Which motherboards should I consider?

[timclyma]

Hi.

I'm building a new system with a P4 (530) 3 GHz, and would like the following features available on the motherboard:


4 x PCI

10/100 LAN

USB

Firewire

x 4 (preferably x 8) AGP

2 x IDE

2 x PS2

Parallel port - printer

Audio - "good" quality

BIOS - "good" quality (overclocking, etc.)


Ideas on which motherboards I should consider would be much appreciated.

Cheers!

 

[blah]

almost any of the newer lower end boards have those features, find the one that looks the best 😉

..this is very useful and helpful place for information...

 

[xeenrecoil]

heya tim;

i have three motherboard suggestions for you.

Abit IS7
Abit IS7
and finally Abit IS7
personally i would choose the Abit IS7.

 

[blackphoenix77]

The IS7 is good, but what about the IS7?

<font color=blue>AthlonXP-M 2500+</font color=blue>
<font color=green>Abit NF7-S</font color=green>
<font color=red>Kingston DDR400 2x256Mb</font color=red>

 

[timclyma]

Hi.

Thanks for suggesting the Abit IS7. The Abit IS7 is also really good - thanks for flagging it up for me! When I get the time I'll check out the IS7 as well!!

I'm also looking into the Asus P4P800-E Deluxe at the moment: it was recommended and it also seems good.

Appreciate your time (and humour!) - & good advice.

Regards, TC.

 

[Cybercraig]

Great, that's what we need now, a bunch of IS7 fanboys! :lol:

Abit IS7 - 2.8C @ 3.4 - Mushkin PC4000 (2 X 512) - Sapphire 9800Pro - TT 420 watt Pure Power
Samsung 120gb ATA-100 - Maxtor 40gb ATA - 100
Sony DRU-510A - THAT'S MORE LIKE IT!