building off a pentium 4

[maxpen4]

I have had a mohter board dis with a Pentium 4. I have decided to build a computer with my son for gaming using this chip.

It is a pentium 4 that is rated 3.o and has run at 3.2 ghz a pentium 4 3.00 ghz/1m/860/04a ( i think)

I would like to find a mother board that accepts this chip and will be updatable. What specs do i look for on the motherboard to make the correct decision.

If i even knew the motherboard specs to look for it would be helpful.

I have tried to get a straight answer from Frys and they pointed me toward what they want to get rid of. Newegg was not able to help because they do not recommend.

Of course i would like a board that supports DDR3 but one that will support as much DDR2 would be just as helpful

[TimP]

This is hardly a place to get expert advice on this subject.
There is no such thing as a motherboard which would support Pentium4 and be upgradeable to DDR3. Any board from Fry's which works with the chip would be fine. You will need to show them specific chip version etc, as P4 covered a long way from the original 32-bit to the final 64-bit. If you want something modern you will need a new chip.

[Steven_L_Intel1]

Welcome to the forum. Unfortunately, you have asked your question in a forum dedicated to the Intel Visual Fortran software product - this isn't the best place for advice on motherboard selection.

Having built more than a few PCs myself, I will comment that you may be stuck with older technology, depending on exactly which model CPU you have. What's most important is whether it requires a 478-pin socket or a 775-pin socket. I can find 3.0GHz Pentium 4s of both kinds. I lean toward Socket 775, however, for which there are many motherboards available.

I would suggest asking in a forum relevant to motherboard selection, such as http://www.tomshardware.com/forum/forum-30-185.html If you can include the name and model of the old motherboard, that will probably help.