ASUS P4T533 or P4T533-C??

[Rick67]

I'm thinking of refusing delivery of my new ASUS P4S8X on Tuesday and just buying one of these boards. This will be my first home built PC and I'm not sure if I'm ready for the problems I may encounter with the P4S8X and Radeon 9700 Pro.

So if you had to choose between the two mobos, which one would you buy? Why?

I know if I go with the P4T533 it will be a little cheaper because it uses the new PC4200 32 BIT RDRAM.

However, I've heard people talking about problems with this board.

Anyone who owns one of these have anything to add?

Thanks for the help!

 

[Viper96720]

You should update bios if you get the P4T-533. Saw runtimecc had them for $287 with the one stick of 256mb 4200. Not sure who good they are to buy from.

 

[bahnburner]

P4T533 uses 32-bit Memory and the P4T533-C uses 16-bit memory, the PT533 is much better if you want to shell out the money for the RIMM modules. Also, if you do, make sure you get the correct 32-bit type from Samsung (4200).

Part Numbers are below:
MD-18R1628AF0-CN9 for 256MB
MD-18R162GAF0-CN9 for 512MB

As always, research your Hardware.... The RAMBUS RIMMS are nice, but consider that intel will not have a chipset which supports AGP8X for a while... if you are going that route. I was about 99% sure I wanted the P4T533, but you are limited on the RAM... you have to purchase the RAMBUS... very expensive.

I would wait until Asus comes out with the P48SX version with the SiS 648DX chipset, it will be the next version of the current P4S8X which will support PC3200/400MHz (and possibly PC3500/433MHz DDR), which isn't as fast as the RAMBUS, but it will allow for AGP8X, comes with Firewire built in, and does give you a much lower price. It is an SiS chipset, intead an Intel, so you will save money in memory and motherboard.....