EPOX EP-8K7A vs. Shuttle AK31a

[ufot]

the ak31a is 13 dollars cheaper. i cannot decide which to buy from newegg. i am on a tight budget and am going to only do minor overclocking. which would you recommend? (btw, going to purchase an athlon xp1700 oem from newegg also)

 

[Shooters]

Newegg has the 8K7A at $70 and the AK31 at $76, so I'm sure how you're getting your price difference.

Anyway, I would go with the Shuttle because of the fact that it's a KT266A board and will probably outperform the Epox which is an AMD 761 board.

 

[ufot]

oem was 57, but looks like they took it off..

 

[ufot]

bumpeth, lookin for more opinions ;-]

 

[Electric Amish]

My AK31a has a noisy PCI bus so I can only run my G400 at AGP1x. Other than that it's been cherry.

amish

 

[TheCollective]

Go with the 8k7a. Rock solid. Ditch the VIA PCI problems by not using a VIA northbridge/southbridge combo.