OT: Motherbord Recommendations

I want to buy a real P4 motherboard, case and power supplyand swap out all the guts to my current Dell system into it.What are some of the best 8x motherbords these days. P4 2.53 Ti4600 soon to be replaced with the FX 1 gig PC800 Audigy 2 120 gig hd Thanks again,

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> I want to buy a real P4 motherboard, case and power supplyand swap out all > the guts to my current Dell system into it.What are some of the best 8x > motherbords these days. > > P4 2.53 > Ti4600 soon to be replaced with the FX > 1 gig PC800 > Audigy 2 > 120 gig hd > > Thanks again,

Check out the Intel E7205 (granite bay) chipset boards if you want the 8x: http://www.tomshardware.com/mainboard/20030203/index.html I personally went with the Intel D845PEBT2 board (845PE chipset), with the same cpu as you and an ATI 9500Pro, and am well pleased with it. Of course you'll need to get new memory with these boards, because they don't work with your Rambus. -Bill J.

"Bill Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:DDZ3a.2759$[email hidden]... > > "Morris Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:[email hidden]... > > I want to buy a real P4 motherboard, case and power supplyand swap outall

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> > the guts to my current Dell system into it.What are some of the best 8x > > motherbords these days. > > > > P4 2.53 > > Ti4600 soon to be replaced with the FX > > 1 gig PC800 > > Audigy 2 > > 120 gig hd > > > > Thanks again, > >

Better check your Dell case. They make a custom board to fit their custom case. Unless they have changed this practice, a non Dell board might not fit. Elrikk PS That is the only complaint I had about my old Dell.

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> > "Bill Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:DDZ3a.2759$[email hidden]... > > > > "Morris Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I want to buy a real P4 motherboard, case and power supplyand swap out > all > > > the guts to my current Dell system into it.What are some of the best

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> > > motherbords these days. > > > > > > P4 2.53 > > > Ti4600 soon to be replaced with the FX > > > 1 gig PC800 > > > Audigy 2 > > > 120 gig hd > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > Better check your Dell case. > > They make a custom board to fit their custom case. > > Unless they have changed this practice, a non Dell board might not fit.

I think he said he wanted to swap the case, power supply, and motherboard, but keep the rest. -Bill J

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> > "elrikk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:2K_3a.6299$[email hidden]... > > > > "Bill Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:DDZ3a.2759$[email hidden]... > > > > > > "Morris Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > > news:[email hidden]... > > > > I want to buy a real P4 motherboard, case and power supplyand swap

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> > all > > > > the guts to my current Dell system into it.What are some of the best > 8x > > > > motherbords these days. > > > > > > > > P4 2.53 > > > > Ti4600 soon to be replaced with the FX > > > > 1 gig PC800 > > > > Audigy 2 > > > > 120 gig hd > > > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > > > > > Better check your Dell case. > > > > They make a custom board to fit their custom case. > > > > Unless they have changed this practice, a non Dell board might not fit. > > I think he said he wanted to swap the case, power supply, and motherboard, > but keep the rest. > > > -Bill J

Duh! Right Bill. So much for the "Speed Reading For Better Comprehension" course I just finished. Elrikk ;o) PS Don't you just love "money back, no questions asked." offers ?

And Dell also uses proprietary Power Supplies as well IIRC. Larry "elrikk" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:2K_3a.6299$[email hidden]...

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> > "Bill Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:DDZ3a.2759$[email hidden]... > > > > "Morris Jones" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:[email hidden]... > > > I want to buy a real P4 motherboard, case and power supplyand swap out > all > > > the guts to my current Dell system into it.What are some of the best

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> > > motherbords these days. > > > > > > P4 2.53 > > > Ti4600 soon to be replaced with the FX > > > 1 gig PC800 > > > Audigy 2 > > > 120 gig hd > > > > > > Thanks again, > > > > > > Better check your Dell case. > > They make a custom board to fit their custom case. > > Unless they have changed this practice, a non Dell board might not fit. > > Elrikk > > PS That is the only complaint I had about my old Dell. > > >