however I'd like to know what motherboard you folks would recommend for an ATX case with a celeron 500 processor. It needs preferably 4 ram thingys, 5 pci slots, 1 agp slot and a nice fast bus speed.If anyone says intel 810, I'll shoot them.
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"Remeber, if there is a nuclear explosion, be sure to close your windows as the massive heat could cause objects within your home to catch fire".
Wise, wise words.
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"BAD KIKI! No karaoke in the house!"
Go get yourself an Athlon.
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"Do you want to be President?"
"Yes."
"Put you hand on the book and say 'I do'."
"I do."
"Good, done. Let's eat!"
- G'kar and Sheridan, Babylon 5.
All I can say is stay away from PC100 motherboards. They're crap! Although, the company has changed its name from PC100 to something else...
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"The lies I told are not falsehoods according to my definition of truth." Bill Clinton
"All stupid people are liberals, because they don't know any better." Rob Rodehorst
"Don't underestimate the power of stupid people in large groups" - Dilbert, Scott Adams
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"Guess what? I got Marina Sirtis to sign my butt!"
-- Fooker, GPF
Now, with that in mind, can you answer the original question?
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"Remeber, if there is a nuclear explosion, be sure to close your windows as the massive heat could cause objects within your home to catch fire".
Wise, wise words.
The Celeron does use a socket which is a dead-end path. The question is whether you care. Even if you get a new motherboard, who knows what Intel will do down the road. Does the Pentium 4 use the same Slot 1? Someone answer that, I honestly don't know.
Back to the point, I got an Asus P2B-F, one of the early Pentium 2 motherboards, right now I have a P-350...I can upgrade all the way to a P3-500...whoo hoo, go upgrading processors. (sarcasm)
The reason? Even if the newer chips fit in the slot, I don't have the proper multiplier jumper settings...grrr...
Wait a sec, I'm still rambling.
Anyways, if you're into gaming you could get one of those Asus dual Celeron motherboards...
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No I'm Spartacus!
Anyway, how many Mothboards can get you past even one CPU upgrade? My PII mothbaord (for a PII 333) could handle a PIII 600, I think. But after that, it'll be a new motherboard time. Which is expensive.
And I doubt that Daryus has money to through on an Athalon and Mothboard. He spends all his day on the farm milking those cows for every drop, and still gets paid dirt. Poor lad.
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"I can't believe we're actually gonna meet Guru Lou. Everyone says he's the wisest man in the universe. He's sensitive, creative, has a great sense of humour, and he's a really smooth dancer. *giggles*"
"You're confused Polly. We're not meeting Paul Newman."
- Polly & Speedy; Samurai Pizza Cats
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"Remeber, if there is a nuclear explosion, be sure to close your windows as the massive heat could cause objects within your home to catch fire".
Wise, wise words.
[This message has been edited by Daryus Aden (edited July 11, 2000).]
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"I can't believe we're actually gonna meet Guru Lou. Everyone says he's the wisest man in the universe. He's sensitive, creative, has a great sense of humour, and he's a really smooth dancer. *giggles*"
"You're confused Polly. We're not meeting Paul Newman."
- Polly & Speedy; Samurai Pizza Cats
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"Remeber, if there is a nuclear explosion, be sure to close your windows as the massive heat could cause objects within your home to catch fire".
Wise, wise words.