Neep your opinion on two motherboards + cpu combos. PLEASE HELP!!

[Maxfly]

I'm building a new system and I'm buying the motherboard with cpu upgrade kit. Which of the two is better?:

Intel Pentium III (COPPERMINE) 650 Mhz CPU on the Chaintech 6ATA2 Motherboard w/Fan combo. Intel Pentium III (COPPERMINE)650 Mhz cpu (100Mhz Bus on the new ATX Chaintech 6ATA2 ATX slot 1 style P2/3 MB, features the Via Appolo Pro 133 chipset, Supports from 233 Mhz to atleast 600 Mhz CPUS, Supports 66/100/133 bus speeds, Feature Built In PCI soundcard, has 1 AGP, 4 PCI, 2 ISA slots and 3 168 Pin Dimm Slots that support up to 384 Megs of ram. Support the New Ultra DMA-66 IDE ports, 1 floppy, 1 parallel port, 2 serial ports, PS-2 Mouse & Keyboard ports and 2 USB.
TOTAl PRICE $289.00

VS.

Intel Pentium III 650 Mhz/100Mhz/256kb FCPGA OEM with a motherboardPPGA ATX CUV4X via 694Z by ASUS and CPU cooling fan for k6 ball bearing (socket7/slocket 370)
Total $328.00

Which kit is better??? Please, I appreciate your help.

 

[AndyHui]

P3-650E with ASUS CUV4X....can't go wrong with ASUS, although I personally prefer the P3V4X, and get a slotket. There is an additional DIMM slot on that board and you don't have to pay for the on-board audio.

 

[Maxfly]

What is coppermine??? Which of the 2 is better?

 

[Ulysses]

The ASUS is a better platform for a system, generally speaking. See:

http:// [url]http://www.asus.com.tw/products/Motherboard/pentiumpro/cuv4x/index.html [/url]
and
http:// [url]http://www.gamepc.com/reviews/hardware_review.asp?review=asuscu4vx&page=1 [/url]

 

[Ulysses]

P.S.

All P3 650 CPU's are Coppermines, which are preferred over the original P3 design, the Katmai. Coppermines have an improved memory cache architecture and the L2 cache is located on the CPU chip itself, which is why the CPU can be made in the FC-PGA (bare chip) format that fits in the Socket 370 connecter on the ASUS board.See:

http:// [url]http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=27&threadid=196333 [/url]
asd
http:// [url]http://forums.anandtech.com/messageview.cfm?catid=28&threadid=199398 [/url]

 

[Maxfly]

hmmm

 

[Burn]

Definitely go with the Asus CUV4X motherboard with the P3 650.