Hi all,

New Home-PC.

I am having troubles deciding on what motherboard to go for.

This what I can confirm so far;

1. Coolermaster ATC-200B Transparent P4 MIDI Tower Case
2. Intel Pentium IV 2.667GHz 478Pin 512K Cache 533MHz FSB Processor
3. Motherboard???/
4. Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Ultra/650-8X TV/DVI /
AGP 128MB DDR Ti-4200 8x chipset with TV-out and dual CRT or CRT+DVI output
5. 1GB DDR RAM (depends on the mainboard)

Stuck on a P4 based mother board that has good reviews all round.

My preferences r that it has 5 pci slots, 4or8xAGP, On-board thermal
sensors, no onboard sound of graphics.

A list of motherboards would be nice so i can source them out and get prices
back from the trade accounts.

Many thx

You might want to try a MOTHERBOARD review web site. This NG is for
resolving issues AFTER you load Windows 2000 on whatever it is you
decide to buy. :-)

1stuk wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> New Home-PC.
>
> I am having troubles deciding on what motherboard to go for.
>
> This what I can confirm so far;
>
> 1. Coolermaster ATC-200B Transparent P4 MIDI Tower Case
> 2. Intel Pentium IV 2.667GHz 478Pin 512K Cache 533MHz FSB Processor
> 3. Motherboard???/
> 4. Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Ultra/650-8X TV/DVI /
> AGP 128MB DDR Ti-4200 8x chipset with TV-out and dual CRT or CRT+DVI output
> 5. 1GB DDR RAM (depends on the mainboard)
>
> Stuck on a P4 based mother board that has good reviews all round.
>
> My preferences r that it has 5 pci slots, 4or8xAGP, On-board thermal
> sensors, no onboard sound of graphics.
>
> A list of motherboards would be nice so i can source them out and get prices
> back from the trade accounts.
>
> Many thx
>
>
>
>
>

I prefer personally an ASUS motherboard with an Intel
chipset

>-----Original Message-----
>You might want to try a MOTHERBOARD review web site. This
NG is for
>resolving issues AFTER you load Windows 2000 on whatever
it is you
>decide to buy. :-)
>
>1stuk wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> New Home-PC.
>>
>> I am having troubles deciding on what motherboard to go
for.
>>
>> This what I can confirm so far;
>>
>> 1. Coolermaster ATC-200B Transparent P4 MIDI Tower Case
>> 2. Intel Pentium IV 2.667GHz 478Pin 512K Cache 533MHz
FSB Processor
>> 3. Motherboard???/
>> 4. Gainward GeForce4 PowerPack! Ultra/650-8X TV/DVI /
>> AGP 128MB DDR Ti-4200 8x chipset with TV-out and dual
CRT or CRT+DVI output
>> 5. 1GB DDR RAM (depends on the mainboard)
>>
>> Stuck on a P4 based mother board that has good reviews
all round.
>>
>> My preferences r that it has 5 pci slots, 4or8xAGP, On-
board thermal
>> sensors, no onboard sound of graphics.
>>
>> A list of motherboards would be nice so i can source
them out and get prices
>> back from the trade accounts.
>>
>> Many thx
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>
>.
>