OT: Which Motherboard to Use

Time to start looking at upgrades, current HP PIII 600 will only go up to a 700. I would like a motherboard that would run from the 600 up to 1gig hz. So far the current machine with the new V5 5500 in it still seems to run pretty good, just worried it will not be able to handle GP3, Nascar Heat, and most of all Nascar 4. Thanks -- ----------------------------------------------------- Click here for Free Video!! http://www.gohip.com/free_video/

In article <sIad5.6259$[email hidden]>, "Victor Chan" <[email hidden]> wrote: > Do you plan to overclock the CPU? If not, a BX chipset motherboard[snip] Any word on how the i815 chipset boards are doing against the BX133's/VIA's? We already know they're better than 820's ;)... Has ABit released an i815 board yet? I'm considering selling my BE6-II to get something with a 1/2 divider. TIA! Kendt Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.

Do you plan to overclock the CPU? If not, a BX chipset motherboard should do fine (Asus P3B-F, Abit BE6-2, and MSI BXMaster). These are more stable boards and known to perform very well. If you do overclock your CPU and planning to use 133 MHz Bus Frequency, you better get a VIA133a chipset motherboards (Asus P3V4X, Soyo 6VCA or 7VCA). There are more VIA133a chipset boards if you are planning to use a fc-pga coppermine. A slot 1 coppermine? Not much choice. P3V4X or Soyo 6VCA. Of course, since you have a HP system, getting a new motherboard would most likely require you to change your case. You need a new case too. BTW, the V5 is known to have troubles running at too high of the AGP Bus speed. If you overclock your CPU, you better get a VIA133a chipset board since it has 1/2 AGP clock divider. The BX chipset does not have it. "mjones53" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:#EBe$JT8$GA.347@cpmsnbbsa08...

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> Time to start looking at upgrades, current HP PIII 600 > will only go up to a 700. I would like a motherboard that > would run from the 600 up to 1gig hz. > > So far the current machine with the new V5 5500 in it still seems to run > pretty good, just worried it will not be able > to handle GP3, Nascar Heat, and most of all Nascar 4. > > Thanks > > > -- > ----------------------------------------------------- > Click here for Free Video!! > http://www.gohip.com/free_video/ > > >

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> In article <sIad5.6259$[email hidden]>, > "Victor Chan" <[email hidden]> wrote: > > Do you plan to overclock the CPU? If not, a BX chipset motherboard > [snip] > > Any word on how the i815 chipset boards are doing against the > BX133's/VIA's? > We already know they're better than 820's ;)...

The i815/BX comparison is at Tom's Hardware site http://www6.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q3/000706/index.html -- <remove 7of9 for e-mail replies> -- Bill Jones e-mail addresses: Computer Sciences Corp. (work) [email hidden] New London, Connecticut (play) [email hidden] (860) 701-1201 WWW: http://pages.cthome.net/billj

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> > Time to start looking at upgrades, current HP PIII 600 > will only go up to a 700. I would like a motherboard that > would run from the 600 up to 1gig hz. > > So far the current machine with the new V5 5500 in it still seems to run > pretty good, just worried it will not be able > to handle GP3, Nascar Heat, and most of all Nascar 4.

ASUS CUBX / CUV4X or ABIT BE6-2 / BF6 Either of them should be a good choice, al depending on what your after, if you're an overclocker, the ABIT boards seems to have an edge over the ASUS boards, but the ASUS boards are usually one of the best when it comes to build quality and stability, take your pick.... Beers and cheers (uncle) Goy "Team Mirage" http://www.teammirage.com/ "The Pits" http://www.theuspits.com/ * Spam is for losers who can't get business any other way * "Spamkiller" http://www.spamkiller.com