3 and a half years ago we got 2 intel 440BX-based machines for my dad and bro. quake 2 and starcraft were great fun on those machines. today, return to castle wolfenstein and moh:aa are still great fun on the same machines. although my bro's system was recently retires, my dad is still loving his for what he does. i just built this spare comp from my bro's old mobo and other spare old parts.

the BX is truly awesome. i've never had any frustrating or inexplicable problems building BX machines, and they still feel as fast and nice as the newest computers of today. We spent under $1000 building my bro's machine 3 and a half years ago and spent maybe $300 over those years upgrading RAM, video card and HD and i STILL dont feel like it's any slouch even for today's game's standards.

my dad is also the messiest computer user you'll find (folders and files scattered all over the hard drive with everything unorganized) and has never had any problems with the win98 installation hes had for 2 years straight. It just feels awesome to build and use a BX system. gets my vote for best chipset ever