Best P4 Motherboard??

[ckeck]

Hey everyone...just a quick question...

I am looking to upgrade to a new P4 processor soon and I don't know which P4 motherboards are a good mix of quality/features.

Could someone give me a few options as to what might be avaliable, and your personal opinion(s)?

If there is one that stands out above the rest, please let me know...cost is not an issue.

Thanks,
Chad

 

[Rankor]

Welcome to AT forums.

If you want a no frills but very stable platform to slap that Pentium 4 proc in, it would be the Intel-manufactured motherboards.

You can go either way with either the D865PERL or the D875PBZLK.

Asus and Abit also manufacture very nice Pentium 4 motherboards.

If you have any questions on Intel's motherboards I believe forum member Ralf Hutter is the one to talk to as he's had experience with at least the D875PBZLKs.

 

[CraigRT]

I don't really know much about P4 stuff, but I've used a few P4P800 deluxe boards from Asus, and they are quite a nice package.. and of course, they seem to run great too.

 

[twajetmech]

IMHO the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, an increadible Mobo ! Stable and Fast.
twajetmech

 

[wicktron]

Originally posted by: twajetmech
IMHO the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe, an increadible Mobo ! Stable and Fast.
twajetmech

 

[jhurst]

Go with the Abit line. The IC7 or IC7-G or IC7-Max3. These boards are high quality and they look great (nice black PCB). They are rock stable for any amount of overclocking you want to do also.

 

[ckeck]

Thanks everyone for your input...I am going to look into these mobos that were recommended a little more.

Do any of you know which of these has an on-board raid controller? Serial ATA perhaps?

Thanks...

 

[Vette73]

Look at the Asus P4S800D-E Deluxe

It has Sata, firewire, giga-ethernet, 6ch sound, etc....
Only cost $101 shipped.

Asus 655tx

 

[Rankor]

The D875PBZLK has onboard SATA RAID.

 

[imported_nightflier2k1]

re: Asus P4S800D-E Deluxe

Which chipset is the best on this MB? Price difference on chipsets at newegg at about 50 bucks.

Cpu that i would use would be P4 3.0c or the one I have laying around, p4 Celeron 2.4
WIll either of those CPUs run well on this mb?

TIA

EDIT: btw im not an overclocker just want the rig to run fast and stable. Was also looking at the abit ic7maxiii, would that be better or same for my needs?
again tia

 

[jdiddy]

Originally posted by: jhurst
Go with the Abit line. The IC7 or IC7-G or IC7-Max3. These boards are high quality and they look great (nice black PCB). They are rock stable for any amount of overclocking you want to do also.

Don't forget the gigabit lan or the SATA raid onboard.

 

[AristoV300]

Originally posted by: ckeck
Thanks everyone for your input...I am going to look into these mobos that were recommended a little more.

Do any of you know which of these has an on-board raid controller? Serial ATA perhaps?

Thanks...

The 875p chipset which is on the p4c800-e has 2 native SATA and 2 SATA via chipset. Also has onboard audio and gigabit lan. A great mobo for the p4c and p4e.

 

[Conky]

I recently got a refurb P4P800 from newegg for $60 delivered and it's pretty darn sweet. It has SATA connects and does 0 RAID I think but I just use normal IDE drives. I'd have to say I am real pleased with it.

It makes my 3.06 run at 3450MHz(haven't tried higher yet) with no voltage bump and the agp/pci slots are locked at the proper frequencies so only the cpu gets overclocked.

 

[trikster2]

One dissenting voice against intel.

Not very happy with my Intel D865GLCK matx (full size boards may be better):

1. Bios has very few settings (I knew this going in, just stating a fact)
2. Gig ether is flaky (others have the same problem)
3. Micky mouse driver support. For example onboard soundmax sound drivers directs you to a website to purchase an upgrade when you try to use advanced features.
4. Not compatible with some stock intel heatsinks (according to the manual, I am using it any way)

Intel boards are built by foxconn, you might as well just get a dell, if you are looking for a foxconn built motherboard with a total lack of features.