Mobo Reconmendation

[AznAnarchy99]

alright i just bought a P4 3.2E Ghz Prescott CPU with an ECS PT800CE-A mobo (not so great). It came as a good deal, $210 for both where the CPU alone retails over that. I know that my system wont run that great with a mobo slowing it down. Ive been asking around in different forums that i go to. when i first started looking i read rave reviews on the ASUS "P4C800-E DELUXE". I was also leaning towards Intel's i875 board. Then when i post that question on the THG forums many members told me that the ASUS board had a faulty CPU voltage regulator. I dont know exaclty what that menas because I dont know much about mobos. They reconmended the Abit boards. I saw Abit's top of the line board for the 478 chipset...the IC7-Max3. It gave me much interest because of the OTES cooling system but the price was a bit high and it was hard to find elsewhere but ebay. Right now im open for any suggestions on an i875 board. These are the ones im looking at...

ASUS "P4C800-E DELUXE"

Intel "D875PBZLK FMB 1.5"

ABIT IC7 MAX3

DFI "LANPARTY PRO875B"

I want the best performing mobo with reliability

 

[o1die]

Those are all good boards, but too expensive. Do you really need all the features they are charging for? I would look at 865pe boards, which are far less. I use an msi model, and it overclocks my p4 about 30%. They have a model 865pe neo2-v ($69 at newegg) that might be all you need. The 865pe chipset is almost as fast as the 875, and about 1/3 or more cheaper. I also got a combo special from Fry's with a cheap single channel board, and switched to the dual channel 865pe chipset.

 

[AznAnarchy99]

im one of those people who want the best. money isnt a factor until it reaches 200. But what does a fault cpu voltage regulator mean to me if i dont OC

 

[Andres3605]

Asus or Abit both excellent boards