This thread has definately been helpfull, I appreciate all the input. I've decided I'll probably go with nforce 3 with an Athlon 64 3400. Even though the nforce4 audio issues have mostly been fixed, it's possible there are still motherboards out there that have issues, so you could still end up getting one of those. I'm just plain leary of nforce4 now. Returning parts is no fun, so I want to avoid that completely. I've also decided that I can get a better deal on the older technology.

Lucky for me that I visit this forum, or I would have never known about any of this.

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