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I've decided to upgrade from my 4 year old Pentium 3 600 MHz system
to something a little faster. Not because I need all the new "bells
and whistles" --- I DON'T. The only reason for the upgrade is to be
able to run some of the newer flight sims, which run rather jerkily on
the current system. Everything else (which is about 80% of my
computer usage) runs perfectly well on present system.
What I want to carry forward from present is the ability to run
multiple O.S., including Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 98 S.E. and very
occasionally pure DOS. Each of these 3 systems are now available via
Boot Magic - that ability MUST be retained!
I have all the sound card, video card capability I need, so don't need
that feature on the MB, but can disable it if it is built in. I do
not need RAID, nor LAN, but do need several PCI slots, plus an AGP
slot. Most important I need the ability to install at least 4 IDE
devices. (Even 5 or 6 would be better) And of course will want
floppy drive control.
It seems very few outfits are listing such MBs now for Pentium 4 of
upwards of 3.0 GHz. Possibly there are some still out there that will
handle 2.4 GHz P4, but I need someone to point them out to me.
Appropriate suggestions will be appreciated.
Olin McDaniel
I've decided to upgrade from my 4 year old Pentium 3 600 MHz system
to something a little faster. Not because I need all the new "bells
and whistles" --- I DON'T. The only reason for the upgrade is to be
able to run some of the newer flight sims, which run rather jerkily on
the current system. Everything else (which is about 80% of my
computer usage) runs perfectly well on present system.
What I want to carry forward from present is the ability to run
multiple O.S., including Windows 2000 Pro, Windows 98 S.E. and very
occasionally pure DOS. Each of these 3 systems are now available via
Boot Magic - that ability MUST be retained!
I have all the sound card, video card capability I need, so don't need
that feature on the MB, but can disable it if it is built in. I do
not need RAID, nor LAN, but do need several PCI slots, plus an AGP
slot. Most important I need the ability to install at least 4 IDE
devices. (Even 5 or 6 would be better) And of course will want
floppy drive control.
It seems very few outfits are listing such MBs now for Pentium 4 of
upwards of 3.0 GHz. Possibly there are some still out there that will
handle 2.4 GHz P4, but I need someone to point them out to me.
Appropriate suggestions will be appreciated.
Olin McDaniel
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