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Help needed in choosing motherboard for P4 2.66 ghz

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sharan_sri Original post #1
Oct 4, 2008 at 9:11 PM
Hi all,

My Motherboard Asus P5GL-Mx got damaged and I'm going to buy a new motherboard. I want to know whether the latest motherboards available in the market will support my P4 2.66 ghz processor. Plz any one suggest me the list of motherboards that support my type of processot bcoz i'm not in situation to buy a new processor as my processor is working fine.
comp@ddict
Oct 4, 2008 at 9:30 PM
Well, tht's a 478-pin mobo...so though luck..unless you get this board:

Brand-Mainboard
Mobo-Intel 865
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Oct 4, 2008 at 9:47 PM
My processor family is LGA 775 and has no pins
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imgame2 #4
Oct 4, 2008 at 9:52 PM
Hi all,

My Motherboard Asus P5GL-Mx got damaged and I'm going to buy a new motherboard. I want to know whether the latest motherboards available in the market will support my P4 2.66 ghz processor. Plz any one suggest me the list of motherboards that support my type of processot bcoz i'm not in situation to buy a new processor as my processor is working fine.

is this ur mobo ??

*www.xpcgear.com/p5glmx.html

if that is ...its LG775 socket mobo ..and u can go for Asus P5kpl-cm mobo for about 2.8k ....or if u want to go for intel mobo DG31PR for 3.1k
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acewin #5
Oct 4, 2008 at 10:20 PM
+1 for ingame as you already menioned its LGA775, get DG31 based mobos
comp@ddict
Oct 5, 2008 at 12:02 PM
Well....u cud also go for 610i since they hav better integrated gfx....
Psychosocial
Oct 5, 2008 at 12:18 PM
Yup NVIDIA IGPs are better than Intel's. So I suggest a good 610i based mobo. Palit N73-PV or Jetway 610i.
comp@ddict
Oct 5, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Just bear in mind one thing.....

no dual channel ram
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acewin #10
Oct 5, 2008 at 8:02 PM
630 chipset is best Palit N73-PV in 2.8K being the best run.
comp@ddict
Oct 5, 2008 at 11:05 PM
630i for ddr2 800MHz RAM

610i not cause only 667MHz ram support!!!!!!!!
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Oct 7, 2008 at 7:32 PM
Thanks for ur suggestions. I bought Gigabyte 945 GC S series motherboard and a 1 gb ddr 2 ram for rs 3000.
Psychosocial
Oct 7, 2008 at 10:00 PM
oh nice buy dude.