Wanting to upgrade Mobo

[jktzweiss]

I CURRENTLY HAVE A DELL COMPUTER WITH A SLOT PIII 700 MHZ. I'D LIKE TO UPGRADE TO PIII 1GHZ. CAN SOMEONE PLEASE GIVE ADVICE ON WHAT MOTHERBOARD TO PURCHASE?

 

[rbertino]

I think everyone on this board would pretty much agree that the best motherboard for a PIII would be the Asus CUSL2.

It's very stable and very compatible. I run Windows 98 SE on mine and it will actually stay on all day every day for a week or so without needing to be rebooted. Most of the time with 98, you'll be lucky to go a day without it locking up...

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[Stick_e_Mouse]

I agree with the other guy. The CUSL2 is a great choice. If your into style and looks, get one of the spiffy 'Peal Black' edition.

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[dhlucke]

I have a machine with a PII-400 and it supports a PIII-1000. You can just stick the chip in there. I would suggest you go to dells forum and ask there. Don't bother calling dell since they know nothing.

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[jktzweiss]

HI THANKS FOR YOUR RESPONSE.. ARE YOU USING ONE OF THOSE ADAPTER CARDS THAT CONVERTS A SLOT CPU TO A SOCKET CPU? IF SO, ARE YOU HAVING ANY PROBLEMS? I'VE SEEN OTHER POSTS IN THIS FORUM THAT DON'T RECOMMEND GOING THIS ROUTE..

THANKS AGAIN JOE

 

[Renegade87]

I'm using an ASUS S370-DL Slotket adapter in my Abit SH6 mobo with great results. If you're dead set on going to a FCPGA PIII and your DELL will support upto 1GHz, why not try a slotket in your mobo first. At abot $8-15 it could save you alot of time and money over replacing the mobo and cpu. ASUS, Abit, IWILL, and Powerleap all make good slotkets. Be advised though, the Powerleap PL-iP3's are very expensive - $59.00(US). Good Luck.

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[upec]

Since you going to change both CPU and MB I think it is better to get AMD. Athlon is cheaper and faster than Pentium III.