I need a new Motherboard

[RX7poor]

Well I've had it with VIA chip motherboards no more with these C<>P boards.
Up until recently all was well-now RMA cannot supply good replacements.
I've been buying VPSD,Chaintech,Msi &amp; PC chips/w via chip sets all bad
replacements using (P4 processors)

Question is I'm looking for a P4 Board (looks like it will have to be w/Intel chip sets)
that will run DDR400 memory &amp; hyperthreading.I don't need cutting edge speed/w all
the bells and whistles just something reliable that wont take a dump when you up grade
processors.

Opinions PLEASE

 

[joelslaw]

http://usa.asus.com/products/m...p5ad2-e-p/overview.htm
or
http://usa.asus.com/products/m...5/p5ad2-p/overview.htm
I don't even like Intel and these boards make me drool!
but I suppose those are a little (or a lot) bell-y and whitle-y. (yes those are word .... because I said so)
what i'd do is go here:
http://www.newegg.com/app/manu...catalog=280&amp;DEPA=0
put in all the feature you want on the left side, and see what comes up. Hope this helps!

 

[kogase]

Okay, I've never heard of VPSD, never used a Chaintech motherboard or heard anything good or bad about them. MSI isn't a fly-by-night or anything, but they aren't Abit or Asus quality. And PC Chips... heh. I think you should reconsider whether or not VIA is the problem here.

 

[slpaulson]

Originally posted by: kogase
Okay, I've never heard of VPSD, never used a Chaintech motherboard or heard anything good or bad about them. MSI isn't a fly-by-night or anything, but they aren't Abit or Asus quality. And PC Chips... heh. I think you should reconsider whether or not VIA is the problem here.

Exactly what I was thinking.

I'd also look at your power supply if you haven't been able to get any of these boards to work for you....

 

[Skoop]

VIA is not your problem.

 

[Googer]

Originally posted by: joelslaw
http://usa.asus.com/products/m...p5ad2-e-p/overview.htm
or
http://usa.asus.com/products/m...5/p5ad2-p/overview.htm
I don't even like Intel and these boards make me drool!
but I suppose those are a little (or a lot) bell-y and whitle-y. (yes those are word .... because I said so)
what i'd do is go here:
http://www.newegg.com/app/manu...catalog=280&amp;DEPA=0
put in all the feature you want on the left side, and see what comes up. Hope this helps!

Well, that is a real shame, since VIA's latest offering is something that is TOTALY awesome (K8T800 PRO).
It is a lot like AMD back in the early days vs. Intel. AMD made a few spotty products that had some problems with intel x86 compatability. But since then have greatly improved and gainded acceptance as a quality product.
http://www.google.com/froogle?...=between&amp;scoring=p