Please help, my DELL just die.

[Jean]

Hi everyone,

Can anyone recommend a good performance and stable P3 mobo? My old DELL Dimension just die and I need a new mobo + cpu combo. My budget is approx $300 max. Any kind of help is greatly appreciated.

 

[sohcrates]

asus p3b-f is a great PIII mobo

take the cost of one of those , subtract from 300, and whatever's left can most likely buy a 700 mghz + PIII

 

[kylebisme]

why does it have to be a p3?

 

[Jean]

I don't know. I've explained to him that Athlon may be his best bed. However he decide to stick with P3, since P4 will be out of date soon. He is an Intel believer, I think. Or, he might be conservative and scare to move away from a different architecture. Other thing is he also might need the SSE support for his video editing software (Media Studio Pro 6.0) which is optimized for SSE.

 

[RaymondY]

If you are sticking with the P3 get yourself a Asus CUSL2 or CUSL2-C motherboard. Have have a CUSL2-C on my secondary rig and it is great, stable, fast and a great overclocker.

You should be able to get a NIB CUSL2-C mobo and a P3 700E o/c 933 or 1ghz(from compuwiz1) for under $300

 

[Generalen]

Remember, a standard ATX mobo will probebly not fitt in a Dell case.

 

[shawnman]

Another vote for the Asus CUSL2. I also have it in my secondary rig, my primary is now an AMD

I have heard that DELL uses a proprietary power connector, but I keep forgetting to take a look when I have one popped open at work.