Intel mobo questions

[Cainxinth]

i'm rebuilding an old intel machine for a family friend and ive only worked with amd before. I know there are other threads with this info but im in a rush and would appreciate if someone could help me out.

1. First, his machine is a very old Dell XPS 333 Pentium II I looked around and found that the system is built on the Intel AL440LX motherboard. I know Dell has some custom setups in their machines, will a PIII mobo fit in the case?
2. PIII 1GHz 256K 133MHz FSB Socket 370 PGA requires which chipset, and which mobo would be best, what ram should I use as well?
3. Im using the old power supply and i dont know its output, i assume its at least 200 or 250w- is this adequate? (there will not be many components, just 1.44, cd, cdrw, audio, nic)
4. I have a Netgear FA311 that was incompatible with my amd 760 system; it is intel compatible isn?t it?
5. Should i use the Santa Cruz or the low-end Audigy for sound, or something else? (stability is my only concern)
6. Will the included hsf with my chip (im getting the retail) come with a thermal compound/pad?
7. which is better (more stable) with intel platforms the Radeon 7500 or a Hercules GF2 Ti200? Is it worth getting the oem?

Thanks very much for your help.

 

[ThatDumbGuy]

1. You need to look at the tower, see if it fits. Look at the size of the motherboard in the case. If not, buy a new case with a 300w PS, and you will solve problem 3 as well.

2. I really can't recommend a mobo, as there are better ones out than the one I am on. For ram, anything made my crucial, nanya, mushkin, with either infineon or micron chips (and corsair who makes their own chips) is great, Im using some PNY stuff I got from staples myself. No problems, not like Im OC'ing this thing.

3. You won't really know til you try, I am running my pIII 866 rig in my signature on a 235w powerman PS with no problems.

4. Should work fine, nothing that I know of should prevent it. But again, you'll never be positive til you try.

5. I use onboard sound, I couldn't really answer your question there.

6. If its retail, it comes with a thermal pad attached.

7. Stability depends on OS too, but it really shouldn't make much of a difference. I would go with the 7500, but that is personal bias. I couldn't tell you which of the two is "better" (depends on what you are looking for, and prices).

Hope this helps, sorry I couldn't answer all your questions.

 

[Colt45]

the BX chipset only (technically) supports up to 100FSB, so you'll need what ever chipset came out after that.. i think the i810e? i might be wrong though, but i believe its one of the 8xx series. check intel's site, and run a search on google.

for mobo size you'll have to measure and compare to the one you choose to buy.

250w should be adequate, but you never know. i had a 250w running dual PII 300's, 3 HDD's 2 cd-rom's a floppy, and a few cards.

intel's retail chips come with a heatsink and a thermal pad as well i believe.
if not, you can go pick up some radio shack goop for like $4 if your not O/Cing.

i cant help you with sound or vid card though, i'm not up to date with that. i run a TNT and a SB16..

 

[TechTalkie]

if you putting all that great hardware on a low-end mobo you will have alot of problems..
i wouldsuggest you buy a mobo based on i815 (without inbuilt video),prefferably an asus
it would run on a 250w supply easily.as far as ram is concerned, buy as much as you can afford as one can never have enough of it!Note:815=512mb max
try getting the gf for the 815 instead of the radeon, ati is known to be lazy with the drivers
also, 815 has an integrated 3d 2 channel soundcard

hope this helps!

 

[oldfart]

The best CPU that can go in an AL440LX mobo is a Celeron 533 PPGA (not 533A FC-PGA).

EDIT You are looking to put a different mobo in the Dell case? It can be done with some work. The power supplies have a non standard connector, so new P.S. The front panel connector is different also. You would have to do some work to get it to work with a new mobo.