Can anyone give me a reason not to?

Brian?

I got my hands on a free P4, I'm broke, so I was thinking of buying this motherboard to stick it in:

http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=308477&view=detailed

I already have 250Gig+30Gig ATA drives and an AGP8 graphics cards so I'm looking for a board that i can hook these up to with minimal expense. I think I might be able to use my old RAM with it as well, no spec at hand, which is also a bonus.

Can anyone give me a reason why I shouldn't buy this?

Thanks

WizZard

Once the P4 is LGA775 it should be ok.

Brian?

its socket 775, it actually the 3.4Ghz one with 1024 on board cache.

Clinical Waste

If it was me I'd get the Gigabyte in preference to MSI. (but its your 3€)
http://www.komplett.ie/k/ki.asp?sku=311241&cks=PRL
(plus the MSI one is out of stock)

Specs here:
http://www.xpcgear.com/ga8s661fxm775.html

K.O.Kiki

Just make sure you have ol' DDR RAM & not DDR2! :rolleyes:

po0k

....don't the skt775 P4 chipsets require DDR2?
Or is the memory controller flexible enough to let the manufacturer choose?

mp3guy

don't forget the PSU

astrofool

the 915 supports DDR and DDR2(manufacturer usually settles on one, tho some boards have both, gigabyte have a new one woth both, and it comes with adapters for DDR2 to DDR1 slots, or maybe DDR1 to DDR2), the 925 is DDR2 only

Brian?

mp3guy wrote:

don't forget the PSU

I got a 480W hitech one already, thanks

Brian?

K.O.Kiki wrote:

Just make sure you have ol' DDR RAM & not DDR2! :rolleyes:

Whats the best way to find out what I have? Its a loooooooooong time since I put the RAM in

unkel

briankeating wrote:

Whats the best way to find out what I have? Its a loooooooooong time since I put the RAM in

Google the part number. If it is a long time since you put it in, it is probably not fast enough to be used with your P4. You need at least PC3200 speeds and that's if you won't overclock it