Motherboard for P4

[BillyTech]

Hi,

A P4 1.7Ghz, with a Asus P4T.

Do you think it s a good motherboard for P4???

Thx!!!

 

[ChrisOh]

I like the msi 850 pro, solid performer, stable, and the benchmarks are a bit higher than a typical 850 board.

 

[gadhero]

I have the same mobo with a 1.5Ghz. I've had it for about a month now and no problems whatsoever. Even have it overclocked to 1.8Ghz and runs fine. Although I'm not sure if it will support a straight 1.7Ghz chip. According to their site the P4T is good for a 1.4~1.5Ghz processor. Otherwise the board is great IMO.

Enjoy!

 

[fkloster]

I'm running a 1.8 @ 2.1 on that board so I think your o.k. Best board for P4 on the market.

 

[AndyHui]

Go for the ASUS P4T, or the P4T-F if you can find it.

 

[Athlon4all]

I'd go with Asus P4T.

 

[pm]

Andy, what's the P4T-F? Upgrade for the new socket? I couldn't find it at Asus's page.

 

[Wingznut]

Yeah, what's a P4T-F?

FiringSquad has a good P4 motherboard comparison.

Imho, the Asus P4T is the best all-around board.

The MSI offers no FSB adjustments, so if you want to overclock, that board isn't an option. And if you aren't planning on overclocking, I'd go with the Intel board.

 

[majewski9]

P4 boards! Hmmmmm.........theres not many of them! I wonder why? I think you should hold off they are going to socket 478.

Look at some quality socket 462 boards if you need to buy a good board. There are ample socket A boards out. The SIS 735 chipset is going to be in several new boards in the coming months. There is going to be Dual athlon board from MSI and I believe Gigabyte also. As well as a couple boards with intergrated SCSI!

 

[insane]

478 start to emerge
Go to pricewatch and search for 478 for as low as $144
Intel all the way baby

 

[Wingznut]

"Look at some quality socket 462 boards if you need to buy a good board. There are ample socket A boards out."

Unfortunately, a P4-1.7ghz will not fit in a SocketA board. But I'm sure that Billy appreciates your very helpful suggestion.

 

[Athlon4all]

P4T-F I belive is the 4-layer version of P4T so it's cheaper, otherwise it's the same, you can easily idenfiy it because it should have 1 RIMM slot that is placed next to the other 3 on the side so it's a wierd looking board, but cheaper. Cool, looks like Intel has quitely released an 845 and 850 Socket 478 solutions. Yeah, I have to agree, if possible wait for Socket 478, that way u can go to Northwood later. Other than the Intel 850 S478 board, theres only 1 other 850 S478 board that I've heard of, and that's Abit's TH7II-RAID, FS reviewed it 2 days ago here. It's a lot more than just a S478 TH7, it has much better ocing features for one and a bunch of other stuff.

 

[AndyHui]

The P4T-F has each pair of RIMMs perpendicular. Not a group of 3+1 like the MSI model.

 

[Sidewinder]

why get a P4 when you could get an athlon?

 

[BillyTech]

it s not for me... it s for a customer
(i have a athlon!!! =P )

 

[insane]

<< why get a P4 when you could get an athlon? >>


Jezus f*cking Christ when are you AMD Zealots gonna stop?. Did he say AMD was an option for him? No he didn't so you should go and Meltdown some Athlon's.

 

[jaredm77]

I hate when people do that, somebody says comething very specific towards an intel system and somebody has to chime in about an Athlon...it gets old.