This is just going to be for a media server in my house. I was hoping a
$50 board was out there for it.
I have plenty of RAM at my disposal. I only really wanted to buy a board
and a case.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
----- Original Message ----- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "The Hardware List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, January 07, 2007 10:42 PM
Subject: Re: [H] Pentium-M desktop motherboard
Aopen makes one but its rather spendy
Are you thinking you can save by using an older CPU which requires an
older motherboard with an AGP video slot and DDR or PC 133 RAM? You
could have a couple of years ago when I sold Celeron CPU's for around
$120.00 and P4 CPU's for $220.00 and up. Now the Celerons have been
discontinued and the P4' (if there are any left at my supplier) and the
Pentium D's (Dual Core) have been reduced to only around $120.00. This
means it is to your advantage to bypass that Pentium M and get a Pentium
D and a motherboard with a PCIe video slot and slots for DDR2 RAM. Why
bend over backwards and go with all old technology to save $120.00 on a
CPU that gives you a lots slower older CPU??
For a few years after Windows XP came out, people wanted older and out
of date computers to run their older software. Many had their new
computers built with older technology to accommodate their older
software. Your progression should be led by advances in hardware and the
CPU takes the lead. Motherboards and everything else is built around the
CPU.
Chuck
