[ross_aveling]

Hey all,

Does anyone know if any PCI Express motherboards will be coming out that can take a socket 478 Northwood Pentium 4 CPU and [preferably] PC3200 (DDR400) Dimms?

I've only ever seen ones that take the new LGA775 socket P4's.

TIA

[ross_aveling]

Found this MB from Asus.

Great for those who are happy with their CPU/RAM and just want to get a PCI-e video card for future proofing.

[jmmijo]

I figured some company would do this, I'm really glad to see it's from Asus, my preference for motherboards

I do have to mention one caveat however, this has to do with Intel as they will stop producing *all* there Socket 478 CPU's shortly to force everyone into purchasing there Socket-T CPU's instead

[ross_aveling]

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I figured some company would do this, I'm really glad to see it's from Asus, my preference for motherboards

Yep, the Asus brand is a pretty good, although I'm sure we'll see boards from almost every other manufacturer soon.

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I do have to mention one caveat however, this has to do with Intel as they will stop producing *all* there Socket 478 CPU's shortly to force everyone into purchasing there Socket-T CPU's instead

That the thing, I think that you'll be hard pushed to find socket 478 P4's even now. But, as I have a pretty decent P4 (2.4c) with PC3200 RAM the only thing that I need to upgrade at the mo is my video card (a GeForce 4200Ti) so I'll be getting a new PCI-e one along with one of these MBs and hopefully I'll be alright for another year .

[snappah]

Has anyone purchased this motherboard, or found a dealer that has them in stock?

I've searched high and low and only found zoomzipfly.com has it listed, but out of stock.

http://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=240347

Couldn't find anything on ebay either. Did this motherboard even hit the market?

Any other solutions for using socket 478 cpu's on a PCI Express motherboard?