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I'm looking for a inexpensive motherboard that will take my SDRAM memory and
a cheap processor.

I have a big tower that had my Pentium 166 which I retired 5 years ago. The
case, fans and 250W Power Supply are in good shape. I want to modify the
case to fit the motherboard.

Don't care if the motherboard is refurbished or not, I just don't want spend
more than $100 on the motherboard and processor. On board video would be a
plus but not a biggie.

I've just started researching this and would appreciating any and all
opinions.

thanks

 

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I guessing that the power supply connection will bite me, I think I knew
that 5 years ago, but I'm much older now.


"Local Net" <edsnow@localnet.com> wrote in message
news:10775n7cejd4b24@corp.supernews.com...
> I'm looking for a inexpensive motherboard that will take my SDRAM memory
and
> a cheap processor.
>
> I have a big tower that had my Pentium 166 which I retired 5 years ago.
The
> case, fans and 250W Power Supply are in good shape. I want to modify the
> case to fit the motherboard.
>
> Don't care if the motherboard is refurbished or not, I just don't want
spend
> more than $100 on the motherboard and processor. On board video would be
a
> plus but not a biggie.
>
> I've just started researching this and would appreciating any and all
> opinions.
>
> thanks
>
>
>

 

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I could buy a new power supply for the old case, but what I need to do is go
to bed.

"Ed Snow" <edsnow@localnet.com> wrote in message
news:107778ko8ef32c3@corp.supernews.com...
> I guessing that the power supply connection will bite me, I think I knew
> that 5 years ago, but I'm much older now.
>
>
> "Local Net" <edsnow@localnet.com> wrote in message
> news:10775n7cejd4b24@corp.supernews.com...
> > I'm looking for a inexpensive motherboard that will take my SDRAM memory
> and
> > a cheap processor.
> >
> > I have a big tower that had my Pentium 166 which I retired 5 years ago.
> The
> > case, fans and 250W Power Supply are in good shape. I want to modify
the
> > case to fit the motherboard.
> >
> > Don't care if the motherboard is refurbished or not, I just don't want
> spend
> > more than $100 on the motherboard and processor. On board video would
be
> a
> > plus but not a biggie.
> >
> > I've just started researching this and would appreciating any and all
> > opinions.
> >
> > thanks
> >
> >
> >
>
>

 

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In article <10775n7cejd4b24@corp.supernews.com>,
Local Net <edsnow@localnet.com> wrote:
>I'm looking for a inexpensive motherboard that will take my SDRAM memory and
>a cheap processor.
>
>I have a big tower that had my Pentium 166 which I retired 5 years ago. The
>case, fans and 250W Power Supply are in good shape. I want to modify the
>case to fit the motherboard.
>
>Don't care if the motherboard is refurbished or not, I just don't want spend
>more than $100 on the motherboard and processor. On board video would be a
>plus but not a biggie.
>
>I've just started researching this and would appreciating any and all
>opinions.
>
>thanks
>
>
>


Assuming it's an ATX case I'd go with the asus A7N266 at about $50
with onboard video and NIC. I've used a bunch of them.

Just add a CPU, and memory. You are talking about $150 for the core of
a very nice midrange 256MB system.

IMHO, trying ot reuse old memory complicates the selection of
motherboards, but I admit that I can't keep memory part names in my
head. I work out the best buy every time I buy new boards. Memory is
real cheap these days. $60/256MB

250watts sounds small for a 5 YO system. A "big tower" with a 250w
PSU sounds strange. Keep in mind that the PSU is old and could fail
any day.

--
Al Dykes
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adykes at p a n i x . c o m

 

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On Wed, 7 Apr 2004 01:51:27 -0400, "Local Net" <edsnow@localnet.com>
wrote:

>I'm looking for a inexpensive motherboard that will take my SDRAM memory and
>a cheap processor.
>

I thnk Asrock and/or ECS had some. They were going for $100 or so with
a duron CPU and cooler, and could use SD-RAM (was considering one for
a DVR system, but bought a Tivo instead).

>I have a big tower that had my Pentium 166 which I retired 5 years ago. The
>case, fans and 250W Power Supply are in good shape. I want to modify the
>case to fit the motherboard.
>
>Don't care if the motherboard is refurbished or not, I just don't want spend
>more than $100 on the motherboard and processor. On board video would be a
>plus but not a biggie.
>
>I've just started researching this and would appreciating any and all
>opinions.
>
>thanks
>
>