i don't know if it's right but i've seen that you can use a FSB 333 CPU on the EP-8KHA, this means that andrew can upgrade his CPU to an Athlon 2800+.
Well if you click on the EPOX link you will see this:
-EP-8KHA
-Socket A motherboard
- AMD Athlon, Athlon XP, Duron
-266MHz Max FSB
-VIA Apollo KT266 Chipset
-DDR SDRAM PC2100
I've been using the VIA KT chipsets, what's the difference with the nForce2 chipset?
I've had VIA Kt400(this one I didn't keep long enough to be able to tell the difference but I'm sure it was fast enough), SIS745 chipset and when I went to the Nforce 2 Chipset I noticed better fps when playing fs2002 and all the other games.
I benchmarked my pc using 3dmark2001SE and I used to get 10100(or close) with the KT400 motherboard(Gigabyte), with the SIS 745(asus A7S333) I used to get about 9990-10050(or around that area) with the MSI 6570 K7N2 which is what I have at the moment I get 11500-11900(around there somwhere) see the difference? I'm not an overclocker so I run all my hardware at their default setting. I'ts also a matter of what you like. I liek those Nforce2 Platforms better than the others.
By the way if money isn't a problem then go here
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.a ... 14&order=1 and check the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe motherboard which the 8th down the list and it's on Sale too. A lot of motherboards out there got integrated sound but this one I hear that is awesome and it compares to a SB Live! 5.1
Andrew before you buy a new processor for you current motherboard make sure its FSB it supported by you motherboards fsb speed.