Heatsink/Fan question?

I have had a couple of tubes for a few years now. After building/repairing 300 or so systems, I still have a fair amount left

It's a P4 2.4 Gigahertz, 478 socket. I was thinking of trying a biostar as a cheap replacement. http://www.directron.com/p4m80m4.html it will let me transfer everything from 865gbf other boards I found didn't have a AGP or used ddr2 memory.

I have AS 5 but can't be sure if it's real because I got it off Ebay. I used it once before when the computer was overheating.

AFAIK, nobody manufactures socket-478 motherboards anymore, so any place you can find that sells them simply has leftover stock. I wouldn't spend $50 from a store, just find an old board off ebay to hold you over until you're ready to upgrade your system.

you're probably satisfied with your current system (and that's fine, there's nothing wrong with that), but I wouldn't recommend spending any more money than you have to on parts for it.

oh and BTW, whether from eBay or anywhere else, if it says AS5 then it probably is. even in computer stores it only costs about $5/tube so I doubt anybody would bother to sell a fraudulent tube of AS5

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Actually, you can still get brand new Asrock Socket 478 mobos, but like KingCody said, I wouldn't spend too much on it, and its just to hold me off till I get a new comp

Thanks for the advicd

I checked ebay there mostly $30-40 used, with no warranty. So I'd rather spend 10-15 dollars more and at least get a warrenty