Which MOBO to buy

[brian5s]

I am in the market for a new MOBO and CPU. I am leaning toward a P4, so we'll go from there...

Has anyone had any experience with the SiS645 chipset vs. the VIA P4266A chipset? I definately want USB 2.0 compatibility, and Northwood compatibility. I don't have a drive that supports UDMA/133, but, the VIA P4266A supports it. That would be the only REAL performance gain that I can see over the SiS chipset. Can someone please guide me to a great board, in a reasonable price range, that will grow over a year or so, running Windows XP, and the latest hardware (Video, Sound, etc...) I am not into INTEGRATED MOBOS (ie; LAN, AUDIO, etc...), so, any MOBO recommendations that meet these guidelines would be very helpful..

Thanks in advance.

B5s

 

[AndyHui]

Go with the ASUS P4B533 (based on the i845E chipset), or the SiS645DX based ASUS P4S533.

ATA133 support on the motherboard does not give you better performance over an ATA100 Controller, since hard drives are nowhere near exceeding ATA100 speeds.

 

[brian5s]

I couldn't find any pricing information on the P4B533...nor could I find any specs. I found tons of info on the SiS based P4S533. This board has USB 2.0 support. I'm not sure about the Intel 845E chipset...

Thanks for your help.

B5s