Best INTEL SOCKET 478 Motherboard???

[richn]

Just curious, im ripping parts out of my shuttle XPC and putting them in a new case. In able to run my p4 3.0 i need a new motherboard. What is the very best socket 478 motherboard i can buy??? Thanks

Rich

 

[mpjesse]

In my personal opinion, it's this board:

http://www.msicomputer.com/product/p_spec.asp?model=865PE_Neo2-PFS_(Platinum_Edition)&class=mb

I used to have one. I recently upgraded to an AMD dual core processor; I sold the MSI board on eBay and damn near got $100 for it on eBay. No joke.

-mpjesse

 

[Bushb]

I'd recommend looking at socket 478 boards with Intel 865PE chipset - personally I've had two MSI Neo-2S boards and are very happy with them - stable as a rock. Also had a Gigabyte board that is equally good.

 

[TheMaster]

i'd recommend going for something with PCI-E since you need a new mobo anyway. Don't go for AGP. you'll get screwed with a 7800gs :roll:


i believe asus has 3 different pci-e mobos,
here is one i got:

http://forumz.tomshardware.com/hardware/ASUS-P4GPL-478-PCIE-Review-ftopict172519.html


However, if you need more than 2 dimms of ram you might want to choose a different model.

 

[techguy213]

check this one out I am using it with my 3.4 northwood and it ROCKS. got a 650 tv tuner card from ATI does all my tv and recording.

http://www.asrock.com/mb/overview.asp?Model=P4i945GC&s=478

great upgrade to top out your 478 proc and add some htpc features to boot