Hi, i was recently sold a gigabyte 945 chipset mobo being told it would be future proof, but i have since found out that the mobo doesnt suport the latest 1333MHz FSB (it supports maximum of 800MHz!).
At the moment i am running a P4 3GHz and 2GB of memory, given all the rubish of Vista Activation i need a motherboard which will have some staying power rather than the current board i have as the OS is tied to the motherboard (unless you have a mobo faliure and have to replace it).
What are the better chipsets? I have seen the 965P chipsets support 1333MHz and have a lot of good features and are widely available. There are also newer 975 chipsets but they dont have many features and dont say they support 1333MHz. Now if at some point in the future FSB is expected to rise much higher than this i am willing to wait for 3 months for newest motherboards. Will the 975 chipsets support higher than 1333Mhz FSB?
If thisis the case i will install on the current mobo which at some point will fail unexpectedly and i had to purchase this new motherboard, however as mentionend given all the vista activation cr@p i would prefer to get the setup in place now to save hassles later.
Thanks
At the moment i am running a P4 3GHz and 2GB of memory, given all the rubish of Vista Activation i need a motherboard which will have some staying power rather than the current board i have as the OS is tied to the motherboard (unless you have a mobo faliure and have to replace it).
What are the better chipsets? I have seen the 965P chipsets support 1333MHz and have a lot of good features and are widely available. There are also newer 975 chipsets but they dont have many features and dont say they support 1333MHz. Now if at some point in the future FSB is expected to rise much higher than this i am willing to wait for 3 months for newest motherboards. Will the 975 chipsets support higher than 1333Mhz FSB?
If thisis the case i will install on the current mobo which at some point will fail unexpectedly and i had to purchase this new motherboard, however as mentionend given all the vista activation cr@p i would prefer to get the setup in place now to save hassles later.
Thanks