what are the make and model of some of the best Super Socket 7 motherboards made??? based on performance, flexibility, modernness, etc. thanx I drive an awesome 1972 Trans Am 455 Super Duty that gets about 8-10mpg, but thats a small price to pay for such awesomeness.

Asus P5A-B. It's an AT style board.

is the EPOX EP-MVP3G2 good??? a couple of reveiws i found said it was not only good but great. opinions??? I drive an awesome 1972 Trans Am 455 Super Duty that gets about 8-10mpg, but thats a small price to pay for such awesomeness.

The P5A was good. But the Via MVP3 was generally considered better than the Ali chipset. The FIC VA-503+ is considered one of the best Super 7 motherboards. It had the Via chipset, and one megabyte of L2 cache, which became L3 cache when combined with a K6-3 (or one of the mobile + series). Some of the Epox Super 7 were very good too, even featuring thermistors, and other advancements usually associated with Socket A. After reading this review, that board looks great (for Socket 7). But you'd better be getting one for free, or next to it. I recently got a Asus A7V for less that $10.00 (shipping included). With an 800 Athlon it would smoke an MVP3G2 with a K6-3+ 550, much less a lesser Socket 7 CPU. With older Socket A hardware so cheap these days, it seems like a waste of a good ATX case to have one of these.

Yup, the VIA MVP3 chipset was considered the best for the socket 7...much like the nForce2 is the best for the socket A. My two favorites were the FIC VA-503+, which was an AT style board that supported either 72-pin SIMMs or 168-pin SDRAM, or it's "sister", the FIC PA-2013 which was ATX style & supported 168-pin SDRAM only. Here's an old article that lists many of the top old socket7/super7 boards: http://www.tomshardware.com/1998/07/31/socket_7_board_review_july_1998/index.html This space for rent