Looking for motherboard

[nicpon]

I'm looking for a motherboard with DDR2 240 DIMM and socket 478. Is it possible to get one like that ?

 

[suprasteve]

I checked newegg and found none, so I'm going to say no

 

[Praetor]

There is no DDR2 support for S478

 

[nicpon]

Thats what I did too but I just wanted to make sure that I haven't missed anything anywhere. Anyway, I have 1GB, DDR2 and P4 2.0ghz(478 socket) with some crappy PCChips motherboard. I guess I cannot get it to work without either buying new motherboard and CPU or buying memory 184 DIMM.hmm

 

[Praetor]

Depends on how much money you have to play with and/or what you can sell

 

[nicpon]

Of course I would rather use 240 DIMM get new board and CPU, graphics I dont care at this time. I can use whatever I have right now. That PC Chips board goes for around $12 on ebay haha and p4 2.0 probably not much more. My budget is around $150 - $200.

 

[Praetor]

My budget is around $150 - $200.

Getting a CPU+mobo for that bracket wont give yo a whole lot of performance

 

[nicpon]

I know. I could probably go little higher on the budget but I'm still not sure if I should go with AMD or Intel. Do you know any good benchmarking web with comparison of various cpu's ?

 

[i.Angel]

cnet.com ... they recently had a dual-core battle, but that wouldn't really help. Just use Google... it's your friend

 

[krimson_king]

for good performance, that budget will get you one or the other. go with AMD, because they tend to be cheaper.

 

[Praetor]

go with AMD, because they tend to be cheaper.

Actually nowadays, intel solutions tend to be on the cheaper side of things