The px865pe pro is the least expensive 865 board in australia atm.
Does the base model use the ich5 or 5R southbridge?
Any ideas about real world fsb and memory speed limits?
300MHz/250MHz ?
Does the base model use the ich5 or 5R southbridge?
Any ideas about real world fsb and memory speed limits?
300MHz/250MHz ?
I know what you mean about abit boards being low quality! 
- they last about a year if you're lucky. My board is bad. I had to disable onboard usb ports and the floppy drive to get it to work. I'm using my usb hub right now for my usb ports. I still have 2 usb ports through the VIA controller. that still works. the only thing that works on ym abit board in the back panel are teh firewire ports. everything else is dead.
- they last about a year if you're lucky. My board is bad. I had to disable onboard usb ports and the floppy drive to get it to work. I'm using my usb hub right now for my usb ports. I still have 2 usb ports through the VIA controller. that still works. the only thing that works on ym abit board in the back panel are teh firewire ports. everything else is dead.anandtech review said that the FD controller on the bottom of the board was a good thing? How can this be? If I put this into my tower case Im going to have to wrap a fdd cable around all my cards to get to the top. That seems bad.
Would it be correct to say the following are limitations of the px865pe pro ?
- Only 2 usb ports on back panel
- Southbridge is ICH5 only - no sata raid
- fsb speed limited to 250MHz
- does the board allow pci/agp lock?
- cpu voltage limited to 1.6V
- Vmem limited to 2.85V
- Only 2 usb ports on back panel
- Southbridge is ICH5 only - no sata raid
- fsb speed limited to 250MHz
- does the board allow pci/agp lock?
- cpu voltage limited to 1.6V
- Vmem limited to 2.85V
i have an px865pe pro and it rocks-bought it here in sweden a month ago,no problems what so ever exept that the memory would not run in anything other than ddr266 in dualchannel mode(twinmos 3200 winbond).
mailed albatron support in taiwan(dr pro)and got a response the day after-along with a new bios,now it works in default settings(2,5)=ddr 400@166fsb,turbo(2,66) does still not work in dualchannel mode.
the support is awesome,swift reply and it worked to boot,nothing im to used to-mostly u get an automated response saying"we have not had any problems e.t.c"or something similar.
im very happy with it-havent tried anything over 166 fsb yet(my 2,53 p4 is getting real hot with the stock intel cooler already)so i cant estimate the overclocking potential for the real "serious" overclockers-but 166 was rock solid anyway.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6509364
oh-i have the budget option(px865pe pro)no raid,no gigabit lan,but serial ata(non raid)is on the board along with ordinary 3com lan and ac 97sound(i think,never used it),BUY ONE NOW-its cheap,good overclocker,great support....
mailed albatron support in taiwan(dr pro)and got a response the day after-along with a new bios,now it works in default settings(2,5)=ddr 400@166fsb,turbo(2,66) does still not work in dualchannel mode.
the support is awesome,swift reply and it worked to boot,nothing im to used to-mostly u get an automated response saying"we have not had any problems e.t.c"or something similar.
im very happy with it-havent tried anything over 166 fsb yet(my 2,53 p4 is getting real hot with the stock intel cooler already)so i cant estimate the overclocking potential for the real "serious" overclockers-but 166 was rock solid anyway.
http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6509364
oh-i have the budget option(px865pe pro)no raid,no gigabit lan,but serial ata(non raid)is on the board along with ordinary 3com lan and ac 97sound(i think,never used it),BUY ONE NOW-its cheap,good overclocker,great support....
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I'd look at your settings again, it definitely does work in dual channel mode, just look at our benchmarks.
it works in dualchannel mode up to 2.5xfsb(333@133 fsb)it is the turbo setting(2,66)that does not work,i think u need an 800fsb processor to reach 400 ddr in default settings(in fact i just checked on albatrons homepage"533 fsb supports 266/333mhz memory,800fsb supports 333/400 memory").
in your test you used an 800fsb processor so i guess thats why it worked for you,anyhow im really pleased with my purchase-works great,i run my twinmos in 6-2-2-2 settings with a fsb of 166 and 2x(gives 3150mhz cpu and 333 memory).
btw my memory might run in ddr400 if i change my crappy psu(250w)to a better one,i'm surprised it works as well as it does with my radeon e.t.c(i've read on many places that 300w is absolute minimum)
if anyone else has tried some REAL overclocking it would be interesting see what settings they used(and what memory e.t.c)i think these intel chipsets are very sensitive to what memory modules u use....
in your test you used an 800fsb processor so i guess thats why it worked for you,anyhow im really pleased with my purchase-works great,i run my twinmos in 6-2-2-2 settings with a fsb of 166 and 2x(gives 3150mhz cpu and 333 memory).
btw my memory might run in ddr400 if i change my crappy psu(250w)to a better one,i'm surprised it works as well as it does with my radeon e.t.c(i've read on many places that 300w is absolute minimum)
if anyone else has tried some REAL overclocking it would be interesting see what settings they used(and what memory e.t.c)i think these intel chipsets are very sensitive to what memory modules u use....
