new mobo

Discussion in 'CPU, Motherboards and Memory' started by bobaraba, Feb 15, 2005.

  1. bobaraba

    bobaraba Geek Trainee

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    Intel (Fedora) motherboard Pentium III - 733-MHz [Part #2511419]. i need to replace this mobo. it maxes out at 512 sdram. i have lots ot extra sdram and would like to stay with this mobo as it would cost alot to replace the ram. any good suggestions on motherboard that would suit my needs or do i have to bite the bullit and change to ddr?
     
  2. ProcalX

    ProcalX all grown up

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    For the effort of finding a board for your P3 (a now aging processor) you'd be better of buying a new motherboard/processor - you don't have to get DDR, as you can get boards that can use both DDR and SDRam - but you only get 2 memory slots for each.

    Personally i would think of getting a new motherboard/processor/memory because for the effort and cost of finding a new SDRam board, you might as well spend the small extra and get DDR.

    example:
    Processor: Sempron 2200/2400/2500/2600/2800 Processor (£20-£70)
    Motherboard: Abit / Asus AMD K7 Motherboard (£35)
    Memory: GeIL Golden Value PC2700 - PC3200 - (2x256MB-£52) (2x512MB-£101)

    (get a motherboard with Dual Channel DDR - double bandwidth and get 2x Memory peices)
     
  3. bobaraba

    bobaraba Geek Trainee

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    a board with 2 slots for ddr and 2 for sdram. you have to use one or the other right?
     
  4. Addis

    Addis The King

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    Yea only one type at a time.
     

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