MB Advice

[lucy]

I am planning to build myself a new PC. I 've narrowed my choice down to these two Intel boards (I don't OC), I don't know which one to get.

Intel D845GEBV2L - onboard video and sound

Intel D845PEBT2 - onboard sound.

I have a Radeon 9000 video card, so whether there is onboard video or not, I don't have to spend extra money on a video card.

I would build my PC with celeron 2.0 first and plan to upgrade to P4 3.0 in about a year.

Please advise.

Lucy

[AllGamer]

hmm... go for a plain one with no onboard anything

:t

[BipolarBill]

Agreed.

[lucy]

Any reason why? the onboard video and sound can be turned off.

Lucy

[BipolarBill]

If you want to pay for something you're not going to use, go ahead. It's your money.

[missiveusa]

6-channel on-board sound is pretty decent these days. I don't know a lot about the Intel chipsets, but I know enough to avoid RAMBUS like the plague. Choose a DDR chipset, which I think the 845 is.
As for on-board video, it will increase the price of the mainboard by quite a bit, and there's no reason to go there if you already have the ATI card, a better quality component by any measure.

[ichorid]

if you can stretch to it now, it would be a better idea to buy the p4 now, saves money overall