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    Hi, I was just given a PIII 450 cpu, and was wondering what mobo would be good for surfing, MS Office, light gaming (can you tell it is for the wife?) :laugh: Any help would be appreciated.
    Thanx

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    Try and look for a Intel 440BX based board, since they are old they may be hard to find. If not a board based on the Intel 815E would be the go, or 815EP if you want onboard graphics.
    Cameron "Mr.Tweak" Wilmot
    Managing Director
    Tweak Town Pty Ltd

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    • #3
      Originally posted by Mr.Tweak
      Try and look for a Intel 440BX based board, since they are old they may be hard to find. If not a board based on the Intel 815E would be the go, or 815EP if you want onboard graphics.
      A slot 1 i815 may also be very to find since only a couple were ever produced....i440BX is your best bet, even though it only supports 2xAGP.
      I've been happy with my 3 yr. old Epox BX3...especially since i took out the secc PIII 500 & replace it with a Celeron900/slotket running at 1200MHz

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      • #4
        I used to run Aopen AX6BC's which were great stable BX boards.

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        • #5
          I'm fairly certain the 815 came in socket 370 form as well?
          Cameron "Mr.Tweak" Wilmot
          Managing Director
          Tweak Town Pty Ltd

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          • #6
            It certainly does Tweak so long as the 512MB memory limit is ok and the PIII ain't a slot 1 job though there are some boards around that will take either. :smokin:
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Mr.Tweak
              I'm fairly certain the 815 came in socket 370 form as well?
              Don't you mean slot 1? I know the early i820's came in slot 1 (like Asus P3C) but I dunno about the i815, they must have been very scarce!

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              • #8
                There were socket 370 815 boards, I just remembered I had an Epox board a couple years ago.
                Cameron "Mr.Tweak" Wilmot
                Managing Director
                Tweak Town Pty Ltd

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                • #9
                  Anyways his PIII 450 only came in slot 1

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by Mr.Tweak
                    I'm fairly certain the 815 came in socket 370 form as well?
                    sorry I guess I wasn't clear in my earlier post

                    A PIII450 Katmai would have to be a secc - and since very, very few slot 1 i815 boards were ever made, a slot 1 i440BX board would be his best bet.

                    I've had a couple of PIII450's run at 600MHz w/o increasing the Vcore, so you may be able to squeeze out a little more.

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by Mr.Tweak
                      If not a board based on the Intel 815E would be the go, or 815EP if you want onboard graphics.
                      Wasn't the 815EP the one without onboard graphics?

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                      • #12
                        Hi everyone , now I have a list to go by. I'll check out your suggestions and see what I find. Thanx

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by fragman


                          Wasn't the 815EP the one without onboard graphics?
                          I think you're right :rolleyes:

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