Need suggestion on best P4 DDR board.

[CaptainBill]

This is for a computer that will be used heavily for video editing, so it's not going to be overclocked at all....Budget really doesn't matter....just want to hear some suggestions....thanks in advance.

 

[CaptainBill]

Also I want to be able to put DDR2700 in her.

 

[o1die]

The new gigabyte 8sg667 ran very well with all 3 slots filled with ddram at 400 speed. Quite an accomplishment. I recommend checking out the review at anandtech and combining it with the p4 2.4b. Pricewatch has them listed starting at about $100.

 

[seastern]

I would recommend Intel D845EBG2 This board is ROCK SOLID HAD IT for 6 months NOT 1 LOCKUP OR PROBLEM . (AMD AND VIA are known for) No patch after patch after patch . It runs with ddr 2100 it IS 533 FSB Also . Newegg has it usually in stock. Just a Suggestion . I have built lots of Machines for business and home This Board is Stable . Runs very cool unlike that amd anamal. Well i will probably get complaints for the Comments about amd and via (especially from the people on here who work for the amd and via ) I am stating the truth no matter what they . Good luck with the system !!

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: seastern
I would recommend Intel D845EBG2 This board is ROCK SOLID HAD IT for 6 months NOT 1 LOCKUP OR PROBLEM . (AMD AND VIA are known for) No patch after patch after patch . It runs with ddr 2100 it IS 533 FSB Also . Newegg has it usually in stock. Just a Suggestion . I have built lots of Machines for business and home This Board is Stable . Runs very cool unlike that amd anamal. Well i will probably get complaints for the Comments about amd and via (especially from the people on here who work for the amd and via ) I am stating the truth no matter what they . Good luck with the system !!

Again from a person who does not know a thing about computers.
I would not listen to this person at all, everybody that has seen his post already know this.



But the gigabyte 8sg667 looks to be a good board.
Another one to look at is the VIA P4PB. It has USB 2.0, Lan, Ata133, FIREWIRE, 6ch sound, and Digital Inputs/outputs.
Its only $125 shipped HERE!!!! Newegg.com

 

[oldfart]

Lets see here, CaptainBill is looking for top stability, no overclocking needed.

Seastern recommends an Intel D845EBG2 board. Intel boards are known to be as rock stable as they get.

Marlin1975, recommends a VIA based board which are well known to be bottom of the barrel in terms of stability. You also tell the group not to listen to Seastern because he does not know a thing about computers. IMHO, Seastern gave a MUCH better recommendation.

 

[Vette73]

Originally posted by: oldfart
Lets see here, CaptainBill is looking for top stability, no overclocking needed.

Seastern recommends an Intel D845EBG2 board. Intel boards are known to be as rock stable as they get.

Marlin1975, recommends a VIA based board which are well known to be bottom of the barrel in terms of stability. You also tell the group not to listen to Seastern because he does not know a thing about computers. IMHO, Seastern gave a MUCH better recommendation.

Well I have built over 60 systems using VIA, in socket 7, Slot A, socket A, Socket 370, Socket 478, and the only problem I had was a Sound card problem(Bios update fixed), and a Video card problem(early FIC socket 7 problem), and these were all VIA chipsets. I am not going to build a computer for a customer that I know will have problems, as I would be getting calls all the time and having to look at it.
And if VIA would make a Dual Socket A soulution I would run it, instead I am using a AMD 760MPX chipset board, with C-Media on-board sound.

But the 2 best Chipsets for P4 right now is the SiS 648, and the VIA P4X400. I like VIA a little more as I have never had any problems with them. BUT SiS seems to be winning my heart from all the reviews, like Anandtech's of the gigabyte 8sg667, it has been getting.

 

[Hamburgerpimp]

Intel makes the best chipsets. They spend more on R&D for them than any other company.

 

[Lizardman]

DUDE there are at least 5 "official" motherboard threads in this forum..... Pick one and read it

 

[CaptainBill]

Dude...I did....found them after I posted. They didn't quite help me out, though. Is there any reason to shell out another $40 to get the 2.53 P4 rather than the 2.4b? Oh by they way, I decided on the gigabyte board.

matt

 

[oldfart]

But the 2 best Chipsets for P4 right now is the SiS 648, and the VIA P4X400

That is your opinion, and you are quite entitled to it. There are an awful lot of people that would disagree with it including myself. You shouldn't slam people because they do. I wouldn't use a VIA based board if they gave it away for free. SiS is not bad, but not quite up to an 845/850 setup.

 

[First]

There are lots of good P4 boards that run well at stock clock speeds with DDR333 memory. I've been really impressed with the stability of all the SiS 648 boards I've tested. The two P4X400 boards I've tested (Soltek and VPSD) need work; and that's that.

You can run DDR333 memory at the stock CPU clock speed with an Intel 845G board. There are many good 845G boards to choose from.

However, stability/reliability is very difficult to test in a short review or even over a couple of months. It's well known that Intel's chipset track record for stability is the best of the best, but that might not guarantee a reliable board (for example, you may get an Intel chipset-based motherboard made by a "bad" motherboard maker). Even setting up an Intel board based on an Intel chipset will not guarantee reliability, because every motherboard is different, even if the specs, layout and everything else appear to be exactly the same.

In all honestly, it's a crap shoot. Just purchase and pray, but it doesn't hurt to take some advice. And my advice would be to look at some 845G boards and decide what features you need, but also look very very closely at SiS 648 boards (like the Gigabyte 8SG667) and decide what features you need. Or, you may want to wait for 845PE boards, which will have official support for DDR333 (845G doesn't support DDR333 natively, but motherboard makers implement a BIOS option/correct PCI divider anyway).

Good luck.

 

[oldfart]

Hi Evan. As usual, thanks for your insight. Question for you. Will the new 845PE/GE boards support the upcoming 3.0 GHz CPU's with Hypertheading?

 

[Yoshi]

If you want stability stick with an Intel chipset board. I suggest a board by Intel themselves or Asus. The new SIS chipset shows a lot of promise, but has not been around long enough to prove itself. As for VIA I stay away from them, I had a Duron based system I put together on a Asus VIA chipset board and it was a patchfest that never really got solid.

If you really are serious about video editing, consider getting a Powermac with Superdrive (Pioneer DVR-AO4 in disguise). The Mac ships with nice consumer level video editing and DVD mastering software, rated the best even by several PC magazines. And if you want to go pro, it's simply the best. I enjoy building PC's and goofing around with my own, but my Mac is the audio/video editing king.

 

[Pardus]

why not just read a review on the board your interested in instead of asking 'whats the best', you can ask 10 people whats the best mb, you'll get 10 different answers too. Regarding what seastern said about the AMD lockups, he is 100% correct. That's all i have to say.

 

[cainsdive]

I would have to agree with the others here. I think you need to do some reserce into MBs them selfs and what makes them tik, as I have. Then you will know what you need.