Hello PCBuild,

  picking components for a new PC for a friend... do you have any
info on the reliability/quality of following motherboards? Intended to
be used in ATX case with Celeron 466 or 500, PPGA.

*  PC Partner AP133BS1 Slot 1,VIA,AT/ATX
   site says: VIA® Apollo Pro133 Chipset Baby AT Motherboard

*  Pc Partner BXB847 Slot 1,Intel440BX,ATX
   site says: under "phased out" heading -- is it too bad?

*  MSI MS-6156 Slot 1,SB128,BX440
   site says: Creative(R) ES1371 audio on-board - what is that (I mean
   the 1371)?

*  soundcard: CREATIVE Vibra 128 PCI - same as SoundBlaster 128 PCI?

*  US_ROBOTICS 56K Hardware PCI modem, probably model 5610

*  ZOOM 56K Hardware PCI modem (no model number given)

*  video: ATI Charger 8MB AGP

*  hdd : WD Caviar 10.2G,  Maxtor DiamondMAX 10.1G

*  cd-rom : BTC x52,  LG x48

thanks in advance for any info!

yours,

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