First post, by johnyept
I currently have an ASUS P4S8X-X (Intel P4) in my RETRO-W98 machine because the ECS N2U400-A (Athlon XP) doesn't boot, probably due to board corrosion since the caps look OK but the board metal parts show oxidation due to bad storage.
I found an ASUS A7N8X-X for sale with CPU and 2x128MB. It's a recycling store for charity and it's selling it for 15€/$. It seems very similar to the ECS N2U400-A, but it doesn't have the 4pin connector, and the chipset is the nForce2-400 (single channel) instead of the nForce2-400 Ultra (dual channel). Should I go for this board instead of the Intel one? Phil did make a video about the ECS N2U400-A as one of the best boards for Windows 98, but he did mention that having a 4pin connector was one of the positive points, which the ASUS doesn't have.
RETRO-W95/NT4: ASUS P3B-F, P3 550, 192MB, GF2+VD2 PCI, AWE64+VIBRA128, 80GB IDE
RETRO-W98/2K: ASUS A7N8X-E, Sempron 2.8+, 512MB, FX 5700LE 256MB, SB Live! CT4830, 320GB IDE
RETRO-WXP/7: ASUS P5KPL-AM EPU, XEON E5450, 4GB, GTS 450 1GB, 120GB SSD, 1TB sATA