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[Duffman]

ok cool i kinda liked that one better

[Duffman]

well i just checked my mobo and it does have a little thin peice of metal in the back showing it would be removable so i think that would mean its standard atx which means i don't havee to worry about a new mobo right now?

[GCNaddict]

if u need a new mobo, my experiences may help:

the SOYO Dragon models are good (plan some research into which 1 u want tho)

the DFI LanParty boards are good (p4 needs the pro875-b, AthlonXP could use nforce2[not sure. any1 here athlon proficient?])

I personally find DFI to be very well made, but soyo has some features that DFI does not have (some boards have AGP-Pro, which is semi-useless rite now). However, the DFI Boards come with the Genie BIOS Overclocking system (a p4-2.4A can run at 24 x 132 = 3168 mhz MAX (which is awesome). a p4b can go even higher (18*199= 3582mhz MAX NOT RECOMMENDED!!!)

and they all come with a full complement of SATA, RAID, and colorful (or white) PCB

Id say, go with DFI Lanparty (cuz they also come with an addin front panel and rounded UV-Reactive cables and UV-Reactive plastics on the board and it just looks plain cool and it supports 400mhz-533mhz-800mhz fsb meaning that u can still use ur old 1.8ghz p4 400fsb chip (must be 478 pincount lol&#33

gogle it, and when u find the DFI Main Site, look for model # pro875-b for the P4s

[lynx]

Originally posted by Duffman3@10 January 2004 - 05:25
well i just checked my mobo and it does have a little thin peice of metal in the back showing it would be removable so i think that would mean its standard atx which means i don't havee to worry about a new mobo right now?

It may or may not be "standard" atx layout, but as long as you can transfer that backplate with the motherboard you should be ok.

[_John_Lennon_]

Also, on the DFI, they are great, great overclockers, high quality, lots of extras, but, their expensive as a result.