I currently have an ASUS P4S8X-X, nothing special but I dont have anything overclocked apart from my CPU, which is a 2.66 running at 2.8, nothing much. So is it worth it on me spending £100 on a nice epox one?
Here are my motherboards Specs
Product Type Mainboard
Form Factor ATX
Width 30.5 cm
Depth 24.5 cm
Compatible Processors Celeron, Pentium 4
Chipset Type SiS648
Max Bus Speed 533 MHz
BIOS Type Award
Memory Supported RAM Technology DDR SDRAM
RAM Installed ( Max ) 0 MB / 3 GB (max)
Supported RAM Speed DDR266/PC2100, DDR200/PC1600, DDR333/PC2700
Storage Controller Storage Controller IDE - integrated
Controller Interface Type DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) Fast Drives
Audio Output Sound card
Sound Output Mode 5.1 channel surround
Compliant Standards AC '97
Telecom / Networking Networking Network adapter - Ethernet, Fast Ethernet - integrated
Features BIOS Features DMI 2.0 support, WfM 2.0 support, SMBIOS 2.3 support, ASUS EZ Flash, Hyper-Threading Technology, DMI 2.3.1 support
Hardware Monitoring Chassis temperature, chassis fan tachometer, system voltage, CPU core voltage
Sleep / Wake Up Keyboard wake up, suspend to RAM (STR), wake on LAN (WOL), suspend to disc, mouse wake up, wake on USB port, wake on ring (WOR)
Hardware Features Chassis intrusion detection, C.P.R. (CPU Parameter Recall), CrashFree BIOS 2
Expansion / Connectivity Expansion Slots Total (Free) 1 ( 1 ) x processor - Socket 478
1 ( 1 ) x AGP 8x
6 ( 6 ) x PCI
3 ( 3 ) x memory - DIMM 184-PIN
Interfaces 1 x network - Ethernet 10Base-T/100Base-TX - RJ-45
2 x storage - DMA/ATA-133 (Ultra) Fast Drives - 40 PIN IDC
1 x parallel - IEEE 1284 (EPP/ECP) - 25 pin D-Sub (DB-25)
1 x serial - RS-232 - 9 pin D-Sub (DB-9)
1 x keyboard - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
1 x mouse - generic - 6 pin mini-DIN (PS/2 style)
4 x Hi-Speed USB - 4 PIN USB Type A
1 x audio - SPDIF output
1 x audio - line-In - 4 PIN MPC
1 x storage - floppy interface - 34 PIN IDC
1 x audio - line-out (centre/subwoofer)/line-in - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm
1 x audio - line-out (rear)/microphone - mini-phone stereo 3.5 mm