Which MB is best ?

[Cable God]

I have a P3 650 Slot1 and 256mb Micron Pc100 memory. My video is a GeForce SDR running at 130/170 9most stable combo yet-not so good at 140/180 maybe 2 hours till it freezes). I am confused bby all the new chipsets and new technology. Which board would give the best performance and overclockability for my P3 650 game-wise like UT and Q3? I can't decide, but $$$ is no object on the board. i want to stay with the Slot1 boards and stay away from the VIA chipset boards. Are the new 815 chipset boards the best? If so, would that make the Abit one best? Any info or opinions would be appreciated.

 

[Ulysses]

The new 815E boards look very nice on paper, but are just becoming available and are expected to be mostly Socket 370.

That leaves either the VIA Apollo Pro 133A chipset-based boards or the time-tested Intel 440BX chipset-based boards.

Since you said Slot 1 and no VIA, I'd go with the MSI/Microstar BX Master:
http://www.anandtech.com/printarticle.html?i=1149
or
http://www.anandtech.com/articlelist.html?t=2


P.S.
I believe the Abit SE6 is shipping now, but it's Socket 370 i815.

 

[AndyHui]

I would suggest the ASUS P3B-F.

There seems to be no word about i815E Slot 1 boards in the near future.

 

[scrubman]

I have just heard of a new ABIT board called the "BX133 RAID" and im thinking that is the one im going to buy... maybe Anand will be able to review this one for us!!!

 

[Alphacowboy]

I love my ASUS P3V4X, shes awesome!

 

[BeHeMOTH]

I'd have to say the MSI BXMaster, it's why better than my Aopen ax63 pro VIA133 board.

 

[Cable God]

Thanks for all the info guys. I appreciate it. Still haven't made a decision yet though. I think i am a little partial to ASUS thouogh, but Abit is starting to change that I think, maybe...... Thanks again guys. Keep it coming!