[Cialug] Re: Recommended PIII boards

["Nick" <nscopeland1@xxxxxxxx>]

Why would you go from AMD to Pentium?

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony@tonybibbs.com>
To: <lug@cialug.org>
Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 6:09 PM
Subject: [Cialug] Re: Recommended PIII boards


> Thanks for the info on the chips...didn't realize the p3/p4 sockets were
> different...I've been an AMD guy up until now.
>
> --Tony
>
> On Sun, 2 Dec 2001, Nick wrote:
>
> > Good luck getting a PIII board that is upgradable to a P4...
> > It is impossible.
> > A P4 has a different socket type, and a 128-bit address bus (also
meaning
> > you need to install  DIMM/RIMMs in pairs, for their bus is 64-bits
wide).
> >
> > I wouldn't damn anyone with a P3 processor anyway, but if you muse have
a
> > good mainboard, I recommend the ASUS TUV4x Pro133T Tualatin motherboard.
The
> > price is about $95. Here's the specs:
> > http://direct.mwave.com/mwave/doc2/a14533.html
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Tony Bibbs" <tony@tonybibbs.com>
> > To: "Central Iowa Area Linux Users Group" <lug@cialug.org>
> > Sent: Sunday, December 02, 2001 3:00 PM
> > Subject: [Cialug] Recommended PIII boards
> >
> >
> > > Looking to get a fairly beefy P3.  Wondering if any of you can
recommend
> > > a good board for a P3 that is upgradable to a P4.  Don't need onboard
> > > sound/video with it.  Only boards I'm familiar with are Biostar's
(which I
> > > refuse to get) or Asus.
> > >
> > > --Tony
> > >
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