Socket A Mainboards

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EPoX EP-8RDA3
Gigabyte GA-7N400-PRO2
Asus A7N8X-X

Which one of these 3 mobo's do you recommend, it will be combined with an Athlon XP 2500+ Barton and overclocked to 3200+ speeds, maybe more, I read alot of reviews and all mobo's have some advantages and disadvantages, what do you think is the most stable motherboard with fair BIOS overclocking functions.

Other mobo suggestions are welcome.

Thanks
 
I use socket A and I must said ePOX is the best MOBO ever for OC a CPU. In the BIOS you can set it to you likings VERY easily and they have options like MAX Performance which enhances the RAM and memory speeds ( A LOT!!!) I did a bench mark and my HDD did 1GB faster than before! (I have a 3GB/s HDD) and my ram scored significantly higher. ePOX is the way to go with socket A. I have this one. http://www.epox.com/USA/product.asp?ID=EP-8KRAIPRO
I love this MOBO. I use it and am using it right now.

If you had to choose from the ones you listed go with the ePOX. That is a very nice choice in my book.
 
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Abit NF7-s 2.0

I see, I'll read some reviews about it later.

I agree about EPoX being very good for overclocking, especially nForce chipset, but I have to make sure if there are some better ones. (it's for my m8)

Any more suggestions?
 
not the 2.0 though, just the regular one... the 2.0 is worse

and it was my factory unlocked 2500+ mobile
 
Huh?

But it says if it's not version 2.0 it supports only up to 333 MHz FSB.
It's just a newer revision, not a different model.

(400 FSB support in version 2.0 only)
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Note: NF7-S/NF7-V2.0 aren't equivalent to NF7-S2. NF7-S/NF7-S V2.0 are independent motherboards designed to satisfy the needs of any hard-core enthusiast.
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get 1.0, but flash the BIOS should support 400, and it will run at like 500 i think... i had mine at 244~ 12X multiplyer
 
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