Recommendations for a Pentium 1 motherboard

[brinstar117]

I'm just looking for an old motherboard for a Pentium 166mhz cpu I have laying around. I want to make it into a file server. I'm not familiar with any of the P1 line chipsets or motherboards since I really didn't get into building systems until recently

Are there any P1 motherboards that support SDRAM, are ATX or mATX form factor? If so, could anybody recommend a stable one?

I know that the older motherboards don't support current hard drive capacities... I have a Promise ATA 100 hard drive controller... if I use that will current hard drives be supported on the motherboard? Thanks!

 

[hojl]

hmm I don;t know if it is a good one or not but I have a shuttle? brand mobo or my pent 233. It supports SDram up to 256 pc66 and also the simms.
It also had both AT and ATX connector. Sorry I cannot help with the actual model until I go home.

 

[Rafael]

Isnt Pentium 1 Socket7? If it is, you have many choices like Asus, PCchips, Soyo, MSI, etc. But since you want a stable and good mobo go for Asus.
you might take a look at Asus: Asus

 

[Marine]

Actually, if you can find some of the older Intel HX chipset-based boards, they were awesome with lots of RAM capability. Very stable.

 

[GonzoDaGr8]

ASUS TX97-X is Socket7,ATX form factor, supports PC66 SDRAM (PC100 will work just fine also)and works for all Cyrix,Intel, and AMD procs 75-233mhz. I had one with an AMD K6 200 on it that worked really well.

My $.02

 

[Rand]

I'd vote for the Asus P5A, extremely stable motherboard, decent overclocking ability if you care for it. BAsed upon the ALI Aladdin 5 chipset, will take anything from a Pentium 90MHz on up to a K6-3+ 550MHz. 5 PCI, 2 ISA, 1AGP, 3 168pin DIMM sockets. Only downfall is that it will only support up to 368MB SDRAM maximum.
Regular ATX form factor. It'll support all the current larger HDD sizes if you don't care to use your ATA100 controller card in the system.

 

[Regalk]

One and only - Epox MVP3G2 - beats off everything else.

 

[RJRD2]

another vote for the epox..

 

[hmsrolst]

Another vote for ASUS TX97-XE, if you can find a used one.

 

[Marine]

Geez, I just remembered I took an old case with a HOT Shuttle MB in it that was the best Pentium MB I ever used...to the landfill two weeks ago. Couldn't sell it, no one wanted an old AT case and MB. BTW, I have a few old P-166 and P233 chips if anyone wants them. Now someone please help me with my dead CUSL-2!