Keatah wrote on 2021-06-03, 16:54:

I currently have 3 several H370 systems with 8th Gen i7 and GTX 1080 available to me for ultra cheap. Only issue here is the 1080 drivers..? I suppose I'd need to do virtualization to get XP on that?

As far as graphics go, in XP, I wouldn 't expect to go above D3D 9c.

If you can get those systems for cheap, then do it. If you don't need the 1080 cards, flip them on eBay for a small fortune.

Why not a Intel Desktop Board DG43NB ?
I have this board and installed XP, Windows 7 e 10 whit no problem.

CPU SUPPORT https://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Intel/DG43NB.html

Feature Summary
Form Factor ATX (294.64 millimeters [11.60 inches] x 243.84 millimeters
[9.60 inches])
Processor Support for an Intel ® processor in the LGA775 package
Main Memory • Two 240-pin, DDR2 1.8 V SDRAM Dual Inline Memory Module
(DIMM) sockets
• 800/667 MHz single or dual channel DDR2 SDRAM interface
• Support for up to 4 GB of system memory
Chipset Intel ® G43 Express Chipset consisting of:
• Intel G43 Express Chipset Graphics and Memory Controller Hub
(GMCH)
• Intel ® 82801JB I/O Controller Hub (ICH10)
Graphics • Intel G43 Express Chipset with Intel ® Graphics Media Accelerator
X4500 (Intel ® GMA X4500)
• One PCI Express* 2.0 x16 connector supporting PCI Express
graphics add-in cards
• Support for dual independent displays via the DVI-D and VGA ports
Audio
Onboard subsystem, featuring:
• Independent 6-channel (5.1) audio streams
• 2-channel stereo audio streams via an onboard header
• Intel ® High Definition Audio (Intel ® HD Audio) interface
• RealTek* ALC888VC audio codec
• Onboard 3-pin S/PDIF output connector
Expansion
Capabilities • One PCI Express 2.0 x16 connector
• Three PCI Express 1.1 x1 connectors
• Three PCI* connectors
Legacy I/O Support Legacy I/O Controller that provides:
• PS/2* keyboard and mouse ports
• One serial port via an onboard header
Peripheral
Interfaces
• Up to 12 USB 2.0 ports:
― Six ports routed to the back panel
― Six ports routed to three USB headers
• Up to two IEEE 1394a ports:
― One port routed to the back panel
― One port routed to an onboard IEEE 1394a header
• Six Serial ATA (SATA) channels (3.0 Gb/s) via ICH10
• One IDE interface with ATA-66/100 support (two devices)

BIOS •
•
Intel ® Platform Innovation Framework for EFI
32 Mbit symmetrical flash memory device
Support for SMBIOS
Intel ® Rapid BIOS Boot
Intel ® Express BIOS Update
Power Management •

Support for Advanced Configuration and Power Interface (ACPI)
Suspend to RAM (STR)
Wake on USB, PCI, PCI Express, PS/2, LAN, and front panel
ENERGY STAR* capable
Hardware
Management Hardware monitor with:
• Four fan sensing inputs used to monitor fan activity
• Intel ® Quiet System Technology (Intel ® QST) fan speed control
• Voltage sensing to detect out of range values
LAN Support Intel ® 82567LV Gigabit (10/100/1000 Mb/s) Ethernet LAN controller

Operating System Support •

Windows Vista* Ultimate
Windows Vista Enterprise
Windows Vista Business
Windows Vista Home Premium
Windows Vista Home Basic
Windows Vista Ultimate 64-bit edition
Windows Vista Enterprise 64-bit edition
Windows Vista Business 64-bit edition
Windows Vista Home Premium 64-bit edition
Windows Vista Home Basic 64-bit edition
Windows* XP Media Center Edition 2005
Windows XP Professional
Windows XP Professional x64 Edition
Windows XP Home

How perfectly pedestrian and uninspiring! A green whitebox desktop board. Thanks for the PDFs. I've had intel boards in the past and like their stability, so big plus. Without going round and round for weeks, this seems to be satisfactory solution. May not be the highest performing board. But it's significantly better than what I'm jamming now.

I rather like the DG43NB's feature combination and 6 USB 2.0 ports. I have some memory and an E6750 already in my parts bin. Cheap.. cheap.. cheap..

The only 2 things I want to address is the OpenGL 2.0 spec. and LPT port.

I want to run some software requiring 3.0 and perhaps in the future 4.0. Speed isn't much a concern , but moreso the instruction set. So some sort of PCIe GPU would be needed.

And I didn't see an LPT parallel-port. I'll assume I can get a card that would give me proper legacy support?

..unless there is a different but similar version of this board, but I don't believe there is.

You can add a PCI LPT port for max 3 Euro

for the performance see the CPU supported , https://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-Intel/DG43NB.html

i installed a Quad-core X3220 for 10 euro and runs very well with windows 7

But now i came back to windows XP . ( found on archive.org the original driver https://archive.org/details/intel-dp43tf-driver-disc )

If you need a parallel port, there are many socket 775 boards of that era that have a native port, such as the (G33) ASUS P5K-VM https://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ASUS/P5K-VM.html or the (P965) Asrock 4Core1333-Viiv https://www.cpu-upgrade.com/mb-ASRock/4Core1333-Viiv.html . The G33 has an integrated graphics controller.