If sli, firewire, and ide connections was not a big concern and the Abit could be had for $15 more. It be primarly used for gaming and will be used with a 4800+ X2 cpu, 2 gig of ram, and a 3800gts 320mb vid card.
MSI K9N Neo-F Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 550 MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
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ABIT KN9 SLI Socket AM2 NVIDIA nForce 570 SLI MCP ATX AMD Motherboard
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