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First post, by Pingaloka

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Just as Socket 7 MOBOS are becoming subject of conversation lately..I have the chance to get these 4 mobos for 24 euros in total. Together or separately. I'd like to know what do you people think of them. And if they are worth getting. Let's discuss the technological and practical aspects of each of them, if they are worth the time of course!

I know Mau1wurf1977 will enjoy this one as a fan of SS7 boards.

Here they go:

a) Socket 7 CHAINTECH 5TTM1 M201

Chipset: i82430TX
Cache: 512KB
Form factor: ATX
Bus Speed: 50 / 55 / 60 / 66 / 68 / 75 MHz
Clock Multipliers: 1.5x / 2.0x / 2.5x / 3.0x / 3.5x
Voltages Supported: 2.8 / 2.9 / 3.2 / 3.38 / 3.5
RAM Slots: 4 72pin SIMM Slots (EDO/FPM)
2 168pin DIMM Slots (EDO/SDRAM)

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b) Socket 7 FIC PA-2010+

Chipset: VIA 580VP
Cache: 512KB
Form Factor: ATX (w/ AT & ATX P/S Connectors)
BUS Speeds: 50 / 55 / 60 / 66 / 75 / 83 MHz
Clock Multipliers: 1.5x / 2.0x / 2.5x / 3.0x / 3.5x
Voltages Supported: 2.8v / 2.9v / 3.2v / 3.3v / 3.52v
RAM Slots: 4 72pin SIMM Slots (EDO/FPM)
2 168pin DIMM Slots (SDRAM/EDO/FPM)

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c) SS7 Superb 1 - QDI

Chipset: SiS 530
Form factor: microATX
Bus Speed: 100/95/83/75/66MHz
Clock Multipliers: x2 up to x5.5
Voltages Supported: 1.3 to 3.5v
Onboard Audio CS4235 audio chip
System Memory Two 3.3V 168 Pin unbuffered 100/66MHz DIMM slots
Support up to 1GB SDRAM

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d) SS7 k6xv3+ 66

Chipset: VIA®MVP3 AGP system chipset
Cache: 512KB/1MB L2 Cache
Form factor: microATX
Bus Speed: 100/95/83/75/66/60MHz
Clock Multipliers: x1.5 up to x5.5
Voltages Supported: 2.0 to 3.5v
16MB to 384MB memory using unbuffered DIMMs
•Three 168-pin DIMM sockets
•PC-100 SDRAM DIMM for 100MHz external system bus clock
processors
•ECC suppor ted (uses x72 PC SDRAM DIMM)

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Reply 1 of 3, by Mau1wurf1977

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For 24??? Are you kidding me 😀 Buy them all, no doubt. They are al ATX, very nice!

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Reply 2 of 3, by ncmark

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I am not familiar with any of them but... I agree with Mau1wurf1977... you can't go wrong with that price.

I'd be wary of that first two though - looks like the I/O plates would be nonstandard.......I

Reply 3 of 3, by idspispopd

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For the price you can't be wrong.
Since you like to discuss different aspects of those boards (I don't know how much you know about these) here are some points that spring to mind:
- Only d) has an AGP slot. AGP is not that important per se, but a lot of interesting cards are more easily available/cheaper as AGP.
- The TX chipset in a) can only cache 64MB. So you should not use more RAM than that except if you install a K6-3 or similar CPU.
- Both a) and b) are probably best suited for P1 MMX, K6 or Cyrix MII (FSB/voltage support).
- d) should be OK even for a K6-3+ according to http://web.inter.nl.net/hcc/J.Steunebrink/k6plus.htm . The board is from DFI according to that list.
- c) seems to have integrated graphics. You will probably want to install a separate video card. Interesting voltages supported, I don't know if that means that any CPU which needs such a low voltage is supported (for example K6-3+ ATZ 400MHz @ 1.6V).

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