Best motherboard for socket 478

[MDE]

I have an Abit IS7 that's been running strong for almost two years now without any problems. They should be relatively cheap now.

 

[Googer]

I have used ASrock motherboards before, while they might be cheap; the certainly don't act instable. Asrock is just as good as most of the Tier 1 makers when It comes to BIOS support and overall quality. Just do not expect to find a ton of bundled extras like games and wifi that the Tier 1 guys offer. I am just glad that they choose to make those cuts instead of cost cuts to the motherboard it's self.

This is a great transisiton board, meaning if you want to keep your CPU but want a newer Video Card. $60 is the price of a game or this motherboard, so it's not much moneyu If you want PCI-express and Socket 478 then Beggers cannot be choosers.

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[fire400]

LGA's cost similar in price, both their CPU's and mobo's. What's wrong with just selling the 478 pin and using the same DDR?

 

[NHT76]

With all said and done....now you guys got me thinking about the Asrock agp and pcie hybrids. Does anyone know the performance and stability from first hand experience? I remember vaguely reading that it is not recommended as the hybrids arent very good performers.

 

[perzyfied]

there is actually a mobo with pci-e
using it now, its a Asrock p4 Dual pt 880
buts its some form of 4x PCI-express and there no oc'ing options

 

[F1shF4t]

Best socket 478 mainboards are the p4p800 e deluxe and the p4c800 deluxe.
I have the p varient, and u can enable PAT, which is the only diff between the 2