Marc wrote: > This is way off topic for this group but from what I have seen here I know that I >can trust what ever answer I get. > The question I have is will a new Athlon XP mobo fit in the same case and use >the same power supply as a old P3 mobo? I do realise that the power supply >should be at least 300 W. I am trying to upgrade on the cheep. > > Thanks in advance > Marc > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Well Mobos come in threecommon persuasions, mostly, these days, ATX, microATX and Flex with a few NLX types left around and a few old ATs fast being totally superannuated.
ATX is the largest and microATX and FlexATX should (TM) fit those cases. If your P3 is an ATX, then any AthlonXP board from a manufacturer for retail boards should fit. The one exception wouls be the backplate that covers the connectors extending off the board, however you can run without it and many mobo manufacturers supply a press-in backplate with the mobo. In an InWin 500D Case with a 180W power supply, I have an ASUS A7N266-VM with 512M DDR and an Athlon XP 2200, two heavy drives (IDE 40 and 60 G) and a single CDRW/DVD drive. It runs quite well. The board is a Micro ATX Civileme
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