AMD to Intel????

[Jun aka Pekto]

That's why reading net reviews are a must before deciding on which platform you would invest your money in...

That's true. But sometimes, they don't help. The Soyo Dragon+ KT266A mobo I used to have had good reviews. It wasn't some time later when users started wondering why many Dragon+ boards tended to crash if anything but the last pci slot was used. I mean it was a wonderful board so long as the only expansion card installed was a video card plus one more card at the last pci slot.

The MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum I have now also had excellent reviews. Of course, it's been mostly problem-free since July 2005. The only issue was the board not initially recognizing the second core of my X2 4200+.

I've had issues with some Intel i810 chipset P3 mobos too which prompted me to go with Athlon XP's in the first place back in 2001. So, it wasn't AMD boards only that had given me problems. But, I should've switched to nForce mobos at the earliest possible time instead of sticking it out with Via boards.