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Please help choose motherboard to late DOS P233MMX rig

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First post, by envagyok

Posted on 2023-10-24, 13:16

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Today I might have time to assemble my S7 430tx p233mmx dos machine.
I found 4 cards, which do you think would be the best choice?:
-Soltek SL-54P5
-Edom/WinTech MP080
- Gigabyte GA-586AT
- Gigabyte GA-586T2

Myplan was ASUS TX97, but only have tx97-xe, that not good for my at case.

Thqnk any helping thought.

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Reply 1 of 4, by Sphere478

Posted on 2023-10-24, 13:24

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Just make sure they have dual plane voltage.

Dos is light weight. So any 430tx mobo should do the trick. Just make sure it supports dual plane voltage of your mmx cpu

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Reply 2 of 4, by BitWrangler

Posted on 2023-10-24, 13:46

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I'd call this one most preferable https://theretroweb.com/motherboards/s/gigabyte-ga-586t2 unless you have a burning need for 5 PCI slots. It's easy to power as it takes ATX as well. The other gigabyte is FX chipset, which although many sayyyy they support MMX are a bit subpremium when they do and often need an unfindable plugin voltage reg.

The Soltek and Edom will be valid choices too. I trust 20th century Gigabyte better though, (not 21st century Gigabyte, they went crappy for a few years)

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Reply 3 of 4, by Gmlb256

Posted on 2023-10-24, 14:03

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+1 for Gigabyte GA-586T2 motherboard.

Having the ATX power connector and a modded BIOS from Jan that adds support for HDDs up to 128GB with better UDMA compatibility. That modded BIOS also allows you to use K6plus CPUs.

Reply 4 of 4, by envagyok

Posted on 2023-10-24, 14:18

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586AT and MP080 is better to me thanks to 4 isa slot, others sadly have 3.
I prefer 4 slot, because i need run with Gravis, Soundblaster Pro2 cr1600, hardmpu/mdr401, and when possible an awe32 ct3900 or mediavision pro audio spectrum16.

So that's the way, why so difficult mske a choice, and the reason, why need an ASUS TX97 😀

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