HELP:p4b266 or p4s333???? (sis or intel chipset)

[halik]

they all identical, except for the chipset. i845 is about 50 bucks extra, so is it worth the money?

 

[sohcrates]

I know two people that have built up P4 systems around the p4s333 and have had great success

I usually tell people to go with it

 

[PlatinumGold]

i built the P4 system in my sig w/ SIS chipset. I don't see why you'd wanna go w/ intel for $50 more.

 

[halik]

sis it is, for the extra money im gonna get 1.8 a 🙂

 

[Slacker]

'nother vote for SiS, I have a P4S333 and a 1.6a at 2320mhz 145fsb 290mhz memory ddr speed, I installed the motherboard on a system with an existing winxp install and winxp didnt even blink, it just installed all the motherboard devices and didnt even ask for a cd 🙂

It is a great combo, the P4 1.6a SiS chip and DDR memory, when I get my Geforce4 Ti 4600 next week I might need to chain my computer down so it doesnt shoot into orbit 😀

 

[Challenger]

<< I installed the motherboard on a system with an existing winxp install and winxp didnt even blink, it just installed all the motherboard devices and didnt even ask for a cd >>



Me too!!

 

[halik]

ok, one more thing - did you guys get it with or without the lan? Id like lan on mine and i cant seem to find one for a decent price

 

[Slacker]

No lan, got mine at atacom for $108.00

 

[Dre]

I'd go with Intel, as $50 more is worth it for garanteed stability and compatibility. It may work fine now, but you never know in the future with some new piece of hardware.

 

[x86]

SiS doesn't offer that much stability. I have had hatred with SiS P3 chipsets. For the guaranteed stability, I would go with Intel.

Also, it only performs better than the 850 on some benchmarks when pair with PC2700 which, by now, costs AT LEAST $30.00 more per stick than RDRAM.

-x86

 

[Rebels7]

Well I have had both boards and I think the 845D is the better board. The P4S333 board I had (at first) did not want to load Windows XP. It kept telling me that the hard drive controller was incompatable, so I loaded Windows 98 se and the machine was lightning fast and got it to OC to around 2250 or so. Several days later the primary hard drive controller went out (several people that have had this board have had similar problems with the controller) and I RMA'ed it for an Asus P4B266-C and now I am happy to report that with a Northwood 1.6a that I am able to OC to 160 FSB for a system speed of 2560 mhz without any instablility.