The Best BX motherboards

[Guest]

I can't find a que depth function. Seems to be 4 toggles available for RAM settings
CAS Latency
RAS to CAS Delay
RAS Precharge time
3T,2T,2T default at boot (I have cheap CL=3 RAM)
Another interesting field is the DRAM IDLE timer, which likes 10T as a default setting, but has 0T, 2T, 4T, 8T, 10T, 12T, 16T, 32T, and INFINITE
I all ready sold the two 64Mb DRAMM chips of cheap RAM that were lost in overclocking (had four in the four slots, originally) in a configuration I sold to give life to an orphaned Celeron chip, so I can't test the chipset's ability to regain the lost banks. Any idea what DRAM IDLE Timer refers to ?

 

[uncoando]

According to the Award FAQ site it is the amount of time a dram page remains open once the cpu has become idle.
That was a great reply to the fellow whose 733 was chugging away at 550!

<b><font color=blue>Brainy Sturgeon</b></font color=blue>

 

[Guest]

When you best what do you mean. Fastest, Most Reliable, Overcloackablility. I have had a hunt round. If you read Toms Site a lot you will see the 9 times out of 10 ASUS comes out top. Now, what I can't understand is why you want ATA100 and SCSI. Anyway what I fould was the Asus P2BS. This is a BX board with 4 PCI and Ultra 2 SCSI but on ATA 33. Excellend board though. Good luck

http://www.asus.com.tw/products/Motherboard/Pentiumpro/P2b-s/index.html

 

[uncoando]

Final post to this thread (promise*). A semi-viable solution;
Aopen BX6b-PLUS. Binuses: Integrated uw-SCSI contrlr, BX chipset, Slot 1, fsb to 133 mhz, udma/33.
U'd need a slocket converter, a *PCI type ide raid card, or scsi throughout.
Let us know what you end up doing.
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<b><font color=blue>Brainy Sturgeon</b></font color=blue>

 

[Guest]

Hi, Brainy & All!

I like your nickname, really! I like fishing... ))

Anyway, sorry for the longer silence but I simply could not post any message to the community in the last 10 days. It was crazy!!

So at the moment I am for any kind of mobo based upon the i815EP chipset released by either ASUS, MSI or ABIT maybe AOpen in the rear future (in this order). Like ASUS CUSL2-C which looks great (unfortunately it still supports only 512MB RAM... 🙁( But finally the onboard tweeter (so-called 'integrated sound' and the onboard vga card is exiled!) I do not need the integrated graphics card. AT ALL. I'm doing very well with my Geforce... 😉)

By the way I agree with your opinion about the MSi. It's a b.i.g. pity that their marketing strategy is so bad (or not as swift as ABIT's). 🙁

I checked out your recommandation (AOpen BX6b-PLUS). I liked that, looks great. I could forget, however, those damned <font color=red><b>3 ISA slots</b></font color=red>. It admits no excuse. I think that 3 ISA are absolutely redundant, unneccessary and superfluous novadays (not much to our surprise, I suppose). So it is a black hole for me why AOpen decided for so many ISA slots. But other than that - four PCI slots should be enough with the integrated SCSI controller (i.e. sound, tuner and netcard and the optional raid card). Especially if you use an <i>All-In-One</i> vga card (-1 card (tuner)).

[zold] bye, atrelio [/zold]


bye, atrelio

 

[Guest]

Hi, Brainy & All!

I like your nickname, really! I like fishing... ))

Anyway, sorry for the longer silence but I simply could not post any message to the community in the last 10 days. It was crazy!!

So at the moment I am for any kind of mobo based upon the i815EP chipset released by either ASUS, MSI or ABIT maybe AOpen in the rear future (in this order). Like ASUS CUSL2-C which looks great (unfortunately it still supports only 512MB RAM... 🙁( But finally the onboard tweeter (so-called 'integrated sound' and the onboard vga card is exiled!) I do not need the integrated graphics card. AT ALL. I'm doing very well with my Geforce... 😉)

By the way I agree with your opinion about the MSi. It's a b.i.g. pity that their marketing strategy is so bad (or not as swift as ABIT's). 🙁

I checked out your recommandation (AOpen BX6b-PLUS). I liked that, looks great. I could forget, however, those damned <font color=red><b>3 ISA slots</b></font color=red>. It admits no excuse. I think that 3 ISA are absolutely redundant, unneccessary and superfluous novadays (not much to our surprise, I suppose). So it is a black hole for me why AOpen decided for so many ISA slots. But other than that - four PCI slots should be enough with the integrated SCSI controller (i.e. sound, tuner and netcard and the optional raid card). Especially if you use an <i>All-In-One</i> vga card (-1 card (tuner)).

bye, atrelio

 

[Guest]

Hi, cms239!

I meant the <font color=red> most reliable, most overclockable and the fastest </font color=red> mobo <i>in this order</i> on BEST. Anyway I agree ASUS is one of the best if not the one.

As I mentioned before my CD devices are SCSI-based but I use ATA HDDs. That's why I'd like probe the advantages (if any) of ATA100.

Thanks for the tip.


bye, atrelio

 

[girish]

hi again atrelio,
i still think you should go for the Asus CUSL2 and all your cards, its the most stable 815e board for intel chips, has pretty good overclocking options and performs very well. plus you have an option of using onboard graphics until you decide on the agp card...

girish

 

[Guest]

Hi, Girish!

Well appearantly I do am for the ASUS CUSL2 but for the next version which based upon the <font color=red> i815EP </font color=red> chipset. Believe me I do not need integrated vga and sound. It beats me why to use and bother with integrated gadgets instead of "real" hardware, like SBLive! or Geforce? As for me, of course.

Other than that, you're absolutely right. ASUS rules. ) I wonder there is any use of iPanel...?

bye, atrelio

 

[Guest]

Hi, all!

Got any info about <font color=red> ASUS CUSL2-LS </font color=red> mobo? This one uses integrated Ultra160 SCSI controller or so... looks interesting.

bye, atrelio

 

[girish]

hi!
cusl2-ls sounds nice. actually i was kinda expecting it, the s/l/ls version of cusl2. but there is no mention on the asus website. might be worth to wait for!

hope this board satisfies all (most) of your needs!

girish

 

[Guest]

Hi, Girish!

I haven't found any info about the CUSL2-LS on the net. Not even a preview... it's a pity. Maybe later. I keep searching. Should you find something do not hesitate to share with us! Thanks!




bye, atrelio