If Intel: P3 or P4 & Which MB with On Board Lan & Ultra SCSI ?

[Terrapin]

While all the rage in performance vs price is AMD, I will be getting an Intel chip.

In reading about the P4, it doesn't sound like it is as good as the PIII.

I'm confused which to get but either way; is there a MB you can recomment for each that has both on board Lan and ultra scsi?

Thank you in advance,

Terrapin

 

[Dark4ng3l]

Okay Get a p3 p4 is very expensive for little to no performance gain over a p3. Good p3 mobo's include the asus CUSL2(Intel 815,socket 370), asus p3v4x(via chipset, slot1) Keep in mind thse are just 2 examples many other boards from abit, MSI, and some others are just as good.

 

[Terrapin]

Sounds good. One more two part question if I may.

Should I consider a dual CPU board so that in 6 months I can drop another in at very little cost and fight off having to deal with upgrading for that much longer? and

Do the boards you recommend take regular sdram ?

Thanks,

Terrapin

 

[Syborg1211]

Wait, if you can afford a P4, by all means go get one. Although there really is little to no performance gain right NOW, it will be awesome in the future and can overclock very well!

 

[Midnight Rambler]

Are you planning on overclocking?

Also, sorry I don't know of any boards with SCSI on-board, but if you are not overclocking and want on-board LAN, then I would definitely recommend the Intel 815EEAL motherboard. Intel's retail boxed motherboards put many others to shame, they are superbly designed and very high quality, plus they even carry a 3 yr. warranty. The capacitors on these suckers are a sight to behold ...