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I have 2 ASUS P3BF boards currently that are running a P3-500 and a P3-850. I am wanting to upgrade the kids P2-300 slot 1 which is now running on a Super Micro older LX with a BX board and the P3BF boards are nearly impossible to find now. So I'm wanting suggestions on either a cheaper board for the kids or another quality board for myself.
I don't know Slot1 motherboard better than ASUS P3BF. May be, ABIT BE6-II,but that board isn't cheap also. <IMG SRC="smilies/wink.gif" border="0"> So, I would suggest to upgrade Your own computer instead.
And,once again,ASUS or ABIT board with AMD TB 1GGz+ would be nice choice.
Slot 1 boards with a bx chipset are very hard to find new now since Intel stopped manufacturing the bx chipset almost 1/2 a year ago.
The only slot 1/socket370 combo board that I know is still for sale brand new at some locations is the Tyan Trinity 400. But it uses a via chipset.
Ebay has a lot of postings of bx boards for sale.
As Ruslan mentioned there, maybe you might want to invest in a duron/tbird upgrade instead. But you will need an amd approved p.s. to run those. Plus many motherboards do not have any ISA slots on them. You'll need to upgrade to a PCI slot if you have any devices attached to an isa slot.
For me, I was lucky. 2 months I found a p3bf board from a store that was clearing out old stock at reduced prices. I'm enjoying my board running in my system right now as I type this post. You might be lucky if some place has older stock still kicking around where you live.
I have to add to the vote o' confidence given by the other folks here, I think you already have one of the best in the P3B-F. It was one of our top boards for almost half a year in terms of sales and I almost never had quality issues with it. I'd prefer to find a used one on Ebay almost over buying something else.
ASUS P3V4X upgradeable to P3 1000, the best
slot one board on the market.....
I'd actually go with the Abit SH6
http://www.abit.com.tw/eng/product/mb/sh6.htm
it is very hard to find and I;m not sure in production anymore..
but it's the Best Slot 1 you can buy..