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Old February 19th 04, 09:40 AM
Philip Callan
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Arifi Koseoglu wrote:

| Hello again, and thanks for all the information. I think I will go for a
| single-CPU and IDE or SATA RAID.
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| New Questions:
| 1. What is the difference between the 3 P4C800 models? (P4C800 - P4C800
| Deluxe - P4C800-E) I could not conclude anything from the specs...

You need to dig a little deeper than the top page sometimes.

P4C800:
i875P Chipset, but 3com NIC, onboard audio ad1985

P4C800-Deluxe:
Same as above PLUS:
Multiple RAID (2 SATA Ports, + Promise IDE), Firewire, still 3com
onboard NIC.

P4C800-E Deluxe:
Same as Above PLUS:
Multiple RAID (4 SATA ports + Promise IDE), Firewire, onboard intel
gigabit w/CSA, and PAT

| 2. Similarly, what is the difference between the P4P800 and P4P800-Deluxe

P4P800:
Intel 865PE Chipset
SATA RAID, onboard ad1985 audio.

P4P800-Delux:
Same as above PLUS:
VIA IDE RAID, Firewire

| 3. How does the P4R800-V Deluxe Rank amont the ones above?

Its a castrated board, using a nice RAdeon 9100 IGP, and tv out etc, to
be a home theatre PC, it uses a different chipset, and I wont begin to
detail my opinion of non-intel chipset boards for high-end cpu's.

For a Server, depending on the amount of data, and how critical it is, I
would at least go for the P4C800-Deluxe, as it will allow you to have
multiple RAID arrays at once for reliability/redundancy in even of
failure, but if the customer is paying, get them the P4C800-E and assure
them that their hardware is going to be going strong for quite a while,
and the 'foreseeable' upgrade path with Prescott is none to shabby

hth
Philip
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