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THE best socket 478 motherboard out there?
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| Motherboard | p4p800e-dlx / p5q-DLX |
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SeLrAhC said:
WTH are you talking about? for us intel guys ALL of the new record speeds are being done on asus boards, mainly the p5wd2 for skt 775 and the good ol p4p/p4c series doing a beating with the dothans. i think you should read a little more before you post, or dont post at all.
hmm hmm... i agree p4p n p4c are good boards as i m using a p4p800e-deluxe with wifi...
asus produce good boards for standard use... but how bout o/cer? d vdimm provided is jsut not enuf... and i m not that rich 2 get 1 of those tccd chips...
no idea bout 775... who cares? i would prefer a 939... and asus can't even beat dfi or abit in terms of o/c...
asus produce good boards for standard use... but how bout o/cer? d vdimm provided is jsut not enuf... and i m not that rich 2 get 1 of those tccd chips...
no idea bout 775... who cares? i would prefer a 939... and asus can't even beat dfi or abit in terms of o/c...
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| Motherboard | p4p800e-dlx / p5q-DLX |
| Cooling | custom water see sig / air |
| Memory | 2x1g oczPC4000EbPl / 2x2g ocz2rpr1066 |
| Video Card(s) | 3850AGP / 4890vaporX |
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| Case | modded antec plusview / generic |
| Audio Device(s) | audigy 2zs / ASUS Xonar HDAV1.3 |
| Power Supply | fan/cable modded powerstream 520 / OCZ 700mxsp |
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^^refer to my earlier post.
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Just bought the P4P800-E yesterday, and as expected, PAT is enabled! woot! Well, other than the firewire and 8 channel audio, nothing is changed much from my p4p800-se. This board is still good enough to handle some gaming and everyday tasks, so i guess it'd probably take me a few years until i will my comp replaced.
Next year I'm goin to uni, so laptop time!!!
Next year I'm goin to uni, so laptop time!!!
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Hey everyone, sorry for reviving this extremely old old thread, but once again I broke my motherboard. 
I was upgrading my bios, I don't even know why, maybe I was on crack... Anyways, it flashed successfully but when it rebooted, the bios won't load and it would hang. However the power would turn on and the fans and stuff would appear to be working.
So here's my dillema, I want to hold out for another 2 years to upgrade my desktop, since direct x10 is going to be big soon, not right now though so I have to find a motherboard replacement.
I am stumped in choosing the ASUS P4P800SE mobo (my first mobo which broke) or the ASUS P4S800D-X which is cheaper than the P4P800SE by about 30 bucks.
For anyone that knows, what is the performance difference between these two motherboards? As I've said, I want this to hold out for at least 2 years, (although it seems like I'm breaking a motherboard yearly now...) so performance must be at least adequate by today's standard. I know that they are based on different chipsets and that the P4P800se is the faster one, but does the P4S800D come close to the P4P800se? Since I break my motherboards so fast I don't know if I want to spend more money to get the P4P800se.
With my newly deceased P4P800-E mobo, I get the following scores from Everest:
CPU queen - 1985
CPU photo - 10456
CPU Zlib - 12515
FPU Julia - 2135
FPU Mandel - 2953
FPU SinJulia - 1333
Memory read - 6105
Memory write - 4231
Memory copy - 4597
Memory Latency - 73.3ns
So if someone with a newer system with everest can compare their scores to mine that would be great, because I want to know how my old system stacks up against the new ones. Detailed description of my rig can be found under my specs.
I'm considering getting cheaper motherboards because I'm going to upgrade eventually and don't want to spend much more money on this system.
The hardest thing now is to actually obtain socket 478 motherboards, they're practically ancient now!! Although I don't want to go with ASUS boards again (broke 2 of em now:shadedshu ) I don't have a choice because they're the only ones out there!
I live in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada so if anyone living around that area know of places selling socket 478 motherboards other than Asus please tell me.
EDIT: Seems like I solved the problem, it was a bios issue... so it seems like I'll be using this motherboard for quite a while still!
I was upgrading my bios, I don't even know why, maybe I was on crack... Anyways, it flashed successfully but when it rebooted, the bios won't load and it would hang. However the power would turn on and the fans and stuff would appear to be working.
