which motherboard to buy?

Hi:

want to get a motherboard for pentium 4 2.6GHz 800FSB. would like to have
either ata or sata raid with LAN. would like to know which is the most
stable motherboard out there. thank you

"pepelpue00" wrote in message
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Hi:

want to get a motherboard for pentium 4 2.6GHz 800FSB. would like to
have
either ata or sata raid with LAN. would like to know which is the most
stable motherboard out there. thank you

The Abit IC7-G should be on the short list. Lots of reviews around singing
it's praises. I have the non-G version, one less SATA controller and non
onboard LAN, and it's a top notch overclocker.

P4C 2.4 @ 3.3ghz, 275x12. 512 megs of Buffalo Tech PC3700 @ 5:4, 220 mhz,
2,3,2,6. Very quick and perfectly stable in every torture test.

yup abit ic7-g and asus pc800E deluxe are the 2 best boards out there (they
are also 875).

good 865 boards include the abit Is7e and asus p4p800 deluxe

also, dump the 2.6 and get a 2.4c, cheaper and probably more overclockabel
especially if u get good ram
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"pepelpue00" wrote in message
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Hi:

want to get a motherboard for pentium 4 2.6GHz 800FSB. would like to
have
either ata or sata raid with LAN. would like to know which is the most
stable motherboard out there. thank you

The Abit IC7-G should be on the short list. Lots of reviews around singing
it's praises. I have the non-G version, one less SATA controller and non
onboard LAN, and it's a top notch overclocker.

P4C 2.4 @ 3.3ghz, 275x12. 512 megs of Buffalo Tech PC3700 @ 5:4, 220 mhz,
2,3,2,6. Very quick and perfectly stable in every torture test.

yup abit ic7-g and asus pc800E deluxe are the 2 best boards out there
(they are also 875).

good 865 boards include the abit Is7e and asus p4p800 deluxe

I'm quite happy with the DFI LanParty 875Pro. It's very stable, many O/C
options, especially in the latest BIOS, it had many memory timing options
(that matter, hehe). I have the board at 250 MHz now, using a P4 2.6C. I
think it can do more, but that will require more cooling, and i like to have
a relatively quiet PC. Looking into watercooling, though ;-)

Only real disadvantage is the lack of a high memory voltage. The highest you
can select with this board is 2.7, which is a bit poor, compared to the Asus
and Abit boards. But still, my poor old PC2700 RAM manages to achieve 400
MHz, at 2.5 / 3 / 3 / 6 with HPS1 setting (fastest). So i think the lack of
voltage isnt that alarming. It's not too good for the memory anyway, to be
overvolted too much.

Thomas