Asus P4865PE, Intel D865PERL or Intel D875PBZ

[Falcon2k]

Im building a new system and im wondering which motherboard to use. I dont think i will be overclocking alot. Performance wise, it looks like the D875PBZ has the lead, but there is no on board sound card, so i would have to buy a separate one.

Can anyone tell me which one is more value for money and if there are any big issues with any of them, eg. reliability, system stability?

There dosnt seem to be any reviews on them yet.

 

[santaclaus]

i don't know

 

[cmdrdredd]

no overclock = cheapest solution

 

[Slammy1]

I've heard some good things about the Intel 875 board if you in no way want to o/c your board. I read someone described it as boring since there's nothing to fix. Meh, a computer that doesn't break when I mess with it. What's the point?

 

[rch4001]

I always use intel boards for my wife's machine because they never break. Thats what is important to her.

I've used asus, gigabyte, epox, etc for mine because I like to have the latest features and like to mess with them.

 

[Aenslead]

Asus: much better price/performance ratio-

Intel 865.- slow. VERY slow

Intel 875.- fast... but not too fast.

 

[RichCoulson]

I have the intel 875 board and am very pleased with it. It does not have all the tweaking options the other boards have, but I am more concerned about stability. No sound or ieee1394 is limiting and will cost more to add it. However, many people are not happy with built in sound and add their own sound card anyway. I put in an audigy 2 sound board that also also has ieee1394 for $125. I am doing mpeg-2 compression and love the 2.4c, hyperthreading, 800mhz fsb and the audigy 2. It does compression about twice as fast as my old 2.1 p4 with sdram. The intel board is a no frills rock solid board.

 

[RalfHutter]

I'm in a similar situation and I chose the 875PBZ. I liked my first one so much that I just bought a second one. They're a fast, stable board. I have no reason to OC these systems so this board works fine. If I thought I might OC at some point in the future I'd probably go with the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe.

Here's some reviews of 875PBZs:


HardOCP

UKGamer

mbreview

The Crucible

Firing Squad

 

[keoniahlo]

Ralf,

Thanks for the great links--saved me lots of time! BTW, I noticed that you're not running a sound card...is this because you got the 875PBZ with built-in audio (it's listed on Intel's website, but only states, "Direct Customers Only", whatever that means). If so, where did you get that board from? I can't seem to find a company that can distinguish one from the other (sound or no sound).

Thanks,
Keoni

 

[RalfHutter]

Originally posted by: keoniahlo
Ralf,

Thanks for the great links--saved me lots of time! BTW, I noticed that you're not running a sound card...is this because you got the 875PBZ with built-in audio (it's listed on Intel's website, but only states, "Direct Customers Only", whatever that means). If so, where did you get that board from? I can't seem to find a company that can distinguish one from the other (sound or no sound).

Thanks,
Keoni

I'm not running a sound card because I very rarely need any sound. For day to day computing tasks I don't need anything beeping and blooping at me whenever I do something. When I want to listen to music I have an external USB D/A converter that's attached to the AUX input of my home stereo preamp so I can play mp3's through my home stereo system.

I've seen those references to the 875PBZs with onboard sound and I assume that option is for OEM customers only.