Hence, it might be worth spending extra now.

Don't let the price of this board fool you. It is perfectly capable of running any current AMD K7 processor. It is also extremely stable and very fast. It comes very highly acclaimed.

I have personally built 3 computers using this board and they all work flawlessly. 2 use SDR memory and the other uses DDR. One flaw in the board's design is the power LED connector. The power LED on most PC cases is two leads with space between them (effectively making the connector 3 pins). The K7S5A has a 2 pin LED connector. This is not a big deal since you can easily reposition the leads for the LED.