What's the best/coolest asm compiler ?

Originally Posted by Spiyre

If you're a beginner to ASM then I would suggest learning some ASM through simpler language like PowerBASIC (It Rocks!) it's BASIC syntax but it supports inline ASM so is nice for learners.

I like masm32, it come's in a nice big package with everything you could need! http://www.masm32.com/

I agree with Spiyre. For pure asm coding you can use RadASM IDE with masm32 installed. it works great together.