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"MS" wrote in message ... Hi, Having had such great replies about which processor to buy, now is my chance to ask about which motherboard. I've decided to get a Pentium 4 3.0E Ghz 800Mhz Prescott CPU, but my supplier (who will be doing the actual system build) has loads of P4 motherboards. I've narrowed it down to these 9. I'm looking for reliability, some overclocking, ability to take decent RAM, but I really have no idea how to choose between these! Perhaps someone who knows a lot more about the issues at stake can advise me. Abit IC7-G Intel 875 Motherboard - £102.11 Abit IC7 Intel 875P P4 Motherboard - £77.41 Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Intel 875P Canterwood Motherboard - £130.28 Asus P5GDC Deluxe Intel 915P Sck 775 Motherboard - £116.84 Asus P4S800D-E Deluxe SiS®655TX P4 Motherboard - £70.24 Epox EP-4PDA2V Socket 478 Motherboard inc EasyBay - £83.48 Epox EP-4PDA5+ Intel 865PE P4 Motherboard - £75.39 Gigabyte GA-8I915P-PRO PCI Express Socket 775 Motherboard - £88.83 Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Pro2 Intel P4 2004 GT Edition Motherboard - £77.64 Thanks and regards, MS Some of those aren't compatible with your processor. Of the ones that are, the abit IC7 and epox EP-4PDA5+ are your best choices. As you mentioned overclocking (don't do it, but), you should probably go for the abit IC7. It wouldn't be a hard decision for me . . . the epox would win easily. However, the Abit is a good value too, and they have a good reputation for overclocking. -Dave |
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http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.aspx?i=2063&p=1
MS wrote: Just as an aside... which motherboards come highly recommended for the Athlon 64 3000? Thanks, MS |
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"MS" wrote in message ... Just as an aside... which motherboards come highly recommended for the Athlon 64 3000? Thanks, MS MSI K8T NEO -Dave |
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The Prescott is a hot chip.
You could save quite a bit by going for an Ebay P4-2.8Ghz, in the UK they are just £75-78 - and Northwood so run *cooler*. -- Dorothy Bradbury www.stores.ebay.co.uk/panaflofan for quiet Panaflo fans & other items http://homepage.ntlworld.com/dorothy...ry/panaflo.htm (Direct) |
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Best, most stable, and highest rated by Reviewers is
the Asus P4C800E-Deluxe. -- DaveW "MS" wrote in message ... Hi, Having had such great replies about which processor to buy, now is my chance to ask about which motherboard. I've decided to get a Pentium 4 3.0E Ghz 800Mhz Prescott CPU, but my supplier (who will be doing the actual system build) has loads of P4 motherboards. I've narrowed it down to these 9. I'm looking for reliability, some overclocking, ability to take decent RAM, but I really have no idea how to choose between these! Perhaps someone who knows a lot more about the issues at stake can advise me. Abit IC7-G Intel 875 Motherboard - £102.11 Abit IC7 Intel 875P P4 Motherboard - £77.41 Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Intel 875P Canterwood Motherboard - £130.28 Asus P5GDC Deluxe Intel 915P Sck 775 Motherboard - £116.84 Asus P4S800D-E Deluxe SiS®655TX P4 Motherboard - £70.24 Epox EP-4PDA2V Socket 478 Motherboard inc EasyBay - £83.48 Epox EP-4PDA5+ Intel 865PE P4 Motherboard - £75.39 Gigabyte GA-8I915P-PRO PCI Express Socket 775 Motherboard - £88.83 Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Pro2 Intel P4 2004 GT Edition Motherboard - £77.64 Thanks and regards, MS |
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"MS" wrote in message
... Hi, Having had such great replies about which processor to buy, now is my chance to ask about which motherboard. I've decided to get a Pentium 4 3.0E Ghz 800Mhz Prescott CPU, but my supplier (who will be doing the actual system build) has loads of P4 motherboards. I've narrowed it down to these 9. I'm looking for reliability, some overclocking, ability to take decent RAM, but I really have no idea how to choose between these! Perhaps someone who knows a lot more about the issues at stake can advise me. Abit IC7-G Intel 875 Motherboard - £102.11 Abit IC7 Intel 875P P4 Motherboard - £77.41 Asus P4C800-E Deluxe Intel 875P Canterwood Motherboard - £130.28 Asus P5GDC Deluxe Intel 915P Sck 775 Motherboard - £116.84 Asus P4S800D-E Deluxe SiS®655TX P4 Motherboard - £70.24 Epox EP-4PDA2V Socket 478 Motherboard inc EasyBay - £83.48 Epox EP-4PDA5+ Intel 865PE P4 Motherboard - £75.39 Gigabyte GA-8I915P-PRO PCI Express Socket 775 Motherboard - £88.83 Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000 Pro2 Intel P4 2004 GT Edition Motherboard - £77.64 Thanks and regards, MS These people are all missing the point here... You already got a prescott cpu. Would've been better to get a northwood. But if you want a good board, get either MSI or Gigabyte with Dual Bios. Dual bios can be very nice, but you might not know that intill something goes wrong. I cant think right, I'm a bit drunk. Denny. ;-) |
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:45:04 GMT, MS
wrote: Hi, Having had such great replies about which processor to buy, now is my chance to ask about which motherboard. I've decided to get a Pentium 4 3.0E Ghz 800Mhz Prescott CPU, but my supplier (who will be doing the actual system build) has loads of P4 motherboards. I've narrowed it down to these 9. I've used a Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000g with that processor with good results, the "pro" version should be just as good. |
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Steve Pearce wrote: On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:45:04 GMT, MS wrote: Hi, Having had such great replies about which processor to buy, now is my chance to ask about which motherboard. I've decided to get a Pentium 4 3.0E Ghz 800Mhz Prescott CPU, but my supplier (who will be doing the actual system build) has loads of P4 motherboards. I've narrowed it down to these 9. I've used a Gigabyte GA-8IPE1000g with that processor with good results, the "pro" version should be just as good. I have just built using Gigabyte GA-8IK1100 from a computer fair. This board is slightly better, using 875P chipset instead of 865P. But all Gigabytes are nice and stable and well documented. However, there is a fix around I've read about, where you can have PAT (Intel's Performance Acceleration Technology) which effectively makes the 865P into the 875P. This board was inexpensive £87, but minor point is that IDE is ATA100 not ATA 133, although the board has two SATA ports which makes the ATA100 a non issue. |
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 17:45:04 GMT, MS
wrote: Abit IC7 Intel 875P P4 Motherboard - £77.41 This is a rock solid mb and is a very good price. The G model has one extra SATA port and LAN. If you don't need that then just get the stock IC7. And as others have said, get a Northwood cpu instead of Prescott. |
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On Thu, 29 Jul 2004 18:27:22 GMT, MS
wrote: The PC will be running XP Pro and its most 'demanding' role will be doing video editing and associated tasks. Wouldn't the P4 be better at doing this? Yes. |
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