P4C800 on Newegg

[whistleclient]

oh. cool, thanks.

how does the P4C800 skimp out on the CSA though? (as stated by skroatdog)

 

[snidy1]

Link

$199.00 at Upgradesource

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: eastvillager


I just don't know who to trust in motherboards anymore. Everybody i've tried has let me down at least once.

Which is why excessive brand loyalty can only get you in trouble.

 

[oldfart]

Originally posted by: jaeger66

Originally posted by: eastvillager

I just don't know who to trust in motherboards anymore. Everybody i've tried has let me down at least once.

Which is why excessive brand loyalty can only get you in trouble.

Exactly. I never understand the "Asus only" or other brand mentality. Let see, last 7 boards newest to oldest:

Albatron (current)
EPoX
Gigabyte
Asus
Asus
MSI
Abit

The only brand I have been unhappy with is MSI. I had 2 of them and didn't like either of them. I've seen enough bad reports here on them so that they are on my do not buy list until they show they can put out something decent.

Other brands I've had are:
Soyo
Shuttle
Biostar

 

[whistleclient]

how does the P4C800 skimp out on the CSA? (as stated by skroatdog)

 

[jaeger66]

Originally posted by: tangent1138
how does the P4C800 skimp out on the CSA? (as stated by skroatdog)

It doesn't use it.

 

[jdogg707]

Originally posted by: Scroatdog
NO THANKS.

ASUS cheaped out, but you couldn't tell from the price tag!!! They skimped out on CSA AND aren't using SATA RAID from the ICH5. They're using a controller, which will no doubt hold back the performance of SATA RAID.

Gigabit seems to have both, but no firewire, and it's nowhere in site

Abit has CSA, but I'm not sure if they've got SATA RAID off the ICH5. Oh yeah, they are also no where in site

Aopen............ not even going to entertain that one

MSI.... haven't seen a solid review, no where in site.

It breaks my heart to see this 3.0 Ghz chip in it's shrink-wrapped box, waiting for a home............:brokenheart:

As for the SATA RAID here's what Evan had to say about the Asus's use of SATA:

As with all 875P/ICH5/R motherboards, there are two Serial ATA connectors located just below the South Bridge. As you know the ICH5 controls these two connectors, and allows a stream of 266MB/s of data instead of the slower, PCI bus constrained 133MB/s. Read through our 875P chipset review to understand the benefits of placing the Serial ATA controller in the South Bridge as compared to a separate PCI Serial ATA controller.

and....

The P4C800 Deluxe's IDE/Serial ATA drive support is excellent. As usual, there are the standard IDE connectors, dubbed the Primary and Secondary IDE connectors, which support two channels each and therefore up to four IDE drives total. There's one additional IDE connector powered by the Promise PDC20378 controller. This specific Promise controller supports just two IDE channels, meaning a max of two hard drives (no optical drives allowed) can be connected. This same Promise PDC20378 controller also powers two Serial ATA connectors (not the two ICH5-bound Serial ATA connectors), which allows users to connect one SATA drive to each connector. All in all you should be able to connect four SATA and six IDE drives to this motherboard, though we can't imagine what desktop user would have the need for ten drives in one case as the heat, noise, and maintenance required would be quite severe. Though, the drive capability of the P4C800 Deluxe is perfect for small database workstations/servers and the like.

Just wanted to follow up...

My question is, can you hook up Optical Drives to the Extra two SATA connectors via a Serillel Adapter?

 

[smahoney]

Promise does not support hooking up any Optical drives to their controller.

The Gigabyte GA-8KNXP looks like a better mix of features than the Ultra version - I'd rather the extra SATA controller and 1394. Especially since it is cheaper. But I have my sights set on the IC7-G. Asus is getting a decent review but they are a bit pricy compared to tha MSI offerings and Abit boards.