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Tips for buying a new Mainboard | by glenalec | 2003-01-19 00:46:13 |
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Actually, I just recalled and... | by glenalec | 2003-01-19 00:50:36 |
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by gecka |
2003-01-19 00:58:11 |
Acually, the Celerons/Pentium's use the same socket (Socket 370)
You can get a board that will use it, many of the newer boards support 66MHz (Celeron), and 100/133MHz FSB processors. I prefer Abit/Asus. They all seem to work really well for me. They have things like voltage regulation for memory/PCI instead of the normal strait from the ATX connector setup.
I have had moderate luck with MSI boards. Every one always seems to fail on me given enough time. I would stay away from ECS/PC Chips/etc. They are all very low quality.
Intel makes really good boards but you don't get many options. They don't make many micro (not baby =) ATX boards though.
Personally, for low cost I would get an Asus A7N266-VM board. I just built a complete system without keyboard/mouse based on that board, a 1700+ processor, 256M DDR, and a 19" monitor for arround $450.
You will need to get DDR, but you might be able to use that Duron with that setup.
Also, Intel started with the Pentium II in Slot 1, AMD copied them if you will with Slot A, there was a big lawsuit, AMD won. Then Intel reased the Socket 370 series while AMD released the Socket A. Now Intel has the Socket 423 (Discontinued) and 478uPGA sockets. Both of those are Pentium IV.
(In case you are wondering, my exp. comes from working on a hardware compatibility lab at a large semi conductor company. I test all the new motherboards/processors to make sure they will work with our products. so I have had lots of exp with motherboards =) |
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Abit/ASUS are very easy to get locally | by glenalec | 2003-01-19 01:03:11 |
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