I'm just getting started with my little project studio and while I have a PC, It is only a Celeron 667 MHz processor. It has 512 Mb RAM capability but I still think it needs more. My only concern is that the computer is a Hewlitt-Packard assembly-line jobby and I'm skeptical of the prospects of finding a P4 board that is the same size and that will fit into my current housing (tower style).

Based on the Intel 845E this 533FSB P4 motherboard from AOpen is

AOpen's hybrid AX4B-533 Tube unquestionably is targeted to a very exclusive niche market - passionate audiophiles and extreme gamers who are interested in building their own ultimate entertaining...

This is an open book test for those who have the Asus P4B266 mother board User Guide and maybe and RME User Manual.

I need to replace a ECS K7S5A mobo that I got from Newegg DOA. I'll be using an Athlon 950 CPU and a Thermalright SK6 heatsink/fan. My choice at this point is to get the Asus A7A133. I need to do the RMA today, so I need to make my mind up rather quickly. Does anyone know of any issues with this board that would make it a bad choice?

I am a new user here, so I want to start out by thanking some of the heavy hitters here for all of the valuable info! I have done tons of research..in addition to this board...and have one last stumbling block...

I'm about to put together a system for a friend and I was just wondering which chipsets and/or motherboards everyone thinks are best for digital audio work. I'm almost positive I want to use an Athelon processor.

there seems to be a lot of mention of dual processor systems in various forums here.
consequently there is a lot of referral to MSI's dual athlon board, but it seems like not many are aware of the others.

ASUS just recently announced their athlon dual processor solution, the A7M266-D (AMD760 MPX chipset)

I was wondering what people think of having onboard raid. Asus just came out with a new version of the TUSL2-C motherboard, and it has onboard raid from Promise. It has four ultra ATA/100 controllers (including the raid controllers). I have a Promise Fasttrack 100 raid PCI card, and it gives me a lot of grief.

I desperately need to build another Nuendo box. I was gonna wait until summer for the dual-cpu Athlon boards, but need something now, like this week.

Anyway, the A7M266 has all the right stuff on paper. Anyone around here using it? I'll be using RME cards and Windows 2000, no MOTU or Digi stuff.