Need to build a P4 rig...clueless on what m/b to use!

[ArvinC]

Hello everyone.

I am pretty versed in the language of AMD and KT266A/KT333...but really clueless on the language of Intel and Pentium 4 m/b's. I was wondering if you all could give me some suggestions on a good, stable and easy to set-up m/b for a Pentium 4 (probably going with a Northwood 1.6 or 1.8). The system will not be o/c'ed...by me anyways. So, really looking for stability and ease of set-up more than anything. Would be nice to have on-board RAID and NIC 10/100. Everything else on-board would be extra. Shooting for the $80-$120 dollar range. Please be specific with your reccomendations...like I said, I really don't speak Intel much at all!

Thanks for any help or suggestions!

ArvinC

 

[DoubleL]

Well I build mostly AMD but have been building the Asus P4S533 and you couldn't ask for a easier board to work with, What got me when I got the first one is how small they are and they need a good size power supply but you do know if you are not going to over clock a AMD will walk all over the P4, If you use a 1.6a and set the FSB to 133 it isn't pushing it that much, Doesn't even push the temp up and the 1.6 runs at 2.133 with the stock heatsink

 

[StanFL]

The Gigabyte GA-8IRXP would be right up your alley. Promise 133 RAID, Intel 10/100 lan, Creative hardware sound onboard and still has 6 PCI slots to play with. It's Intels I845D chipset and in your price range.

 

[judgmentday1]

The soyo P4S645DX Dragon is full of features like Raid, USB2.0, Network card, etc.
Check it out: http://www.soyousa.com/products/proddesc.php?id=112