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Abit IS7 or Abit VT7 ?

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I would go with Intel... they are historically faster and more stable than VIA. I'm personally biased against VIA, imho they have made some of the worst chipsets of any company I've ever had the unfortunate experience of owning.

Supposedly they have been getting much better... but I still don't trust them.
 
Definitely get the IS7. The VT7 was a little buggy last time I checked (it was a while ago). The ATA100 or ATA133 won't make any difference in performance at all. Intel chipsets are rock solid (I wish they made a A64 chipset ;) ).
 
IS7 definitely. I've used one of those before and it's a fantastic board...one of abit's finest. 865 is one of those legendary chipsets that you can't possibly go wrong with. PT880 is actually quite a nice chipset too (better memory performance than 865/875 and the venerable 8237 SB which compares well to ICH5) but I've heard that the VT7 is a very poor implementation of it. I personally have used an MSI PT880 Neo in a box before and it did very well...but ultimately 865 is still a better chipset.
 
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