Just a little help and request for some for myself if anyone out there is in the know (or very opinionated). The abit SR7-8X went out of stock at newegg but they just posted under the "in stock" option that they are expected to have more of these boards as of the 9th of this month. This is good news for me as i am in the exact same position as GSZORC (moving into the dorms on the 22). I have been unable to find any other version of the SIS 648 for sale elsewhere (asus, soyo, etc). Thus my question is twofoldish. 1. Based on the experience of those out there, which chipset manufacturer -VIA vs. SIS- is generally superior in terms of stability, compatibility, dependebility, overclocking, etc. I am looking for a mild OC of a 2.26 to 2.5-2.8 with XMS 3200. Secondly based on your experience which retail version should i go for. I have heard good things about abit (as with the IT7) and asus. Will their versions be generally superior to those from shuttle and soltek? Or is there no difference at all? Argh this is stressful i have to be up and running soon and reviews are barely availible lol. As a final bit of help, the X400 boards are widely availible, just go to pricewatch and search for p4x400 to bring up several sellers with soltek and vpsd versions in stock. Additionally, amd3d has just posted a postive review of the soltek Soltek 85ERV (no lan version i believe). Any help appreciated and good luck to others.