Future Proof Intel Mobo?

[veedub]

I know future proof is play on words but what Intel Motherboard has the most "future ready" components for the P4. I'd like it to last 3-4 years before another one. Mostly Audio and Video capturing and editing for home. Thanks

V.

[Peter M]

Forget it. As a reminder, we're on the fifth iteration of Pentium-4 mainboard platforms already, with the 6th just round the corner. Just to demonstrate how long one lasts.

[Rugor]

Future proof Intel Mobo. I don't think there can be such a thing. I haven't ever seen one.

[Swordfish]

will be better answered by Intel themselves...actually we all need a break.

[bushmaster]

Yes there is. It's called the Intel "Oxymoron" FIR

[ukulele]

Originally posted by veedub
I know future proof is play on words but what Intel Motherboard has the most "future ready" components for the P4. I'd like it to last 3-4 years before another one. Mostly Audio and Video capturing and editing for home. Thanks

V.

Are you trying to be funny? OK, Ha,ha,ha. :D

[causticVapor]

Any high-end combination will last you 3-4 years before being dreadfully slow with video editing and capturing. :t

[deadkenny]

I know where you're coming from, but as the others have suggested things develop just too **** fast.

However, you can to some extent avoid buying the 'end-of-the-line'. For example, with AMD, socket A is on the way out. Even though Barton is the 'latest and greatest', it's actually the end of that line. If you were going with AMD I would say you'd want to go with the Hammer architecture for the long run.

With Intel it's a bit trickier, since they can suddenly and somewhat arbitrarily change sockets on you, which trashes all your long term upgrade plans. However, I understand that Intel is going to skip 166MHz FSB and go straight to 200MHz. So, you'll want to make sure your mobo supports 200Mhz FSB (i.e. 800 because it's quad pumped) and PC3200 DDR to go with it. Otherwise you'll want to have all the other 'latest' stuff, SATA, ATA133, AGP X8, hyperthreading etc.

[whargoul]

I don't know for sure, but isn't Granite Bay able to - officially or unofficially - support 800MHz FSB processors? If it can, then it would probably be the best choice. Along with dual-channel DDR and AGP 8X; it seems to be. Who am I kidding... I'm just trying to find a way to justify the huge *** pricetag. :eek: Oh yah it's probably best to wait for Springdale... or was it Springdale-P - no it was Canterwood. Now I'm confused... :confused: