Hi All,

I just got a PIII 1.2GHz Tualatin and I was wondering which motherboard I should buy for it. I did some research and there's a mess out there. I don't like the idea of the i815x supporting only 512MB of RAM but I've read that the VIA chipsets have quite a few problems (on the southbridge?) and I could not find much about SiS chipsets. Any suggestion will be appreciated!
Thank you

Asus TUSL2-C

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Your best bet would be an old BX board and a Tualatin adapter. I've owned two i815 boards and several BX boards, the BX ALWAYS outperforms the i815, and the i815 usually outperforms the VIA. BX supports up to 1GB of RAM as four 16-chip double sided 256MB SDRAM modules.

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But the i815 has other benifits, like a faster northbridge-southbridge bus, AGP 4x, and ATA-100.

If you can pick up a decent used i440BX board and don't mind doing some pin mods or playing with slockets then go for it.

If you just want "plug and play" simplicity keep an eye out for the Asus TUSL2-C or Abit ST6. Being the owner of both I'd say the Asus board is a better general board (quality, layout) but the Abit board is a better overclocker.

- JW

Well, my Abit SA6R was trash, and my CUSL2, a top performer compared to everything except the BX, seemed slow.

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