-333), abit (KD7 and NF7). Always the same problems, capacitors leakage or burned chip. Voltage are good and used those board were working on different kind of power supply (mainly Enermax and Antec, but some Sparkle). I have just one thing to say to mobo makers: I don't want a board that flash and can overclock to hell, I WAN'T A GOOD BOARD!!!! Wizza