Need to find a good, stable, cheap P4 board that supports 1.5ghz

Cheezboy · May 1, 2003

My friend wants DDR but doesn't want to spend a fortune what board would you recommend for cheap that supports DDR, P4 1.5ghz, and built in NIC if possible

Redstone · May 2, 2003

I have no experience with it, but the Albatron PX845PEV PRO is a very popular board and it is only 80.99 over at newegg.
There is a huge thread devoted to it on the other motherboard section. Definitely a cheap 845PE option.

CChaos · May 2, 2003

I have an Albatron PX845PEV Pro and it's a good cheap P4 board. I've also used, and liked, the Asus P4S533 which is about $72 at newegg. Of the 2 I'd choose the Albatron for the Intel chipset, but both are good boards.

Luck!

theflyingrat · May 2, 2003

Hmm, just make sure it's a Socket 478 board that you need. The 1.5GHz P4 came in Socket 478 or Socket 423 flavors - the 423-pin one is tougher to find good boards for. Definitely none with good, up to date chipsets.

If you have a S478 CPU, I say go on the Albatron. I run my 2.4 in one - it's at about 3.05 right now, so I'm happy. For only $80, how can you miss? I've had exactly 0 incidents with it so far, so it seems very solid.

Cheezboy · May 5, 2003

thanks for the info guys

NiTrO bOiE · May 5, 2003

Also Albatron has great tech support if your board should fail. They reply the same day. I even got a call from them asking if I could send a picture of my socket that melted instead of them just saying no we will not replace that. By the way, before you think it was albatron's flaw, it wasn't.

batboy · May 5, 2003

The Abit BH7 is a better motherboard and it has built in LAN. It was only $84 at newegg.com last week.

NiTrO bOiE · May 6, 2003

The PX845 Pro has built in LAN also.

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