ASUS Socket 775 Question

[imported_Noob]

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/mbindex.htm

For Socket 775 motherboards, there is a premium and deluxe version for each motherboard. Is "premium" just another word for "SE"? I'm asking because the SE motherboards are stripped down.

Also do they support DDR1 memory as well?

 

[slurmsmackenzie]

premium is the top of it's class... note the black base to the motherboard, giving it the more appealing look and there's a couple of lil things thrown in to justify it. i'd go deluxe, relatively the same board, but about 50 dollars cheaper

 

[joelslaw]

I think you have this a little backwards.

First, no premium and SE are not the same thing (on any asus board, not just the 775's)

Second, SE is not a stripped down version. In fact in some cases it's just the opposite. ex: k8v (stripped) and k8vse (loaded) Even then it's not that simple, it's not like they are the same mobo with and then w/o some extras included with the mobo. It's is acctually a difference in the mobo (gbit lan, more firwire, something) This can be confusing when a board has 3 versions though. The best way to find which board is the loaded one, look at that table you mentioned above. Find the socket you want (i know you knew that) then the chipset you want, now all the boards with that chipset are listed on that line. The "fully loaded" on is on the left, the "stripped" on the right, and the "midrange" in between. Of coarse some chipsets only have one or two versions, but the same logic applies. note: you'll find one weird listing. the Intel 915P chipset. It's not as confusing as it looks. It's just listed funny cause the P5GD1 and the P5GDC Deluxe don't support DDR2. I personally think they both should have been listed below the others, but nobody asked me So the best 915P that supports DDR2 is the P5GD2 Premium, next the P5GD2 Deluxe, then the P5GD2. The best 915P that supports DDR1 is the P5GDC Deluxe then the P5GD1. Hope all that makes sense!

About the DDR1 support, it has to specificlly say whether it does or not (only 1 board. the P5GDC-V Deluxe supports both [i think])

 

[imported_Noob]

Thanx a lot for the help. I was asking why if any 775 motherobards support DDR1 memory because I saw a computer with a 775 motherboard with DDR1 Ram. I was under the impression that these socket motherboards only supported DDR2.

And I was under the impression that SE were the Special Editions that were stripped down. That is the way it is for video cards anyway. ANd you wee right. I searched the K8V SE and the K8V-X. The K8V SE cost more.

 

[joelslaw]

Originally posted by: Noob
Thanx a lot for the help. I was asking why if any 775 motherobards support DDR1 memory because I saw a computer with a 775 motherboard with DDR1 Ram. I was under the impression that these socket motherboards only supported DDR2.

some boards support DDR1 and others support DDR2. You have to look at each indevidual one (i couldn't tell from your post if you understood that, or were still confused. If you did, just disregaurd this)

 

[paul88]

P5GD2 Deluxe It does support DDR2

DDR2 600 Native Support
Although Intel's 925X, 915P and 915G chipsets claimed to only support DDR2 400/533, ASUS engineers successfully unleashed their true potential. This model offers native DDR2 600, eliminating the bottleneck when overclocking both the CPU and memory. With current processors supporting 800MHz FSB, ASUS motherboards, the only solutions with native DDR2 600, will provide superior performance for the most demanding applications.

 

[kranky]

At least one Asus 775 board supports both DDR and DDR2.