I need an old socket 7 motherboard...

[Mean MrMustard]

I have some old computer parts that I was thinking of putting together. I need a socket 7 motherboard. I know they are cheap but is the quality pretty much the same?

Craig

 

[Iron Woode]

No! The quality varies from very good to down right crappy.

Boards to avoid have ALI or SIS chipsets. And anything with on-board video.

Via boards are generally very good, but manufacturers have varying quality.

Epox G-M, G2 and G5 boards are among the best made.

Make sure the cpu you use is supported by the board and revision of the board. Most take only 128mg ram modules at most in each slot, total 384 mgs. And make sure there is 1mg of L2 cache. All can only do AGP 2x. Some do ATA66, but add-in cards can add support for faster drives.

Over all these boards are fine for everyday tasks.

 

[Mean MrMustard]

Basically, I need an ATX board.

 

[levarcapricorn]

i have a fic pa-2013 pcb 1.x
its been a really good board and very stable. no problems whatsoever. i have had it for about 3 years now. im running amd k6-2 400 on it.
agp slot. 2x good to 16 meg.
5 pci
2 isa
atx,
im looking to upgrade soon so we might be able to work something out if you are interested in it.
bios is updated.
via chipset.

 

[Mean MrMustard]

...I mean AT board.