Asus M50S

Advantages: Very stable
Disadvantages: Quite expensive

...I had recently had to make the decision on whether to upgrade my motherboard to another SDRAM board or to change to DDR. I decided that DDR was the way to go, as it is so cheap at the moment (same price as PC133). So, now I had to decide on one of two boards, the Gigabyte 7DX, which a friend of mine owns, and the Asus A7M266. Both were very similar to each other except the price, the Asus is a little dearer. However I have read reviews of both, and the Asus seemed to come with better software and was also said to have better overclocking abilities. This swung it for me. The Asus it was to be. This board has been better than expected; it is a lot more stable than my old one. It can also be overclocked a hell of a lot more.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: small light and reliable
Disadvantages: cost of badge

...this asus laptop is a new range of laptops, as a well known fact they mad parts for the sony viao ange laptops so this means that their own range will be extremely reliable. i found i liked this model alot because it was in mid range of all the laptops asus provide so it gave a perfect amount of everything to a laptop, this is including speed, memory. i would like to say that this is a multimedia pc and gameplay and videos are excellent to watch on this, there is only one draw back the asus W range they are alot faster without too much more cost. the draw back that i found was when you overloaded the laptop with information it does slow down significantly, that does not happen with the W range of laptops. if this is you budget then this is your laptop, but if you can spare more go for the W range.... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful

Advantages: Very well equipped
Disadvantages: ASUS BIOS FLASH

...Compared to the newer ASUS models this board is again however there is still a lot of life left in it! This board is very well equipped and supported which makes it a lot easier to use and to install. In addition it has a very useful backplate and socket attached to the processor bay which allows for the easy installation of large CPU coolers (like the ASUS Star Ice) which makes the whole process a lot easier. The only real disadvantage is the BIOS flash utility. This software works well most of the time but if it goes wrong it seems to go really wrong - I have had two boards die as a result of this program - if you dont know how to update the BIOS the old-fashioned way id be careful with this utility!... Read review

Ciao members have rated this review on average somewhat helpful