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Offline bloom25

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If buying a socket 370 MB, which would you get?
« on: August 26, 2000, 05:05:00 PM »
I'm considering an upgrade to my computer.  I would like to get a Socket 370 MB, but not one with an Intel chipset.  Which board would all of you recommend?  I've looked at some ABIT boards which seem OK to me, but I thought I'd ask just to make sure.



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Offline bloom25

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If buying a socket 370 MB, which would you get?
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2000, 05:21:00 PM »
I've also looked at the Asus CUSL2 815e board.  I know this one has an Intel chipset, but has anyone used it here?



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If buying a socket 370 MB, which would you get?
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2000, 05:55:00 PM »
If it starts with letter A; It's good.
Abit,Aopen and Asus.

Tom's Hardware guide, They have tested all kind of hardware.
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If buying a socket 370 MB, which would you get?
« Reply #3 on: August 27, 2000, 03:47:00 PM »
No problem with Asus CUSL2. AGP x4 and FW works with geforce. I'm happy with it.
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If buying a socket 370 MB, which would you get?
« Reply #4 on: August 27, 2000, 08:28:00 PM »
 Tyan Trinity s1854 (Via chipset)
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Offline bloom25

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« Reply #5 on: August 28, 2000, 01:31:00 AM »
How about the Abit SE6, or the Microstandard MS-6337?



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« Reply #6 on: August 28, 2000, 02:10:00 PM »
Be warned, 815i's are starting to show secondary AGP problems. Matrox AGP cards cause problems in them.
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If buying a socket 370 MB, which would you get?
« Reply #7 on: August 28, 2000, 05:21:00 PM »
Do you really mean PPGA-370 or FC-PPGA370?

Personally, I go for ABit motherboards. If you do mean PPGA-370, then the ABit BP6 is the one for you, otherwise I'd strongly suggest an Athlon - the price/performance is way ahead of Intel. Plus you can actually get the high end chips.
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Offline Hamish

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If buying a socket 370 MB, which would you get?
« Reply #8 on: August 28, 2000, 06:29:00 PM »
I have an ASUS TX97-XE motherboard, should i upgrade? :P

On the serious side, i've been using it for 2 years and never had a problem with it. It even survived being bounced around on a ship in the atlantic ocean and Med. Sea for 6 months.

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« Reply #9 on: August 28, 2000, 07:23:00 PM »
Hey Qts,

Whats the difference tween my Abit Bm6 PPGA-370, and the "FlipChip" PPGA-370? (if ya got a minute)

As for my upgrade (reading these boards always gives me uprade fever) Ive deceided to stick to Celery. Figure its worth spending 120 bucks now on the c566, and hopefully get near 700, then wait a few months till I can sort this AMD vs Intel thing out.
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« Reply #10 on: August 29, 2000, 11:22:00 AM »
Hamish I used to have similar board with P-200MMX. Then I over-clocked processor to 233... Then 266 and finally 290Mhz  (with original fan).
That SOB was faster than early 333Celeron's without core memory. I did use that speed about two years without any problems.

Bios showed speeds only to 266 but I got some test program which was able to show the real speed.
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Offline Hamish

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« Reply #11 on: August 29, 2000, 04:00:00 PM »
 
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Hamish I used to have similar board with P-200MMX. Then I over-clocked processor to 233... Then 266 and finally 290Mhz   (with original fan).
That SOB was faster than early 333Celeron's without core memory. I did use that speed about two years without any problems.

Bios showed speeds only to 266 but I got some test program which was able to show the real speed.


yes! someone else who was (at one time) as much a dinosaur as me   I've got a 166MMX CPU myself, i am O/C'ing the " CPU External (bus) frequency" on mine at 75 MHZ, and the "CPU to BUS frequency ratio" at 4.5(9/2) according to my user manual. when i boot it up it says it's running at 187mhz (which is as high as i could get it to read) Until i download a benchmark program or something i have no idea how fast it's running, but my frame rate in some programs has improved a bit.  I've had it here for about a wekk now and no problems yet, hopefully this will get me by until i can get my poor system upgraded :P

BTW, does anyone know what I am doing to my CPU?   <------- relatively ignorant as far as overclocking goes, but my puter seems to be handling the abuse fine  


thanks, and my apologies to bloom for sorta hijacking his thread, back to the topic tho, my ASUS seems to handle the abuse by me pretty well, so i'm kinda partial to them until i get a bad one. GL with whatever ya get  


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« Reply #12 on: August 29, 2000, 10:40:00 PM »
I gave up the Intel idea the other day after seeing the new "games" they are playing the the fast Coppermines.  (Recalling ALL 1133 MHz.)  This tells me quality control is no longer as much a priority as marketing.

I've ordered an ASUS A7V with 700 MHz Athlon Thunderbird, heatsink and fan, 128 MB PC 133 ram (CL2), and a Diamond modem to replace an old ISA modem.  (No ISA slots in newer MBs.)  Total cost: $475.

I'm done with Intel.



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« Reply #13 on: September 01, 2000, 12:18:00 AM »
If you don't see me online this weekend, it's because I'm putting together this system.  



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