I learned of the existence of the subject mainboard earlier today at http://www.viamainboard.com/product/P4PB_Ultra.jsp and would appreciate hearing from anyone who has worked with one. I'm in the midst of putting a computer together for family use and this board seems to fit my needs.

extract from the verry page you linked:

"The P4PB Ultra Mainboard is VIA's premium-level Pentium® 4 mainboard solution aimed at tech savvy PC enthusiasts"

that's because you have to like getting your hands dirty. this chipset is not only illegal it is crappy, tell me about it in a year from now when VIA will finaly have patched it up to "almost ok"

believe me, don't go there...

Sure it fits your needs, if your needs are to support patent infringement in an effort to get lower stability and lower performance than other boards provide.

If you want cheap get the Asus P4S533, it's a solid board. If you want cheap with newer features get the Gigabyte GA-8SG667.

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