computergeek92 wrote:

Is there any collectible value on early Willamete P4 boards? I have an old 423 Gateway board in storage that works and has a 2GH […]
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Is there any collectible value on early Willamete P4 boards? I have an old 423 Gateway board in storage that works and has a 2GHz Pentium 4 and a bundle of rdram around 512MB. I was thinking on recycling it due to the slow clock per clock performance of the P4, but then again it was one of the very first p4 boards and maybe somebody may have a use for it. I'll give it away for free to anyone who wants it.

That's a great combo!

Definitely don't recycle it, I'm sure theres people wanting it (like myself 😁 )

Well i just pm'ed you even though my interest goes more to the cpu and ram so, yeah give it a read :p

I think that board perfectly represents a well known, short lived and infamous moment in Intel's history. The socket-423 P4 and RAMBUS combo is kind of iconic of Intel's direction at that moment, and this particular setup really puts it in the best possible light.
If it was SDRAM or the later 478 socket then it wouldn't be as interesting, but this is cool.
You have the best components to go with it also, that 2.0GHz Willamette was top of the line for socket-423, and 512MB of RAMBUS was as much as anybody would have ever had (at great expense). From the photo, that board has quality caps that shouldn't give the owner any trouble.
It's also a Gateway, a dead and widely remembered retail brand.
So yeah, if motherboards are collectible, I think this one is. P4s are cheap right now but I think this one would appreciate eventually.

shamino wrote:

I think that board perfectly represents a well known, short lived and infamous moment in Intel's history. The socket-423 P4 and RAMBUS combo is kind of iconic of Intel's direction at that moment, and this particular setup really puts it in the best possible light.

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