Can't decide which shuttle P4 mobo to buy, please help

External Since: Jul 18, 2003 Posts: 52

Hi,
I am buying a shuttle mobo for a P4 Celeron 1.7. Trying to make an
inexpensive system. I am looking at the Shuttle AB48PN and the AV49N. Both
have what I am looking for namely, DDR, USB 2.0, around 5 PCI slots, and AGP
4X(at least). Does anyone have any comments on which one is better? Or,
are both about the same. I usually try to go with Intel chipsets if the
price is close. Or, could you give me another choice for a P4 inexpensive
shuttle board? I have seen some P4 boards with SDRAM instead of DDR, but I
think they would be pretty slow.

Thanks a lot

Tom

External Since: Aug 12, 2004 Posts: 52

"Skier" <geoman39 RemoveThis @charter.net> wrote in message news:<vh1kb4a89r5q40 RemoveThis @corp.supernews.com>...
> Hi,
> I am buying a shuttle mobo for a P4 Celeron 1.7. Trying to make an
> inexpensive system. I am looking at the Shuttle AB48PN and the AV49N. Both
> have what I am looking for namely, DDR, USB 2.0, around 5 PCI slots, and AGP
> 4X(at least). Does anyone have any comments on which one is better? Or,
> are both about the same. I usually try to go with Intel chipsets if the
> price is close. Or, could you give me another choice for a P4 inexpensive
> shuttle board? I have seen some P4 boards with SDRAM instead of DDR, but I
> think they would be pretty slow.

Looks like a pretty good board to me. Supports AGP 8X, and that FSB I
can't hardly believe! 400/533! Okay, I admit that I am experienced
only with AMD, so maybe I'm misinterpreting something here, but from
an AMD standpoint that's an incredible FSB rating. This board seems
similar to the AK39N (for AMD)and that's a really great, stable board.