You can get a ZX chipset in a socket 370 or PPGA socket (ZX
was made mostly for celerons). There are still thousands of
BX and ZX boards out there, won't be hard to find one. I've
looked at the benchmark results of BX boards against the
newer chipsets and the testing sites don't seem to be too
high on them. You can put a slocket adapter on a BX board
(or any slot one board) in order to put a socket 370 CPU on
it. I personally use a Soyo SY-6BA+V (or +100, 440BX). Best
board I have ever used.....fastest and most stable. Another
great one is the MS-6163PRO. These got the highest ratings
of any mobo tested. If you want go with an 800 series board,
I'd try to get the absolute most recent chipset version, and
Asus makes great boards too. (I think that was what you were
looking at).
-Clint
http://computerhardware-consumerelectronics.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: "Peter Kaulback" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In the wee hour of 12:07 AM 5/27/01 -0500,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Clint Hamilton bequeathed such tales as these:
>Peter, 440BX boards are still the best for Intel CPU's.
>Celerons love ZX or BX chipsets. Intel had a lot of
>problems with their 800 series chipsets and recalled
>over a million. Over time and in the long run, BX &
>ZX chipsets have more stability and are also much
>faster on memory bandwidth and transfer tests.
>I'd tried to find you a nice BX or ZX board first, you
>can also heavily overclock your Celeron MUCH
>better on one of these.
>-Clint
>
>
> >
Thanks Clint, but since the BX is being discontinued for non
mobile
chipsets in favour of the 815 and 815e and the ZX is being
discontinued
across the roadmap I will try to stay more current. Also
aren't all the
BX/ZX boards slot 1's? The 815's have not been involved in
the recalls
associated with the 840/820 and their MTH (Memory Translator
Hub). Thanks
for the offer though.
Peter Kaulback
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