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tehhuge   10-22-2009 at 11:41:56 PM

If I were going to buy an old Asus motherboard off of Ebay, to build a system for my kids...which Asus would you get that has withstood the test of time? the standard bearer. I'd prefer a p4, socket 478 but am open to all ideas. thanks!

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   10-23-2009 at 12:23:28 AM
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The P4P800-E Deluxe is an excellent motherboard.

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OvrClkr   10-23-2009 at 01:00:19 AM
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How much are you willing to spend?

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tehhuge   10-23-2009 at 01:04:05 AM
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OvrClkr wrote :

How much are you willing to spend?



not much, honestly...$20 - $50...used, of course...

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tehhuge   10-23-2009 at 01:10:09 AM
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GhislainG wrote :

The P4P800-E Deluxe is an excellent motherboard.


hey, thanks for the tip! how do you feel about the P4S800DX ?

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   10-23-2009 at 01:27:04 AM
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Personally I'd stay away from it because of the SIS chipset. Unlike the P4P800-E, I don't know how well it runs Vista or Windows 7. What OS will you install and what will your kids do with the PC?

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tehhuge   10-23-2009 at 01:35:28 AM
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I thought SIS was a good chipset? No? Used to be for the p4S533

I'll be running Vista at first, 7 eventually. They're pretty young, so most likely they'll just be using it for the internet -- pbskids.org and that type of stuff.

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Bronze Motherboards badge GhislainG   10-23-2009 at 01:49:41 AM
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Maybe, but I'm not familiar with it. I know that the P4P800-E runs Vista fine with 2 GB of memory. You asked which one is the best and I believe that the P4P800-E meets that criteria. Visit Newegg and read the reviews about each motherboard you're interested in and then decide based on price and features. If you don't already have the CPU, GPU and memory, then an older P4 motherboard is not necessarily a good buy.

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tehhuge   10-23-2009 at 01:56:08 AM
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GhislainG wrote :

Maybe, but I'm not familiar with it. I know that the P4P800-E runs Vista fine with 2 GB of memory. You asked which one is the best and I believe that the P4P800-E meets that criteria. Visit Newegg and read the reviews about each motherboard you're interested in and then decide based on price and features. If you don't already have the CPU, GPU and memory, then an older P4 motherboard is not necessarily a good buy.



cool. thanks a ton for your input. looking into it now.

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