First post, by PTherapist
I'm putting together a couple of year 2003 gaming builds using only parts I already have in my collection and not really buying anything else other than Graphics Cards to suit (as my only spare parts at the moment are a Radeon 9600, GeForce FX 5200 & GeForce FX 5700VE).
I had intended to use 2 Athlon XP 3200+ systems, both with nForce2 Ultra 400 chipsets, but 1 of my motherboards needs recapping so that's out of the question for the time being.
So that leaves me with a choice of the following 3 motherboards & CPU configurations to use as the 2nd 2003 PC build -
- Asus A7V600-X, Socket A, Via Apollo KT600 Chipset, AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton)
- ASRock K7S41GX, Socket A, SiS 741GX Chipset, AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton)
- ASRock P4i65G, Socket 478, Intel 865G Chipset, Pentium 4 HT 3.0E (Prescott)
I'm guessing the Socket A with the SIS chipset is the rank outsider here.
I can't really decide between the Asus Socket A & ASRock Socket 478. I realise the P4 CPU is from early 2004, but I can live with that as it's only a few months out. 🤣
If you were building a 2003 gaming PC with the above choices, which one would you choose?
BTW for reference, the other 2003 build that I've already decided upon is: MSI K7N2, Socket A, nForce2 Ultra 400 Chipset, AMD Athlon XP 3200+ (Barton).