Any suggestions on a pentium III motherboard?

[kendogg]

Looking to build a p iii 866 -flip chip.

 

[Rigoletto]

CUSL2
don't have one but it looks great and they've made this addon widget that tells you everything you could possibly want to know on it...

 

[Noriaki]

MSi i815E Pro

 

[Viper GTS]

The ABIT SA6R is probably my top choice right now.

Viper GTS

 

[kendogg]

I guess what i am looking for in the mobo is stability more than anything else. I am not interested in overclocking or anything. Just something reliable.

 

[compuwiz1]

KeNDoGG, I believe for the best value in an 815 socket 370 board, the MSI 815E pro is the best value.

 

[kendogg]

thanks Steve 🙂

 

[kendogg]

oh btw where can i get this?

 

[compuwiz1]

Here's one.

Here's another.

 

[kendogg]

thank you once again

 

[Raincity]

I second Compuwiz suggestion. A excellent board for 110$ US.


Rain

 

[Regalk]

After seeing all the replies I realized that everyone is leaning towards I815E. WHat about the cheaper SY7VCA and MSI6309 - equally good boards for a whole lot less. These are the VIA Apollo133A boards and are now very stable and fast after the memory timings have been fixed with BIOS updates. I run both and will never change to the Intel's overpriced 815Es.
In fact I am skippimg over the I815Es (just a temporary fix IMO) to the next generation that are DDR capable.

 

[compuwiz1]

The 815 chipset will outperform the VIA. It's been proven.

 

[smukkel]

there is an 815 EP chipset out now wich comes without the onboard graphicscard
CUSL2 C is the ASUS one. Go get that....

 

[Nessism]

How do the 815 chipset boards compare to BX relative to memory performance now that 815 has matured a little now? I have a CUBX and love it. Sandra 2000 shows memory performance of 410 ALU and 460 FPU on my board with 192MB of ram running CAS2 at 133mhz. Just curious.

 

[bonkers325]

i third about the msi 815e pro to be inexpensive
via mobos are crap for mem performance 🙂

cheers,
bonkers325

 

[EvilDonnyboy]

you could do CUBX

 

[Regalk]

I was actually waiting for this issue to come up - there is no way that the I815E can outperform the Via 133A anymore (all the reviews out there date back to June and prior!)
Sandra memory on Soyo7VCA 425/488 (256mb Cas2 crucial).
I815E is Intel's way to hold on to its loyal followers until its next REAL chipset release.

 

[PCAddict]

The Intel D815EEA is a rock-solid board. Since you don't want to overclock, it fits the bill nicely. I now have this board in my machine with an 800EB.