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Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« on: March 14, 2006, 06:05:55 pm »
I know the VIA chips & mobos make potentially cheap MAME CPUs, but I was wondering if anyone had any direct experience with this board.  Seems pretty cheap.

http://www.pctekonline.com/maviamowibuv.html

Thanks for any advice.
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Re: Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« Reply #1 on: March 14, 2006, 09:08:59 pm »
I don't have any experience with the video chipset this has, but it may be decent.  Never heard of this brand, though.
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Re: Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« Reply #2 on: March 14, 2006, 09:14:20 pm »
The video isnt great. but for emus its fine..

as far as the actual mobo goes, its up to you.. for 70 bucks, it might be worth the gamble..
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Re: Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« Reply #3 on: March 15, 2006, 04:24:44 pm »
Processor
Built-in VIA C3 2000+ CPU

That scares me... I don't know much about the new VIA processors, but I do know that they used to be called Cyrix and they were horrible.  I'd do a little more research and find some reviews on the processor before buying.
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Re: Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« Reply #4 on: March 16, 2006, 08:12:27 am »
from my experience the via c3 chips dont tend to be too bad (maybe 15% slower) but most of them are fanless or only require a small slow fan which makes them a lot quieter to use
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Re: Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« Reply #5 on: March 16, 2006, 09:04:52 am »
There's some better deals on NewEgg for motherboard/cpu/vga combos:
Have a look here

The PC Chips board they're selling for $57 has much the same specs as the one mentioned above (Via C3 2000+ CPU etc.)
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Re: Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« Reply #6 on: March 16, 2006, 11:02:43 am »
I got no probs with a VIA chipset in my MAME machine.

For desktop PCs though I've never strayed from Intel.
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Re: Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« Reply #7 on: March 16, 2006, 12:05:02 pm »
Quote from: JoyMonkey on March 16, 2006, 09:04:52 am
There's some better deals on NewEgg for motherboard/cpu/vga combos:
Have a look here

The PC Chips board they're selling for $57 has much the same specs as the one mentioned above (Via C3 2000+ CPU etc.)

I've had very bad luck with PC Chips motherboards.  I would stay away from them.
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Re: Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« Reply #8 on: March 16, 2006, 12:09:19 pm »
Quote from: Harry Potter on March 16, 2006, 11:02:43 am
I got no probs with a VIA chipset in my MAME machine.

For desktop PCs though I've never strayed from Intel.

I have no problems with VIA chipsets.  There are intel and amd motherboards that use VIA chipsets.   It's the VIA PROCESSOR that scares me.  I think you may be confusing chipsets and processors.
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Re: Motherboard Question & Possible Bargain
« Reply #9 on: March 16, 2006, 01:23:48 pm »
I didn't read that far.

Actually, I heard some good things about the VIA cpus. They'd be OK for MAME but I wouldn't run Lightwave on them.
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