So here's my dillema, I want to hold out for another 2 years to upgrade my desktop, since direct x10 is going to be big soon, not right now though so I have to find a motherboard replacement.
I am stumped in choosing the ASUS P4P800SE mobo (my first mobo which broke) or the ASUS P4S800D-X which is cheaper than the P4P800SE by about 30 bucks.
For anyone that knows, what is the performance difference between these two motherboards? As I've said, I want this to hold out for at least 2 years, (although it seems like I'm breaking a motherboard yearly now...) so performance must be at least adequate by today's standard. I know that they are based on different chipsets and that the P4P800se is the faster one, but does the P4S800D come close to the P4P800se? Since I break my motherboards so fast I don't know if I want to spend more money to get the P4P800se.
With my newly deceased P4P800-E mobo, I get the following scores from Everest:
CPU queen - 1985
CPU photo - 10456
CPU Zlib - 12515
FPU Julia - 2135
FPU Mandel - 2953
FPU SinJulia - 1333
Memory read - 6105
Memory write - 4231
Memory copy - 4597
Memory Latency - 73.3ns
So if someone with a newer system with everest can compare their scores to mine that would be great, because I want to know how my old system stacks up against the new ones. Detailed description of my rig can be found under my specs.
I'm considering getting cheaper motherboards because I'm going to upgrade eventually and don't want to spend much more money on this system.
The hardest thing now is to actually obtain socket 478 motherboards, they're practically ancient now!! Although I don't want to go with ASUS boards again (broke 2 of em now:shadedshu ) I don't have a choice because they're the only ones out there!
I live in Scarborough, Ontario, Canada so if anyone living around that area know of places selling socket 478 motherboards other than Asus please tell me.
EDIT: Seems like I solved the problem, it was a bios issue... so it seems like I'll be using this motherboard for quite a while still!
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Epox 4PDA5+ is the fastest 478 865 PE board!!!
Hey for you looking for a socket 478 motherboard solution.
I have the Epox 4PDA5+ 865PE motherboard and I recomend it to anyone.
I have the Intel 875P motherboard that cost $100 more and it is barely faster.
I have my 4PDA5+ on Patriot memory PSD1400KH in dual channel at 2.5-3-3-7.
My video is a Sapphire x850XT AGP at 520/540
This board is ferocious and will take on ANY 875P board out there. (turbo memory option in the bios allows Intel Performance Acceleration Technology which is the main feature of the 875P chip)
The silicon image 3114 rev. 2 SATA+RAID is an awesome feature!!!
And the diagnostic LED is nice too.
Supports 4 gigs of memory
Comes with a nice collection of cables, heatsinks, ect.
Here is the Manufacturer Product Page...
http://epox.com/USA/product.asp?id=EP-4PDA5plus
A few last things.
I upgraded from a p4p800 elitegroup and the 4PDA5+ blew it away, as it will any other.
Good luck finding this board ANYWHERE!!! I bought mine for $90 and Newegg.com outsold them within 2 weeks of reciving them in stock one year ago.
Hey for you looking for a socket 478 motherboard solution.
I have the Epox 4PDA5+ 865PE motherboard and I recomend it to anyone.
I have the Intel 875P motherboard that cost $100 more and it is barely faster.
I have my 4PDA5+ on Patriot memory PSD1400KH in dual channel at 2.5-3-3-7.
My video is a Sapphire x850XT AGP at 520/540
This board is ferocious and will take on ANY 875P board out there. (turbo memory option in the bios allows Intel Performance Acceleration Technology which is the main feature of the 875P chip)
The silicon image 3114 rev. 2 SATA+RAID is an awesome feature!!!
And the diagnostic LED is nice too.
Supports 4 gigs of memory
Comes with a nice collection of cables, heatsinks, ect.
Here is the Manufacturer Product Page...
http://epox.com/USA/product.asp?id=EP-4PDA5plus
A few last things.
I upgraded from a p4p800 elitegroup and the 4PDA5+ blew it away, as it will any other.
Good luck finding this board ANYWHERE!!! I bought mine for $90 and Newegg.com outsold them within 2 weeks of reciving them in stock one year ago.