Need Some Buying Advice for New Asus Motherboard

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Greets (...and Seasons Greetings!)

My bro-in-law is quizzing me about building him a new game machine.

I've told him how pleased I've been with my rock-steady P2B 800MHz box
(with a Radeon 7000, and the other typical goodies...) that I've been
throwing upgrade pieces at since I built this back in '98 or '99;
damn, can't rememeber (but it is written on the inside of my case...)

Hey, I started out with a 350Mhz chip in this thing; I've
probably come fairly close to the purchase price of new on my box; but
I digress.

Anyway...since I've not been keeping totally up on how things are
progressing in the Asus world, I wanted to give him some options for a
system in much the same way I've been able to do. Build a decent box
today, and have potential for upgrade ability.

Intel or AMD? Geez...been an Intel guy forever; but I'd consider AMD
as well. I'm kinda stuck on the 440BX chipset; what's the
'replacement' on today's boards?

Let me ask the ? another way...can a respectable bare-bones gaming
system be built for, say $500? I'm partial to keeping things simple;
so the on-board stuff can be dropped; unless it's got some respectable
capabilities. Let's say the $500 is for a complete bare bones system;
minus DVD-R (CD-RW only...).

Reply to the group...if mailing a reply, replace munged with Y a h o
o.

--kw
 
The 440BX has been left in the dust by the Nvidia chipset. You should sell
your machine to bro-in-law and use the $$ to build yourself a new one.

Tocapet
 
Greets (...and Seasons Greetings!)

My bro-in-law is quizzing me about building him a new game machine.

I've told him how pleased I've been with my rock-steady P2B 800MHz box
(with a Radeon 7000, and the other typical goodies...) that I've been
throwing upgrade pieces at since I built this back in '98 or '99;
damn, can't rememeber (but it is written on the inside of my case...)

Hey, I started out with a 350Mhz chip in this thing; I've
probably come fairly close to the purchase price of new on my box; but
I digress.

Anyway...since I've not been keeping totally up on how things are
progressing in the Asus world, I wanted to give him some options for a
system in much the same way I've been able to do. Build a decent box
today, and have potential for upgrade ability.

Intel or AMD? Geez...been an Intel guy forever; but I'd consider AMD
as well. I'm kinda stuck on the 440BX chipset; what's the
'replacement' on today's boards?

Let me ask the ? another way...can a respectable bare-bones gaming
system be built for, say $500? I'm partial to keeping things simple;
so the on-board stuff can be dropped; unless it's got some respectable
capabilities. Let's say the $500 is for a complete bare bones system;
minus DVD-R (CD-RW only...).

Reply to the group...if mailing a reply, replace munged with Y a h o
o.

--kw
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I doubt you can build a bare bones gaming machine for $500. Heck, the
top of the line NVIDIA or ATI cards are nearly $500. The P4C800-E
Deluxe is THE board if you're going the Intel route.

Pete
 
The venerable P2b was (and still is!) a great motherboard. It has been the
one of the best Intel chipsets ever made as it is still very much
operational. I too still have a P2B running at (o/c) over 1 ghz. This pales
to my P4 3.2 ghz on a p4c800 dlx but be aware that I still can run all of
the same games and important software on the P2B.( Halo, Call of Dutty, Ms
Office, XP etc) I mean we're talking about a board designed for a P-II? Can
you say longevity????Upgrading to a P4c800 dlx, 800 FSB, a decent Agp 8X,
DDR Ram and S-ata drives will cost more than $500 for sure. But for the long
term solution? Nothing will last as long as the trusty, speedy P2B.
(version 1.2 with 1014 bios)
 
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