choice of mobos for 1.4 tbird?

[Aharami]

i'm building a 1.4 ghz tbird. i've never built my own comp b4, so dunno much about it. can someone please provide me with a list of some possible motherboards that are out there for the 1.4 ghz tbird? i'm not looking to overclock just yet, but i do want to leave that possibility open. my main concerns are money and stability. i dont want my comp to be crashing every other day.

also someone told me to wait for a "socket 478 boards with the via Px266 chipset for ddram"....what exactly did he/she mean by that?
what's a socket-478.

i would appreciate all the help i can get.

also what's better.... DDR ram or pc2100 unbuffered ram?

-Anil

 

[o1die]

Socket 478 is a newer version of the Pentium 4. If you are looking to upgrade right now, there are 3 or 4 good boards for the T-bird 1.4. The ECS K7S5A ($60-65) the Epox 8K7A ($120-140) the Gigabyte GA-7DXR ($154 up) or the Abit KG7 in 3 versions ($140-180). Socket 478 is already out. The 1.7 starts at about $200, and the first AZZA board with the via ddr chipset (p4x266) is out Wednesday.

 

[Buz2b]

If you want stability you should consider the ASUS A7M266 as well. One of the most stable DDR boards out there. Goes for around $167 here. It also has some limited overclocking abilities. I run my 1.33 @ 1.45 with it. Not the cheapest board out there, but certainly worth it.

 

[krakken]

Z-buy has a good deal on MSI K7T266. and as far as I've seen this is the board I'm getting next..