socket 478 question(s)

[stopthekilling77]

i have a spare P4 chip, and i'm looking for a motherboard that supports it AS WELL AS a PCIE x16 card (so i can swap out cards once i upgrade mine)

now i've found a Biostar one on newegg: http://www.newegg.com/product/product.a ... 6813138079

my concern is the chipset. anyone remember VIA P4M900 ? as long as it isn't horrible i'll be okay.
my brother is going to need a PC for college and our family PC is on the way out, so it's up to my brother whether or not he's going to buy a laptop or if he's going to want to take this new rig along.

also, i've got to know what HSF would be the best for this processor (pentium 4)
3.33GHZ/1M/533
SL7X5 MALAY
L436A891

thanks for the interest

[bigblockmatt]

pretty slim pick'ns on the egg... I picked up an Matsonic 478 off ebay last month or so. there is a pretty good selection of "new" 478 mobos there.

[stopthekilling77]

slim pickins indeed, i'm trying to get a grasp of if that board is worth they $, especially considering that i have no clue about that chipset and the fact that it has no onboard firewire

[Kougar]

Interesting board, PCIe, S478, and DDR2. Not going to see that combo around much... RAMBUS RD-RAM was still clinging around when my S478 DDR1 board was bought.

VIA is not bad, but they do still sometimes run into chipset driver issues so I can't guarantee anything with that setup. The FSB's match up so you should be good to go, if it can run Prescott it can easily run a Northwood. Do not expect anything from the S3 Chrome9 IGP, it is good if you want to avoid a GPU altogether though. I believe it is the version that offers full Aero Glass support, if that also matters to ya.

[Sohman]

The best place for a 478 motherboard is Geeks http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=MBB or http://www.motherboardpro.com/ but it looks like mobopro only has 1 looks like Geek is the best on the net with 478 motherboards the BIOSTAR P4M900 M4 is a good board but only DDR2

[DL126]

The best place for a 478 motherboard is Geeks http://www.geeks.com/products.asp?cat=MBB or http://www.motherboardpro.com/ but it looks like mobopro only has 1 looks like Geek is the best on the net with 478 motherboards the BIOSTAR P4M900 M4 is a good board but only DDR2

Hey thanks for the links.
Ordered a server board for $30.00!
Had a matched set of PIII's and some ECC RAM lying around removed from a "dead cap" board several months ago.
Figured I'd never find a board to use them on.

[schembo2000]

biostar= garbage. might work for a while if you don't plan on overclocking at all.