New MotherBoard Help

[Lord Davis 0]

New MotherBoard Help

 

I am building a computer for my dad and i'd like your opion on which motherboard i should use. keep in mind that it needs to be stable, will be using DDR266(pc2100)Ram and i only want to spend AUS$200 max on the motherboard but will spend $240 if you really think that the $240 motherboard is much more stable and better.

*I also allready have the network card, sb vibra sound card and an external modem all i need is motherboard, cpu and ram.

*also will any of these motherboards fit a celeron? im asking because i was thinking if i get a really good motherboard and a cheap cpu($100) i can then buy a really good cpu later on (in 5 months or somthing) when the prices go down. can i do this or should i just buy a pentium 1800a for $313?

thanks for you help.

Here are some of my options for the motherboards:

 

Asus:

P4S333: 533Mhz FSB,3x DDR333,6PCI,6-channel audio $240

P4S333-C: 400Mhz FSB,3x DDR333,6PCI,6-channel audio $175

P4S333-VM: 400Mhz FSB,2x DDR,3PCI,AC'97 audio,Vga,Lan $160

 

Gigabyte:

GA-8IE: 533Mhz FSB,3x DDR266,5PCI,AC'97 audio,Usb 2.0 $200

GA-8IG: 533Mhz FSB,3x DDR266,5PCI,AC'97 audio,Usb2.0 $230

GA-8IRX: 400Mhz FSB,3x DDR266,6PCI $170

[JBoDEAN 0]

ASUS P4S333-C

[Lord Davis 0]

At"JBoDEAN" why the ASUS P4S333-C??

also is it worth paying the extra to get the

P4S333: 533Mhz FSB,3x DDR333,6PCI,6-channel audio $240

its got 533Mhz FSB is this worth paying for?

[Brian Frank 0]

For best upgradability, yes. Also, the on-board C-Media 6 channel sound isn't bad, and unless you're an audio freak, that will save you a sound card. I haven't used it, but people like it, and Asus hasn't become as big as they are by producing crap.

Celerons should work w/o a hitch as they use the old P4 core (Willamette) which is accepted on P4 boards. If you can swing it, I'd go for the P4, but that's not completely necessary.

[Lord Davis 0]

also i forgot to menton i have a amd xp 2000 cpu.

i have made my mind up that im not getting raid. but out of the other boards which one?

[Mr.Guvernment 0]

All new celerons use the 478 pin as the regualr P4's do, but still only run at a 100mhz / fsb

 

i would go with Asus - as my self that is all i have used.

 

i would say : (prices are canadian)

 

Asus P4S533, Socket 478, SiS 645DX / 961B Chipsets, Supports DDR Ram ONLY (ATX) $164.99 (uses the SIS chipset instead of the intel and save u $30 canadian )

 

My uncle has one of these, he has not had 1 problem! no crashes, nadda!

 

Disabled the onboard sound for his blaster card though.