Motherboard Questions

Hi All,
I have a question, I have the following 3 MBs to chose from, I'm on a tight budget so I can't really afford the most expensive one without GOOD justification.
I will be running the P4 - 2.6GHz (800Mhz HT) CPU and 512Mb of Kingston 400Mhz memory. I will not overclock the system at all.
My motherboard options are:
1) MSI 648 - SIS 661FX
2) MSI 865PE - Intel 865
3) MSI 875P - Intel 875
Can anybody suggest which one will suffice for my requirements and also tell me what the diffrence between the 865 and the 875 chipset is ...
Thanks

Go with the MSI-i865PE, as this is the "Best Bang For The Buck" Chipset out of all...As for the Difference between the i865PE and the i875P, well that is INTELS way to Make us pay some extra $$$... As the 875 was originally slated to be the only Chipset to use the PAT Technology (Performance Acceleration Technology) and this is (Simply Put) a tech. that "Automaticaly" Sets the Memory timings to a More Agressive (Tighter) Setting.....But Most of the Manufacturers Have Learned how to Make the i865PE (Through a BIOS Tweak) to perform the same, or Faster in some instances, for a lot less money!...The Only thing that the i875 Can do, that the other chipset cannot is Run ECC Memory (Error Correction Code).....But this is something that you dont need unless you are running a Server ...So go with the MSI-i865PE!.............Sean REILLY875

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