My first few boards were abit and I liked them. The only thing I had a problem with is the bios, on the last board is a virus attacked it. That is the only thing I could think of that happened. The board wouldn't shut down on it's own. I tried to instal the bios again and it wouldn't take it. The MSI board is pretty good but would recommend it, good prices though. I can't get the bios to even load on startup. system error says bios not loaded. I thought I had lost my touch so even paid a tech to look at it. they couldn't even figure it out.
I believe my amd is a fx duo-core and I have 2 gig mem with a 3 gig fsb. I can't be sure but I think that is what the specs are. my grafics card took a dump on me so i'm useing my mad dog 64 meg card now. If I am right the amd's overclock run real unstable unless you are useing alot of processor at one time. pentium runs a little more stabe but destroys the processor faster.
I think amd is the better processor. they run hotter but go through alot more abuse than an intel can IMO.
I have been considering doing a small upgrade on my system again. I want to push it as fast as I can possibly get is to go.