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July 3rd, 2001, 03:05 PM
#1
Senior Member
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July 3rd, 2001, 03:34 PM
#2
I would recommend ABIT or ASUS but with the 815 chipset I don't see any that meet your needs. Since their VIA chipset boards don't seem to have the same restrictions I checked out Intel a bit suspecting that it's the 815 that rules out PPGA. Didn't see anything with a quick look....I did see though that FCPGA Celeron 633's are available for $35...
Good luck.
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July 3rd, 2001, 04:02 PM
#3
just had a quick look at the gigabyte website. im not sure, but i think that most of the boards at the below address support all of your needs. the only thing is they are limited to a max of 512 meg ram. i dont know how much of a problem this is, but they support most pga370 processors.
http://www.giga-byte.com/products/socket370.htm#815370
MG.
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July 3rd, 2001, 04:54 PM
#4
Registered User
I just built a system with a Aopen AX3SP. it has 1 AGP, 6 PCI, 1 CNR and no ISA slots. but it does have onboard sound and an optional onboard firewire controller. its says on the Aopen website that does support the PIII, Celeron (PPGA, and the FC-PGA Type) and the VIA chips. i don't know about anyone else, but i could not find a 815E mobo with an isa slot.
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July 3rd, 2001, 06:42 PM
#5
According to the ASUS website, the CUSL-2 supports the Celeron, the CUSL-2C doesn't. It's also available with onboard audio, but of course it's a rather expensive board. Then again, the most expensive board is a cheap one that doesn't work!
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July 3rd, 2001, 10:30 PM
#6
Senior Member
Thanks for your help everyone. I think I might be going with the Intel D815EPEA2...
let me explain a little:
1. Gigabytes was eliminated because I know some of them have UDMA issues with CD-ROMS and the Kenwood 62X Truex is very picky about UDMA..
so they're out..
2. Asus Cusl2 is very expensive and I really don't need the extra features..
3. MSI don't have anything, sam goes for Abit.
4. the Aopen looks like a nice board although I really don't want/need fireWire..
I also looked at Epox but I didn't find something better..
the intel is a mature board (I'm running about 3000 of revision 1 at work) it's very easy t setup, BIOS has NO options (which is a good thing for people who don't know how to configure things..) and it works great with Win2k (again I have many at work..)
I recently read a review on it and it performed as good as the Abit (maybe 0.5% difference)
so unless anyone has any better ideas I'm gonna go with it .
btw it's pretty cheap too (under $100)
I'll let you know..
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