Motherboard that supports 3GHz+ HT and 8x Pro

[Reignor]

Hi. I'm trying to find a motherboard that will support 3GHz+ HT CPUs. I know the P4PE does, but it doesn't have other features I'm looking for. I'm trying to find a board that will support the CPU as well as the following features: i845PE; 533MHz FSB; AGP 8x Pro; USB 2.0 onboard. I *don't* want graphics or sound built in. Ethernet onboard is OK if it's gigabit. Any thoughts? Thanks.

 

[halkebul]

I would strongly suggest you wait a couple of weeks or so for granite bay motherboards. They will be better than what we have now. The price of the 3.06GHz HT cpu may have gone down a tad also. Gigabit is not useful yet so don't take that into consideration unless you have a Gigabit connection which is doubtful. Cheers!

 

[Reignor]

First, thank you *very* much for your kind response.
Second, can ya tell I've been outta the loop for awhile?? It's been about 6 years since I've built a PC. I've built my own for about 20 years now, but I bought a Dell (*please* don't laugh!) about 3 years ago because my brother was buying his first PC and I wanted to be able to support him. It's actually paid off several times as I was able to help him on a number of occasions. I'm writing this on that machine now - a Dell XPS T500, which is a 500MHz box. But the surgery I've done on this rig is positively medieval. The last box I built is a 90MHz Pentium.
Third, it's time to build another one, and I want it to last as long as possible (Can you say: "But honey, this'll last me for years..."? :roll. So I'm trying to max everything out. BUT - I didn't do enough research.
I asked around at work. We recently upgraded our campus lan where I work to 100Mb/s. I asked two people about the speed of our new network, and they said it was GB Ethernet (*without* my promting them). I'm a database guy, not a network guy, so that's why I said what I said. After your comment I went to our network guru and asked him about it and he looked at me like I was outta my mind. I can only hang my head in shame...
Finally, I've done quite a bit of research, and it appears Intel's SMT implementation might not be all it's cracked up to be. Current software isn't even tasking current processors much less utilizing something like "HT". It's going to be some time before the HT is even being fully utilized. So a costs/benefit analysis shows that 2.8 is an absolutely viable choice - and will be for some period of time. The 3GHz CPU will drive the price of the 2.8 down even lower.
I'd like to thank you again for mentioning the Granite Bay chipset. I have to admit that I'm an Intel junky despite AMD's advancements.
I'd only done a day of research, so my post was woefully naive.

I hope I provided you with a chair-falling laugh. It's the inverse equivalent of someone asking me about using Oracle to keep a personal address book...

Cheers to you!

 

[halkebul]

 

[buckchoi]

Yes have a look for the Granite bay chipset next week.
I think reviews will be posted next week and we're all looking forward to it!
That plus a 3.06 CPU...if you can afford it....will last you for ages as long as games don't get too demading!