Hi guys,
sorry for the lack of news about this project but i've been very busy lately.
Since the last time, I decided to change a little but very important detail:
The limit date for the hardware pieces is now December 31, 2000 (in order to reach the last Pentium III slot 1 133fsb)
(I love the look of the slot1 processors! 😊 )
However a new "problem" arises:
Which the best high end motherboard for gaming performance of the year 2000?
From my research I have a few options (each with negative aspects):
1.
440BX (to reach 133 fsb needs to be overclocked)
June 2000, article with a benchmarking of 440BX overclocked motherboards
http://www.anandtech.com/show/556
Microstar BXMaster is considered the best slot-1 motherboard
AGP problem?
2.
Via appollo pro133A
February 2000, benchmarking
http://www.anandtech.com/show/491
Gigabyte GA-6VX-4X is considered the best option
AGP problem?
3.
i815
December 2000, Last slot-1 motherboard
http://www.anandtech.com/show/691
Limit of 512mb RAM.
4.
i820
The problem here is the RAMBUS memory.
(I have a Asus P3C-E but I think it's a bad motherboard)
Which the goods and bads about these options?
Which is the best slot-1 motherboard of all time?! 🤣
Probably i will use a Geforce 2 Ultra in this build.