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Subject: [OM] Re: OT motherboard recommendations
From: "C.H.Ling" <chling@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2005 00:30:29 +0800
The 875 almost disappeared, only leaving the older 865 and the latest 9xx 
series, the 9xx series is the way to go if you choose Intel. I have a 3.2GHz 
P4 on 865 board, the only problem is it is much hotter than the P4 2.4 I 
used before.

C.H.Ling

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Sharp" <jsharp@xxxxxxxxxxx>

>I built a machine a couple of months ago using a DFI 875P motherboard
> and a 3.0 ghz 530J Intel retail CPU with the boxed heatsink fan assy. I
> couldn't be happier with this machine.
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136148
>
> It's a generation old intel 875 chipset, has 8X AGP, SATA raid and IDE
> interfaces, onboard sound and gigabit lan, 4 usb ports, etc. Running
> XP-SP2 it's the most stable machine I've used in literally years.
>
> Unless you like hacking on things and can put up with compatibility
> issues and thermal problems, I'd leave the AMD stuff to the overclockers
> and gamers...
>
> --
> Jim
> 



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