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bobasaurus

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Hi. I'm looking for a new motherboard, but I'm confused by all the chipsets avalible. For each processor, is there only one possible chipset you can use, or can you pick between several? I have a socket 478 processor (p4 with HT 3.06 gHz). While doing motherboard searches, I've found many different chipsets in motherboards that support that socket, and I don't really know which to use.

Here's all the atx mobos for my socket newegg comes up with:
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ProductLi...705:9907,757:7618&bop=and&Order=rating

 
those will all work for your CPU, there are different chipsets, some newer than others, that offer different features ect...

What features and other comonenets do you have and we can help you pick a good mobo out....
 
Well, the components I have that will go with the mobo are:
socket 478 p4 with HT 3.06 gHz with 800 mHz fsb
sapphire radeon 9800 pro 128 mb
creative sb audigy 2 platinum
74 gb western digital raptor 10000 rpm sata hd
2 different 120 gb pata hd's
1 80 gb pata hd
antec true430 power supply
kingston valueram 2x510 pc3200 ddr

Any sudgestions for a mobo? Anything around the $150 range is good.
 
There is no Pentium 4 3.06Ghz at 800Mhz FSB.

The only Pentium 4 operating at 3.06Ghz is the first processor to enable Hyperthreading, and that was a 533FSB part (Northwood "B"). After that they moved to Northwood "C" @ 800FSB and used x.x models like 2.8, 3.0, 3.2 etc.
 
Hmm, I'm not sure about the processor then. I thought it was that, but I'm not certain. If I can get my current comp to boot up, I'll let you know for sure.
 
The chipset with the best features for socket 478 is the Intel 875P, any higher than that and you'll need a socket 775 based processor.

Why are you changing motherboards, did the old one break?

If you're looking to update your system, you probably can't go much above what you already have in a 875P based motherboard without changing your processor too.

If you need a new motherboard because your old one broke, this one looks pretty good. AOpen AX4C Max II
 
My current mobo is an asus p4c800 deluxe. I've already had it rma'd once, and this new one doesn't work any better. Constant blue screens, almost always has trouble booting up (alot of the time it finds a bad bios checksum and forces a reflash). Sometimes it doesn't boot up at all... it's just a piece of junk. I've been meaning to replace it for a really long time. I was eyeing that abit ic7-g, since it seemed to get alot of good reviews. I've swapped out and changed just about every other piece of hardware in this system.
 
I875P is the best way to go for S478 CPUs. I reccomend the Abit IC7, IC7-G, or IC7-Max2 or 3. Or the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe.
 
i865-i875 will all work for your stated processor; that chipset was designed for S478. I am running a 2.4GHz Northwood C and am running it on an ASUS SFF i865G chipset w/ an AGP8x slot.
 
Originally posted by: bobasaurus
My current mobo is an asus p4c800 deluxe. I've already had it rma'd once, and this new one doesn't work any better. Constant blue screens, almost always has trouble booting up (alot of the time it finds a bad bios checksum and forces a reflash). Sometimes it doesn't boot up at all... it's just a piece of junk. I've been meaning to replace it for a really long time. I was eyeing that abit ic7-g, since it seemed to get alot of good reviews. I've swapped out and changed just about every other piece of hardware in this system.
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Sounds like you're either very unlucky, or something else is wrong, the P4C800 is a very solid mobo.
Try RMA'ing it, and write down the s/n, some shops have a nasty habit of just sending the same mobo back if they don't find the problem with it.
 
Yeah maybe. Asus is being annoying about registering it. I enter the exact serial number that was on the sticker on the bottom of the motherboard, and they keep saying it's bad. I may just have to email them.
 
One example of this board's crappiness: I just inserted one of my two ram sticks and ran memtest86, and it found tons of errors. I move the same stick to the next slot, and it finds no errors.

edit: I just sent an rma request to asus. If it goes through, I'll give my board another shot.
 
Originally posted by: bobasaurus
One example of this board's crappiness: I just inserted one of my two ram sticks and ran memtest86, and it found tons of errors. I move the same stick to the next slot, and it finds no errors.

edit: I just sent an rma request to asus. If it goes through, I'll give my board another shot.
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It is a dual channel motherboard, putting the ram in the wrong slots SHOULD generate errors. All Intel mobos do this.
 
Originally posted by: bobasaurus
Nah, I checked the recomended ram locations
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If thats the case then you just have a bad mobo, that is a top-notch motherboard though, luck of the draw. I would reccomend an RMA and keeping the same board.
 
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