Slot 1 mobos (1 Viewer)

[JohanK]

I have a slot 1 P3 chip/heatsink assembly. I would like to buy a mobo to install it on and use the computer for web surfing and other general type material. In particular, I'm looking for an ASUS P3V4X mobo but I cannot find a vendor that sells this mobo. Anyone know where I can obtain one of these boards?
If I cannot obtain a slot 1 mobo, is it possible to install my P3 chip on a socket 370 mobo and obtaining a heatsink/fan assembly for such a mobo?
Thanx for any guidance you can give.
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[Arthur Legardo]

I haven't seen an SECC to socket 370 converter, you may be out of luck.

 

[JohanK]

Arthur, I found the Tyan Trinity 400 which has a socket 370 AND a slot 1 (only one can be used at a time). Thanx.
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[Rob Gillespie]

Tyans are generally regarded as good, solid mobos. But they can be picky with other hardware, especially graphics cards.

 

[JohanK]

Rob, I was planning on using a 16MB AGP(4X) vid card using the RIVA/TNT2/Vanta chipset (mfg. is Jaton). Have you heard of any difficulties b/t TNT2 cards and Tyan mobos?
I'm not looking for a state-of-the-art computer but am hoping to throw together a decent machine for very little money by buying a mobo and using other parts that I already have.
Thanx.
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[Rob Gillespie]

Johan, I'm only commenting from my own experience with a Tyan Socket 7 board and what I've seen on AnandTech.
The S7 board (very highly rated, btw) refused to cooperate with my Matrox G400Max. After mailing Tyan, I got a response back saying basically to forget it because it was a 'chipset issue'. Wrong, it was a Tyan issue. An FIC board with the same chipset worked perfectly well with the Matrox. I didn't really put much faith in them after that.
The TNT2 was a popular card so you're less likely to have problems. If you want to be sure, send Tyan a mail and ask them. I only found out about my incompatibility after I'd paid for the board. There was no info on their site at all.

 

[JohanK]

Thanx for the advice Rob. I'll email Tyan and see what happens.
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[Darren Lewis]

You'll be able to get a Slot-1 motherboard second-user, especially at online auctions such as EBAY. I picked up a Tyan Trinity 400 from there not so long ago - very good motherboard.
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[JohanK]

I ordered the Tyan Trinity 400. I now have another buddy who wants to trade my 667 slot 1 P3 for his 800 socket 370 Celeron. Would you do it?
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[Darren Lewis]

Depends what you use you PC for. The Celeron is a good chip for general business usage - Word etc. It's not so good on graphics.
Personally I'd stick with the P3. 667MHz isn't slow
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