What mobo to get?

[Tweak]

Ok, so its come down to 2 motherboards....I am not sure that I will have enough cables if I get the MSI one....but I am wondering which one is the better of the two. Thanks.

ASUS "A8V Deluxe" VIA K8T800 Pro Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL

MSI "K8N Neo2 Platinum" NVIDIA nForce3 ULTRA Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL

The ASUS one comes with a lot more cables than the MSI one....the optical drive that I am getting has no cables what so ever, so I am thinking that the ASUS one is better.

 

[trance565]

uhhh the msi
comes with hdd cable and floppy cable, then u can use an ide cable from another comp for ur cd drives, viola, prolem solved

 

[Tweak]

but i dont got another comp to take parts from and im getting a retail floppy kit

 

[trance565]

hmmmm, are u getting retail hdd kits? cuz most come with ide cables like mine did

 

[Tweak]

I am not sure if my hard drive is retail....lemme check, but even if its OEM, u r saying that most likely it comes with a IDE cable?

 

[trance565]

it should, my WD hdd kit thingy came with ide cable and floppy disk to set it up

 

[Tweak]

hmmm, well it turns out that it isnt OEM, i guess ill wait to get my mobo after the rest of my parts come, cuz i already ordered everything else, a quick Q, if i ordered it all on Wed from newegg, when do you think itll be here?? i live in cali everything but the speakers werer shipped from cali, the speakers were shipped from texas

 

[trance565]

friday or saturday,since today is over prolly saturday or monday, depending on whether or not fedex delivers on sat.
when i got my parts, i orderd on monday, got case on thursday, and rest on friday, cuz they sent case on mon, and rest on tues, but since ur in cally shouldnt take mroe than a day or 2 i dun think, and i live in tx soooo i dunno, for u prolly day after or 2 days after they actually ship the items

 

[Tweak]

my bad, i meant that it IS oem, so thats cool, that means i should be getting it this next week? too bad i wont have my mobo, cuz there might be a LAN party at my friends house on Sat night

 

[Tweak]

oh yeah, i am thinking of reformatting my other comp, how would i go about doing this? ive never done it b4