I'm looking into putting a new computer together and was interested in this board (mainly because in the weekly review it was stouted as the best ). I'm fairly confused about the whole 800mhz thing. Can someone clear my confusion up?
(1) fsb == bus, right?
(2) The 865 chipset is 800mhz bus, yes?
- this link says it is (even overclockable to 1ghz)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=ALBATRON+PX865PE
- this link says the bus speed is only 333mhz:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1824&p=2
(3) I know the Pro and the Pro II are different, but from what I read only in onboard gear (who wants onboard sound anyway). Is this correct?
TIA,
). I'm fairly confused about the whole 800mhz thing. Can someone clear my confusion up?(1) fsb == bus, right?
(2) The 865 chipset is 800mhz bus, yes?
- this link says it is (even overclockable to 1ghz)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=ALBATRON+PX865PE
- this link says the bus speed is only 333mhz:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1824&p=2
(3) I know the Pro and the Pro II are different, but from what I read only in onboard gear (who wants onboard sound anyway). Is this correct?
TIA,
Originally posted by: langdonx
I'm looking into putting a new computer together and was interested in this board (mainly because in the weekly review it was stouted as the best
(1) fsb == bus, right?
(2) The 865 chipset is 800mhz bus, yes?
- this link says it is (even overclockable to 1ghz)
http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduct.asp?DEPA=&submit=Go&description=ALBATRON+PX865PE
- this link says the bus speed is only 333mhz:
http://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1824&p=2
(3) I know the Pro and the Pro II are different, but from what I read only in onboard gear (who wants onboard sound anyway). Is this correct?
TIA,
It's 800 mhz bus because the FSB is quad pumped, so it's 200x4. So only 333 means 333x4 which is probably well over what you would reach.
Sorry, i posted this in the main motherboard area before noticing the sticky...
Greetings. Just purchased the above motherboard along with a P4 1.8 and a Volcano 7+. I haven't owned Intel kit for ages, so i have a couple of questions.
Operating temps; With no overclocking, the CPU is sitting around the 46 degree celcius mark. This seems a little high to me. I'm thinking that i may not have the HSF mounted perfectly or something. What's the average temp for these puppies?
Overclocking; The bios will let me ramp up the FSB. I want to go from 100 to 133 to take the CPU to 2400. I can manually alter the AGP/PCI clock to keep the system in 'spec'. There's also a CPUDR ratio which is currently set to 2.66.
The manual (yes i read the manual. Sad...) states that i this setting can be changed to 2 or 2.5. I want to change it to 2 because my Crucial RAM is only PC2100, but i don't seem to be able to alter it from 2.66.
Am i missing something here? Does anyone else have this board?
Any suggestions appreciated.
Cheers,
G
Greetings. Just purchased the above motherboard along with a P4 1.8 and a Volcano 7+. I haven't owned Intel kit for ages, so i have a couple of questions.
Operating temps; With no overclocking, the CPU is sitting around the 46 degree celcius mark. This seems a little high to me. I'm thinking that i may not have the HSF mounted perfectly or something. What's the average temp for these puppies?
Overclocking; The bios will let me ramp up the FSB. I want to go from 100 to 133 to take the CPU to 2400. I can manually alter the AGP/PCI clock to keep the system in 'spec'. There's also a CPU
DR ratio which is currently set to 2.66.The manual (yes i read the manual. Sad...) states that i this setting can be changed to 2 or 2.5. I want to change it to 2 because my Crucial RAM is only PC2100, but i don't seem to be able to alter it from 2.66.
Am i missing something here? Does anyone else have this board?
Any suggestions appreciated.
Cheers,
G
I myself have a great i845pe albatron board now (the lower end one) I bought for under 90 bucks and it rocks....
Is it confirmed the pro version only goes to 250fsb??? Not much of ocing potential unless I drop a LOT OF CASH down on a higher multiplier p4c chip like the 3.0ghz or 3.2ghz...even then it only makes 750-800mhz ocs!!! I guess I am a bit spoiled!!!
Is it confirmed the pro version only goes to 250fsb??? Not much of ocing potential unless I drop a LOT OF CASH down on a higher multiplier p4c chip like the 3.0ghz or 3.2ghz...even then it only makes 750-800mhz ocs!!! I guess I am a bit spoiled!!!
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No, there should be absolutely no reason why the Pro can only go to 250MHz FSB while the Pro II can easily get well over 270MHz FSB. The trace and capacitor layout (and brand) should be exactly the same. I'll be able to fully confirm this once I get a Pro board.
does anyone who has direct experience with this board know of any instability issues? can you comment in general on the difficulty of setup? i am about 24 hours from buying for my first build and want to keep the problems to a minimum. thanks
hmm this board is interesting, DDR400 with 800fsb only, i dun think many other boards are like that...is is the 865PE chipset that sets this threshold? hows albatron with overclocking? its 400mhz fsb less than asus (1600mhz) in theory but thats not always true
yeah, i just bought the albatron 845pe proII.... after reading many reviews, the best review i read was on www.guru3d.com on the board
made my mind up
made my mind up
that was nice review, but that was a PX845 board, not the PX865 board that I am thinking about. thanks anyway.Text
It seems like the omly board they made was the ome Anand reviewed.... I have yet to find this at any store....
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