cheap P3/celery MB at compgeeks $29.50

[breweyez]

http://www.compgeeks.com/details.asp?invtid=M6VCF
link is above...its a geek special, so no 10% off. Specs are below for this Biostar M6VCF

Supports Celeron (PPGA) Socket 370 CPUs 266MHz - 533MHz / 66MHz Bus
Supports Celeron (FC-PGA) Socket 370 CPUs 800MHz / 100MHz Bus ONLY
Supports Pentium III (FC-PGA) Socket 370 CPUs 550MHz - 800MHz / 100MHz Bus
Supports Pentium III (FC-PGA) Socket 370 CPUs 533MHz - 1GHz / 133MHz Bus
Supports 66/100/133 FBS
Supports 2x - 8x Multipliers (Jumpered)
Chipset: VIA 694X (VIA Apollo Pro 133A)
Memory:
Maximum 1.5GB SDRAM PC133
Three (3) 168-pin DIMM sockets
Two (2) UDMA 33/66 Integrated IDE Controllers
One (1) Floppy Disk Drive Controller
Bus Slots:
One (1) AGP bus slot (2X/4X)
Two (2) PCI bus slots
One (1) AMR bus slot
Ports:
Two (2) PS/2 ports
Two (2) USB ports
Two (2) 9-pin Serial ports
One (1) parallel port
One (1) game port w/onboard sound ( Line In, Line Out, & MIC )
Form Factor: Micro ATX
Dimension: 24.4cm X 21.3cm ( W x L )
Motherboard includes: Hard Drive & Floppy Cables -
- Quick Start Guide, Drivers & Utilities on CD

** CPU Speed Note: this motherboard does NOT support any
speed that is NOT explicitly listed above (the CPU needs to
fall with-in the jumpered speed that the motherboard is
capable of: FSB of 66, 100 or 133MHz and a multiplier
of bewteen 2.0x and 8.0x)
NOTE: This Board ONLY Supports 800MHz FC-PGA CELERON CPU's

 

[kmannc]

I picked one of these up from compgeeks a couple of months ago - it's a great little motherboard! The specs listed above from compgeeks say its Celeron support is limited to 800MHz but if you check out Biostar's web site, you'll see they say it supports up to a 900MHz celeron.

And sure enough, I put an 850 in there and it worked just fine. Better than fine actually since I was able to tweak the frequencies in the bios to push my 850 up to 935Mhz. I also had it up to 975MHz or so but I started getting some weird crashes in Castle Wolfenstein so I cranked it back down to 935 and it's been running fine ever since.

Again - this is a nice little motherboard and a heck of a deal for $30.