Intel Socket 7 Chipset Comparison

When picking up a Socket 7 motherboard, there's quite a bit you might want to consider ahead of time... how much RAM do you want installed? Do the memory timings need to be as fast as possible? Do you need support for USB devices or Pentium MMX CPUs? This video will gloss over the differences between Intel's four Socket 7 chipsets as well as supply a small set of benchmarks comparing the difference memory timings make across them with both EDO and SDRAM. For the most part, the differences are not too drastic, but worth considering if you need something in particular from a Socket 7 motherboard.

Created on April 18th, 2020

[matriarch]

thanks i have been waitting for this video for 20 years now i can finally buy the motherboard i want ☺

[CoolTI-Daniel]

Very informative video :)
I got myself a DFI P5BTX/L and I am super happy with it.
I rolled the dice and gave it some weird newer beta bios which worked out flawlessly.
For an intel based socket 7 it's running an AMD K6-2 400Mhz, with 64MB Ram and a PCI Voodoo 2000. The motherboard USB is also working perfectly with Windows 98se
That 66mhz bus certainly is slowing it down but... it was a fun enjoyable project... One thing people tend to forget about Vintage PC builds is how painfully annoying they are.
The amounts of issues, of finding the right components, the drivers, the reformats.... Lots of fun.