EPOX socket A370 motherboard for $20

[sillymofo]

Don't know if any one still need or want this, but I can't get the freaking link to the product for some darn reason. Every time I click on the prod, only the site name shows up.... any ways.

 

[Lanyap]

http://www.store.yahoo.com/micro-plus-store/epepmo.html

 

[Karaktu]

NICE find.

Great board for a HTPC with a Celeron 1Ghz and a passive heat sink.

Joe

Edit: See, you gotta check these things out. Epox's CPU compatibility chart says this board tops out with either an FC-PGA Celeron 700 or Pentium III 933. I emailed them to find out if it's any different, but them's the facts.

 

[aka1nas]

Will this board handle Tualatin Celerys?

 

[Lanyap]

Originally posted by: aka1nas
Will this board handle Tualatin Celerys?

According to THIS, no. At least in the stock configuration. You may be able to get a FCPGA to FCPGA2 adapter to work.

 

[GeneValgene]

according to this site, a FCPGA to FCPGA2 adapter should work for the EP-3VCA2+

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[PsychoCrazy]

Does anybody know if this board will support 512mb dimms? It looks like the manual says the mobo only supports 768mb of RAM. I need something that will take 2 512mb sticks. Has anybody used this board?

 

[vailr]

To me, this combo deal may be slightly better (plus, it's Intel & not VIA chipset):

PC CHIPS M773MR Socket 370 Intel BX Chipset Mainboard with Audio and 56k Modem, PC133 & FCPGA Support (FREE CPU)
Only $39.99

For a limited time, this mainboard also includes a Cyrix/VIA 1GigaPro

http://www.pcdirect.com/product.asp?Sku=MBPC773MR

 

[PsychoCrazy]

Originally posted by: vailr
To me, this combo deal may be slightly better (plus, it's Intel & not VIA chipset):

PC CHIPS M773MR Socket 370 Intel BX Chipset Mainboard with Audio and 56k Modem, PC133 & FCPGA Support (FREE CPU)
Only $39.99

That's not bad, but a couple of things concern me. First of all, that mobo uses the BX chipset, and while that's probably one of the best chipsets of all time, it wasn't designed to do 133mhz fsb. As a result, the AGP slot will be out of spec, so you will have to find a video card that will run out of spec (most will do that without problems though). That's documented in their manual. Next, since it is the BX chipset, you can't use high density RAM. It's hard to find SDRAM that isn't high density these days. Finally, that CPU would probably only cost about $20 anyways, so the combo wouldn't be a huge savings. Nonetheless, it does seem like a decent combo. I personally would prefer an Epox motherboard over a PC Chips motherboard though.

 

[wluk]

I wish this post was here last week. I just bought a used board from someone and it is working at all.

 

[Swanny]

I also wish this were up last week. I bought a used Intel i815 board for $50!

 

[mindless1]

1) Apollo Pro 133A DOES support 512MB DIMMs, is "supposed" to support at least 1.5GB.
EDIT: 1.5GB due to it having 3 slots, but the chipset can support 2GB. More Apollo Pro 133A spec available from the source.. However the source claims some lesser features from an older southbridge than this has, like ATA66 instead of the ATA100 it offers.

2) It is "most likely" that you do not need an expensive Upgradeware adapter for a Tualatin, but could instead use one of these adapters.

3) Apollo Pro133A is a much better choice than a BX board -

• BX has only AGP 1 (1X/2X 3.3V)

• Typical BX board would struggle to provide enough amps for a Tualatin

• BX uses ONLY low-density (more expensive) memory, max 256MB per slot

• BX has only ATA33, while this Pro133A (w/686b SB) has ATA100

• BX only provides 2 USB ports vs Pro133A's 4 ports.

• Pro133A with a modern BIOS and Via 4in1 drivers, outperforms BX.

As for the PCChips board, it's junk. Newer PCChips/ECS are better than the old stuff.

 

[PsychoCrazy]

Originally posted by: mindless1
1) Apollo Pro 133A DOES support 512MB DIMMs, is "supposed" to support at least 1.5GB.

Thanks for the info. That's what I thought. Looks like I'll be picking up one of these.

 

[spanky]

how much is shipping?

 

[PsychoCrazy]

Originally posted by: spanky
how much is shipping?

Looks like shipping for me (northwest FL) is about $8.

 

[klein297]

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