Best P4 mobo ubder $130-150

Exclude Abit please.I think the 865PE with Hyperthreading and 800 FSB is what I
need.Thanks.Dawg

I would go with the Asus P4P800, if I were to replace my Intel D865GBF...
Not sure, but I think there is an 865PE version of this board for about $150
USD.

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YanquiDawg stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:

Exclude Abit please.I think the 865PE with Hyperthreading and 800 FSB
is what I need.Thanks.Dawg

--
Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' **** `outta me." - Lit

"YanquiDawg" wrote in message
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Exclude Abit please.I think the 865PE with Hyperthreading and 800 FSB is
what I
need.Thanks.Dawg

I'll second the ASUS Mobos!
Never had trouble with any of their products.

Asus P4P800. $114 (US) at www.newegg.com. (I also see favorable mention of
Gigabyte, Microstar, Albatron, etc., but I have no direct experience with
them.)

If you need IEEE 1394 (Firewire) and/or parallel ATA RAID, go for the Deluxe
version, for $132.

The Asus P4C800-E Deluxe (875 "Canterwood" chipset) is popular now, but it's
significantly more expensive ($180+ for the Deluxe).

My own mainboard is the P4P800, non-Deluxe. Running a P4 2.6c at 13*250
(3.25 GHz), with generic Samsung PC3200 DDR, and the memory multiplier is
set at 5:4. (My only addition to support the overclock is a Thermalright
SLK-900U copper heatsink, which probably isn't needed.)

Have fun.

Bob Knowlden

Address may be altered to avoid spam. Replace nkbob with bobkn.

"YanquiDawg" wrote in message
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Exclude Abit please.I think the 865PE with Hyperthreading and 800 FSB is
what I
need.Thanks.Dawg

I'm pretty sure the 865 PE chipset is the one with Dual channel and HT support?
Also need the ICH5 southbridge.Asus P4P800 looks good.Would also like SATA I've
heard the 875 is a godd chipseyt but overpriced and is even in performance with
rhe 865PE. It's all alot to keep in my head!!!.Thanks all,Dawg

Asus P4P800. $114 (US) at www.newegg.com. (I also see favorable mention of
Gigabyte, Microstar, Albatron, etc., but I have no direct experience with
them.)

Just don't get any motherboard made by Intel if you intend to overclock.

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replace "at" with the 'at sign'
replace "mindjump" with "mindspring."
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"YanquiDawg" wrote in message
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Exclude Abit please.I think the 865PE with Hyperthreading and 800 FSB is
what I
need.Thanks.Dawg

The specs are at www.asus.com.

The P4P800 has the ICH5R Southbridge, and support for two SATA drives. (I
don't use them, but I believe that the latest version of the Intel
Application Accelerator for the 865/875 chipsets supports RAID 0 or RAID 1
on the SATA drives - the original version was RAID 0 only.)

The 865PE supports hyperthreading CPUs and dual channel DDR RAM. (I'm using
both.)

The 875 is supposed to give slightly better memory performance, due to
Intel's PAT. Asus has a version of that for the 865, but it seems to be
turned off with overclocking.

I'm not sure that the P4P800 is the best 865PE board on the market, but I'm
quite pleased with mine, especially considering its price.

Bob Kn.

"YanquiDawg" wrote in message
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I'm pretty sure the 865 PE chipset is the one with Dual channel and HT
support?
Also need the ICH5 southbridge.Asus P4P800 looks good.Would also like SATA
I've
heard the 875 is a godd chipseyt but overpriced and is even in performance
with
rhe 865PE. It's all alot to keep in my head!!!.Thanks all,Dawg

Asus P4P800. $114 (US) at www.newegg.com. (I also see favorable mention
of
Gigabyte, Microstar, Albatron, etc., but I have no direct experience with
them.)

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Happy Hippo stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 23:33:16 -0400, "Bob Knowlden"
wrote:

The 875 is supposed to give slightly better memory performance, due
to Intel's PAT. Asus has a version of that for the 865, but it seems
to be turned off with overclocking.

Do you know how much a difference this makes?
(Differently asked, is if worth 40$?)
Another question would be if the 875 can go higher with the FSB?

How important is overclocking, to you? I think that will answer your
question as to whether it's worth the $40-50 extra dollars, or not. If I
were a hardcore overclocker, I would go for the P4C800. But,
bang/buck...P4P800. I've no need to overclock this bad boy. None,
what-so-ever. It got past the point of ridiculousness, once we hit past
2GHz! Couple that with a 400MHz memory bus and an 800MHz
FSB.....sheesh......I'm surprised they are not selling flame retardant
gloves with this stuff!



Thanks!

HH

--
Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' **** `outta me." - Lit

I don't use PCI slots, any more...

If I recall, the board you are suggesting costs about $100 USD more....am I
wrong?

The P4P800 supports PAT at less than $150 USD.

I'm not gonna pay $200++ for a motherboard.

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Woger MKII @wogerbox.co.nz stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:

On Wed, 8 Oct 2003 18:46:49 -0500, "Strontium"
wrote:

I would go with the Asus P4P800, if I were to replace my Intel
D865GBF... Not sure, but I think there is an 865PE version of this
board for about $150 USD.




The Abit IS7-E is a way better MoBo 4 Phase PSU, full support of all
the USB ports, Chipset Fan and you do not loose the PCI slot when
using a larger 3D card..


YanquiDawg stood up at show-n-tell, in
, and said:

Exclude Abit please.I think the 865PE with Hyperthreading and 800
FSB
is what I need.Thanks.Dawg

--
Strontium

"It's no surprise, to me. I am my own worst enemy. `Cause every
now, and then, I kick the livin' **** `outta me." - Lit

I have good luck with gigabyte ga8ik1100 for $140 on www.monarchcomputer.com
the manual translation is rough but price was good and specs were good.
I did do a lot of price/spec comparisons and while some of the asus seemed
better they were priced out of my reach.

"YanquiDawg" wrote in message
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Exclude Abit please.I think the 865PE with Hyperthreading and 800 FSB is
what I
need.Thanks.Dawg




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