Joe DeFuria
Legend
Sometime over the next couple days, I'll get to see if my Voodoo5 6000 works. If it does, It's going to be in a box with my BX Master motherboard.
This means I need another PC, because that BX with the 1.4 Ghz PIII/Celeron Tualatin was going to be my "son's" PC.
Now, the good news is I have basically ALL the components I need to put together such a PC. I have an extra case, power supply, PC100 SDRAM...a PIII 700 Mhz slot-1 CPU.....
The problem is the motherboard.
IDEALLY, What I'd like to do is slap my currently sitting on the shelf slot-1 PIII 700 Mhz CPU in the Voodoo6 box, and then just go and pick up a socket 370 motherboard that supports the 1.4 Ghz Celeron for my son's PC. I'd be all set.
But I'm finding out that actually FINDING such a motherboard (at least with an intel chipset, (i815 / i815E chipset?) is near impossible.
I guess I'm left with a few options:
1) Somewhere, find a motherboard with an i815/i815E chipset based motherboard, that supports 1.4 Ghz Tualatin.
2) Find a non-intel based socket 370 motherboard (VIA 694T?) that supports 1.4 ghz Tualatin.
3) Find a 440BX / Slot 1 motherboard, and use the slocket for the celeron.
4) Build a new "on the cheap" system based on socket 478 or Athlon/Duron.
I'm not too keen on going with a VIA baesd chipset for the socket 370....but I really have no idea how problematic they are (or not) in that generation. I just don't ever want to have to deal with "try the latest 4-in-1 drivers" thing...
I Really don't want to go with option 4. That means buying a new CPU, and new memory as well.
The main reason for preferring option 1 over option 2, is that socket 370 motherboards can be found with universal AGP connectors, and features like on-board audio. If I get another BX motherboard, I may need to add in a cheap audio-card, and may be limiting my video card upgrade options...
So, anyone know where, besides e-bay, I could buy "old technology" motherbaords?!
This means I need another PC, because that BX with the 1.4 Ghz PIII/Celeron Tualatin was going to be my "son's" PC.
Now, the good news is I have basically ALL the components I need to put together such a PC. I have an extra case, power supply, PC100 SDRAM...a PIII 700 Mhz slot-1 CPU.....
The problem is the motherboard.
IDEALLY, What I'd like to do is slap my currently sitting on the shelf slot-1 PIII 700 Mhz CPU in the Voodoo6 box, and then just go and pick up a socket 370 motherboard that supports the 1.4 Ghz Celeron for my son's PC. I'd be all set.
But I'm finding out that actually FINDING such a motherboard (at least with an intel chipset, (i815 / i815E chipset?) is near impossible.
I guess I'm left with a few options:
1) Somewhere, find a motherboard with an i815/i815E chipset based motherboard, that supports 1.4 Ghz Tualatin.
2) Find a non-intel based socket 370 motherboard (VIA 694T?) that supports 1.4 ghz Tualatin.
3) Find a 440BX / Slot 1 motherboard, and use the slocket for the celeron.
4) Build a new "on the cheap" system based on socket 478 or Athlon/Duron.
I'm not too keen on going with a VIA baesd chipset for the socket 370....but I really have no idea how problematic they are (or not) in that generation. I just don't ever want to have to deal with "try the latest 4-in-1 drivers" thing...
I Really don't want to go with option 4. That means buying a new CPU, and new memory as well.
The main reason for preferring option 1 over option 2, is that socket 370 motherboards can be found with universal AGP connectors, and features like on-board audio. If I get another BX motherboard, I may need to add in a cheap audio-card, and may be limiting my video card upgrade options...
So, anyone know where, besides e-bay, I could buy "old technology" motherbaords?!
