Need a motherboard, help me find one [Archive]

badass88gt

05-13-2009, 03:51 AM

Right now I have a Socket T board dead in my old Dell. It has a Pentium 4 processor 3.0ghz, 800fsb. I need a motherboard for it, can anyone recommend me a GOOD one, or a better alternative? Thanks-Dan

badass88gt

05-14-2009, 01:34 AM

Anyone?

Silver86

05-14-2009, 03:24 AM

id love to help... but i have no clue about intel boards... AMD is what i know.

you check craigslist or ebay for a stock replacement?

SSDude

05-14-2009, 05:05 AM

newegg.com

cyclone70

05-14-2009, 06:33 AM

www.tigerdirect.com

xxsn0blindxx

05-14-2009, 07:40 AM

Personally I say stick with Intel brand motherboards, they have the lowest annualized failure rates which far outweighs any negligible performance advantages other brands might have.

This is a good cheap replacement that will be better than the original and has the ability to upgrade to a Core2 Quad processor if you want to in the future. $57 isn't a bad price either.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813121341

Keep in mind that you need to be able to swap out the I/O plate in the back of the chassis (the piece with holes for the keyboard/mouse, vga and other ports). A lot of Dell chassis have fixed holes and plate is not removable to accommodate different motherboards. You can either replace the chassis or get out your dremel and make a rectangle hole in the back of the chassis to accept the universal adapter plates like most chassis have. The LED and switch harness will also not be a direct plug and play with a new motherboard. The pinouts vary by model so you will likely have to modify the harness.