In need of a AT style motherboard.

[SaxOphoneKid]

I need it to support current processors.
either amd or intel is fine. any ideas?

 

[Mem]

The GIGABYTE GA6BA (AT STYLE)is the one you want,slot1 BX chipset I believe it runs a CEL,P2,P3 UPTO 600 MHZ, to be honest it`s the only AT board I know of.

 

[SaxOphoneKid]

Thanks Mem I'll look at it. I know that Epox,DFI and FIX all make one for the AMD K6-II. Just looking for more ideas. I'd like to find one that supports the Cellies Socket 370. anyone else?

 

[Ausm]

The Soyo 6yBB comes to mind very nice Mobo indeed VERY hard toi find tho.


Ausm

 

[AndyHui]

ASUS P2-99B.....a bit limited though...ZX chipset.

 

[SaxOphoneKid]

thanks Friends. I appreaciate the input. At work, we need the replace several old P100 systems, and they want me to look into ungrading the systems instead of buying new. I think the money saved on upgrading would be spent on the extra labor needed (I'd be doing the work) to replace the motherboard.

 

[biohazard2]

matsonic makes one. they carry them at www.sky-pro.net supports 66/100/133 mhz bus, slot1/socket370 built in, a3d clone sound card built in. runs coppermine, c2, celeron, piii, pii, and cyrix miii

 

[Peter]

As far as I've seen it, there are no Athlon mainboards in BAT form factor at all.

As for Pentium-III and Celeron:

PC-Chips has a new revision of their M765VMRT, in short, VIA Apollo Pro 133 chipset, slot-1 and FCPGA-370, onboard sound and softmodem. (The Matsonic board probably is identical to that one.)

They also have a very cheap M727MR, ALi Apollo Pro chipset, FCPGA-370 only, limited to 100 MHz, onboard sound and modem as well. This might come in handy if you plan on using a Celeron (which are 66-MHz-bus anyway).

BAT mainboards with slot-1 are a tight fit in many smaller housings, the standing CPU colliding with the drive bay - so you should be shopping for a socket-370 CPU.

Regards, Peter

 

[SaxOphoneKid]

Thanks Guys. I was looking at Socket 7 or 370 BAT board. I know that there are a few out there for the K6-2 (socket 7). I'd like to stay w/ Socket vs slot. The cases are cramped.

 

[rigor]

the pc-chips integrated AT motherboards are plug n play pretty much for upgrading from a crappy system to a more powerful cpu, the latest versions support both slot 1 and socket 370(non-fcpga). P3 via Slot 1, two dimm slots, on-board everything, pretty low performance, pretty low upgrade cost.

Figure:
New ram
New pcchips board
New cpu

everything else built in. Everything lan,modem,sound,vga, etc.

Performance, lowest of the BX class motherboards. Decent except for video with the 810e chipset. BTW i have the 810e and its VERY VERY stable running a 366 at 550 and a 533 at 800. more so than the BX chipset boards. Wierd huh.

bummer over at forsale/trade is selling a bunch of integrated boards with 810 chipset for like $39 shipped, btw. might be a good time to snatch them up real quick, cause they'll cost nearly $100/piece retail for the same boards. he's a good seller and fast shipped. just fyi.

 

[SaxOphoneKid]

Thanks rigor-

That sounds great i'll have to look into it. I know we need new CPU and MEM also.


Jim