I like Socket 754. So much easier to work with and none of the chipsets have ever given me any issues.

Jupiter-18 wrote:

I think I will go with a later board, likely the Gigabyte GA-7VT880 Pro. I want a modern board for it. Do you think I'll be able to run XP on a build with that board and an Athlon XP 3200?

yes a KT880 is the newest socket A chipset, supports dual channel, AGP 8x and Native SATA 1

Just be aware don't use SATA 2 drives on it that don't have a jumper to slow it down to SATA 1 speed it has issues auto negotiating with SATA 2 drives on a lot of the older VIA SATA controllers.

Jupiter-18 wrote:

Greetings, fellow posters!
Until I can gather the money for a dual Slot 1 Pentium III PC, I am looking towards AMD's Socket A/462. I am looking at AMD's Athlon XP. Best motherboard choice for that? Looking for AGP 4x (does it support 8x?), PCI, and ISA (if possible). What are everyone's thoughts? Is Socket A a good choice?

I don't know the "best" but if I had to rebuild a Socket A system I'd go for a sata equipeed one so the latest AGP8X, Dual Channel chipsets would be ok for me, if I wanted to use it also daily. The problem to me is the psu if it's needed to build a powerful system (Barton 3200+, Dual channel, AGP8X externally powered card etc...) I would need a really serious one. I don't know if it had problems but a medium modern 600W could not give enough voltage on the last I built.

if i wanted to relive my thlon days, is there any proper board with good performance and scsi?

So, let's say I go with that Gigabyte motherboard and an Athlon XP. What power supply would I need? I assume it would also depend on the GPU, so could I run an ATi Radeon 9200 on this system?

Looks like that Gigabyte board has a P4 connector, so you should be able to use just about anything with a half decent 5v/3.3v rail. I like Enermax power supplies from that period, have a Noisetaker 475watt that is build like a tank. You can run XP on that thing just find, just keep in mind that online video playback and web browsing will be usable but limited due to the lack of SSE2. Not a big deal if it is not your daily driver 😀

Well I was talking about the Barton 3200+ but if you mean a slower low-freq Xp with the 9200 it will probably be easier for the psu. But a 3200+ plus a 9800 (example), well..
(if we talk about a recent NEW psu. If you'll use a time correct old one that still works it's another story)

A new PSU would probably be best. I am hoping to couple an Athlon XP 3200+ with an ATi Radeon 9200. Would that work?

I have a Tyan Trinity KT-A with a 1333 mhz Athlon Thunderbird in it.

The board can be flaky depending.

What I found really strange was that messing with ACPI got the board to boot a Windows 2000 disk.

Jupiter-18 wrote:

A new PSU would probably be best. I am hoping to couple an Athlon XP 3200+ with an ATi Radeon 9200. Would that work?

That is a good cpu but frankly you can pair that proc with a better card, people used to go with the awesome 9700 pro back in the day. If you can find a 9800 xt or a x800 without spending too much go for it as they are much faster while still being period accurate cards. I even had a ati aiw 9800 pro at one point.

Ok! I'll look for those!

Jupiter-18 wrote:

Ok! I'll look for those!

Just remember if you take your time they pop up for less than $20 shipped time to time and demand isn't great so steals do happen 🤣. 9800 pro and XT can even run Crysis if you don't mind the frame rate 😈

Great!
Any RAM tips for Socket A?

Jupiter-18 wrote:

Great!
Any RAM tips for Socket A?

Stick to name branded stuff only and not the low end stuff either, look for those with coolers like OCZ ect. There are some very exotic kits out there that are amazing for overclocking and others with very very tight timings which are very fun but mainly look for DDR 400 (PC3200) or better.

Pair of 256mb*2 bh-5/bh-6 for overclock or Hynix D43 at default settings

Got it! How about storage? The mobo supports SATA, but I assume that is sata 1. Should I make use of that, or stick to IDE? CD drives can run over sata 1 correct? and Floppies are IDE only?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/2x-Super-Talent-PC320 … CIAAOSwqfNXiV--

http://www.ebay.com/itm/CORSAIR-XMS-3-5GB-7-x … 9AAAOSwZ1BXeX9y

http://www.ebay.com/itm/NIB-OCZ-EL-Platinum-P … IQAAOSw0fhXkSPi

Just as examples

Floppy drives have their own port. Like IDE, but smaller and less pins. The onboard will be Sata1 and may have issues with drives that cant run in Sata1 mode with a jumper. CD drives over Sata1 work great!

@nforce4max
Thanks!
@ODwilly
I did not know that about floppies! If I have sata, what should I use IDE for?

Jupiter-18 wrote:

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@nforce4max
Thanks!
@ODwilly
I did not know that about floppies! If I have sata, what should I use IDE for?

http://www.computerhope.com/jargon/c/channel.jpg here is a pic where you can see the difference. If you don't need to use IDE for hard drives or a CD drive than I would just leave it empty.