Well rounded Intel Socket 478 board?

[Kyle W]

I've been looking at many boards for a Intel 3.0Ghz Socket 478. I'm looking for something where I can do some gaming on it but also mess around with programs. Right now I cant really find a good board that can do gaming that much. I might be looking at them all wrong. I'm picking AGP 8X but also onboard video. I'm very new at this so if none of this makes sense just tell me haha. Price range doesn't really matter but I was thinking 100-150. Thank you. Any input would be great.

 

[Zebo]

ABIT AI7 is the best board for the buck.. Very high quality and every option you'd need. It's like $95. If you decide ever to overclock those options are there too.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

Two recommendations:

ASRock P4V88
MSI Radeon 9600PRO

ABIT IS7-E
MSI Radeon 9550 128MB 128-bit

If you care about gaming the first one will perform better, if you don't care too much the second one is a better choice.

Did you buy the processor already?

 

[Kyle W]

I haven't gotten anything yet. I wanted to buy everything together. Only reason I'm going with Intel is because I'm told they dont have much heating issues.

So if I get onboard Video, it wont be as good for gaming if I upgrade with a video card?

 

[Kyle W]

Originally posted by: ChineseDemocracyGNR

ASRock P4V88
MSI Radeon 9600PRO

Well as of right now I picked this set up. Hopefully it will work out. Unless I pick AMD instead. Haha.

 

[ChineseDemocracyGNR]

If it's heating issues that made you choose the Intel, I think you got a little mixed up.

The Athlon 64 has much lower power consumption compared to the Pentium 4. It runs much cooler.
http://www.anandtech.com/cpuchipsets/showdoc.aspx?i=2275&p=13

With that said, if you properly cool your case heat shouldn't be an issue with either one. But still, my recommendation would change to:
ASRock K8Upgrade-939

The mobo is a little more than the P4V88 but the processor (A64 3000+) is cheaper.

Onboard video will not hurt performance very much on the Athlon 64, but still won't give decent gaming performance.

 

[Kyle W]

What kind of video card would you say would work well with ASRock K8Upgrade1689?

 

[caz67]

I personally have the IC7 MAX-3, and i love it..Abit , is my recommendation.

 

[jose]

Asus P4C800e, see sig..
or if you want AMD get DFI see sig.

Regards,
Jose