Which MB to get for older OC'able chip?

[Trimble]

Hi guys, great forum...

I have an older celeron chip, it's a 300 that runs stable at 474 (4.5). I bought it when I was building my last machine, but I aquired a 568 chip instead for the same board. Now I have this 474 laying around idle, and I thought I might look into aquiring the items to build a secondary around it.

What is the ideal motherboard to look at getting for this? back in the day, I bought a ABIT BX6 2.0 (i think?) but this might not be the best bet anymore.

I would be interested to find if there are any "do everything" boards that might include video and audio cards built in that might fit my needs.

I remember reading something about 810 boards back then, but never looked into it. I understand that 810 sucks now, but what has replaced them for these older chips?

Also, what kind of ram would I need to aquire to get this running. I have drives, cases, etc, and even a spare AGP card (mill 2) to use if I need it.

This machine would serve only as a machine to play STARCRAFT/BROODWAR, and to play MP3's, and that's pretty much it. (girlfriend likes to play when she's over, we want to play together)

Thanks in advance, guys...

Trimble Epic

[Placid]

815e chipset boards have built in video and sound.
They use 168pin memory. All but 1 is a socket 370 type cpu thou. The only slot 1 is the abit sh6.
None of these boards have isa slots that I know of only pci.

[Trimble]

Great! IT's a ppga chip (370) so that's ideal. I'd honed it's top PERFECTLY flat so it's easy to cool (1000 grit paper on a sheet of glass gets things very flat)

Which brands of boards on the market can do 105 mhz FSB? also, the 168pin ram, what is it called, and where should i look for it?

Thanks in advance

[Placid]

All can do that fsb.
Here is a good comparison of 18 815 boards.
http://www4.tomshardware.com/mainboard/00q3/000906/i815-01.html

Its just regular 168pin ram like you use in a bx board.

[Pinky]

Trimble (May 30, 2001 12:48 p.m.):
Great! IT's a ppga chip (370) so that's ideal. I'd honed it's top PERFECTLY flat so it's easy to cool (1000 grit paper on a sheet of glass gets things very flat)

Which brands of boards on the market can do 105 mhz FSB? also, the 168pin ram, what is it called, and where should i look for it?

Thanks in advance

Most of the abits can do various FSB. Check out this link (http://www.abit.com.tw/english/index.htm) for Abit product specifications.

The RAM you're looking for is SDRAM, 168 PIN DIMMS. Try here (http://www.pricewatch.com) for ball-park pricing or PC Boost (http://www.pcboost.com) for some inexpensive RAM options.