what chipset/motherboard for a p4 1.7?

[Guest]

What motherboard would be the best for a Pentium 4 1.7? I heard Asus's got a good review, but cant remember what type it was (423 or 478?) Just asking what type of motherboard or motherboard type (423 or 478) would be best for the processor? I'm mainly looking for performance over saving cash, but combined would be best ;Þ

 

[o1die]

The asus P4T-E is for socket 478, and starts at about $172.

 

[FatBurger]

1. Abit TH7-II
2. Asus P4t-e

Those are the only two Socket 478, i850 boards I know of.

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[Guest]

am I right to assume the 478 is better than the 423?

 

[FUGGER]

You want the P4B by Asus

It is the most trick motherboard on the planet currently

socket 478, SDRAM version is about $135

 

[FatBurger]

Yes, 478 is better than 423.

But stay away from the i845 w/ SDRAM. It performs much worse than the i850 w/ RDRAM

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[Guest]

The Abit TH7II-Raid is an awesome motherboard. Comes in Socket 478 and supports the upcoming Northwood P4. It has FSB speeds in 1mhz increments all the way up to 200mhz. You can also set the AGP and PCI divider to "fixed" so if you want to overclock, your peripherals wont run out of spec. Very cool feature. When Intel releases the 133MHz or 1066 RDRAM and CPU's next year this motherboard will support them too. The TH7II should last quite awhile. Every P4 owner should have one.

 

[FatBurger]

Wow, I didn't know any of that (except for the first two sentences). I'm definitely getting that board now...IF I go Northwood

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