P4T-E with ICS chips, where to buy?

[Kuya]

Does ne1 know where I can buy an Asus P4T-E with ICS chips? I bought one from Mwave.com recently and it was a CYP chip.

 

[Daovonnaex]

Outside Loop

 

[Yelf]

Out of stock....

 

[Kuya]

183.00 Dang..

 

[staalburger]

Hi

Sorry for the stupid question but what are ICS and CYP chips and why would one want one over the other?

thanks

 

[Kuya]

ICS chips will allow you to overclock over 133mhz. CYP chips will not.

 

[GrumpyMan]

I bought one today from Axiontech.com today and it has ICS chips.

 

[Kuya]

Sweet! I'll order one from Axiontech.com. Thanks.

 

[bmg]

Did you get the P4T-E with or without audio?

 

[Kuya]

Without audio.

 

[bmg]

I just ordered a P4T-E without audio from Axion. I'll know tomorrow if it has ICS clock generators.

 

[Kuya]

Please let us know if it's ICS or CYP. Thanks.

 

[bmg]

I just got the P4T-E without audio from Axion. It has the crappy Cypress rdram clock generators.

Also, people are still saying that the new boards are the ones with the good ICS clock generators. This is wrong! The new boards have Cypress and the old boards have ICS!

 

[Kuya]

Damn!

 

[Clevor]

"Also, people are still saying that the new boards are the ones with the good ICS clock generators. This is wrong! The new boards have Cypress and the old boards have ICS! "

Logic would suggest this is true. Asus needs to clear out the stock of Cypress chips so are using that on the latest P4T-E boards. Then use the ICS chips on a revision of the board to support the 1 gig RDRAM (maybe even give it a new model number).

I bought a used (think it was a display) P4T-E two months ago here in Japan for real cheap. It must have been one of the first boards out. I checked the other night and sure enough, it has the ICS chips, including the bigger clock generator chip lower on the board. I was lucky. Looks like the board was never installed too.

Also, pick up some double-sided Samsung PC800 RDRAM now (I just did). There's reason to believe they all will do 1066. When the official 1066 chips come out later this year, you can bet they are just binned PC800 and will be expensive. If you buy PC800 then, that's exactly what you'll get.

 

[Kuya]

The board that I bought from Mwave.com has 2 CYP chips close to the memory slots and 1 ICS (bigger clock generator). I wonder if it's capable of 133+mhz?

 

[bmg]

The 2 chips by the memory are the ones that matter.

 

[Maggot]

Friends: Why must we be so provincial? I can't be everywhere- but these
questions I see discussed...cluelessly... on this thread have been very
thoroughly rendered on asusboards.com and on my home group, MaximumPC.

I love anand but only visit here occasionally. You guys should really get out more! A better answer would be a NewsGroup that we OCers *all* could check in to. The NG sucks, I know.

Anyway, please look into these threads for *all* answers on this topic.
Please spread this info to your pet forums & threads.


http://forums.delphiforums.com/maxcommport/messages?msg=122153.5

http://forums.delphiforums.com/maxcommport/messages?msg=122075.1

 

[Diable]

Atacom has the P4T-E's with ICS clock generators for $169 here's the link.

 

[PowerEngineer]

Good find, Diable.

I'm still leaning toward the ABIT TH7II-RAID, and wish that Atacom had a similar guarantee for the ICS chips on it (along with version 38 BIOS). Any leads for me?

Thanks!

 

[dexvx]

I went to the local Fry's (OR) and I had an employee open the box. It was an Asus p4T-E with ICS-13 chips, no-audio, and BIOS 1005. All for $169.

 

[Diable]

<< I'm still leaning toward the ABIT TH7II-RAID, and wish that Atacom had a similar guarantee for the ICS chips on it (along with version 38 BIOS). Any leads for me? >>



They do but you have to buy it with a processor and RDRAM, here's a link.

 

[zzzz]

<< I'm still leaning toward the ABIT TH7II-RAID, and wish that Atacom had a similar guarantee for the ICS chips on it (along with version 38 BIOS). Any leads for me? >>


I got a Th7-2 from mwave. It came with the ICS-03 and the version 38 bios. Overclocks very well..

 

[PowerEngineer]

Thanks Diable!

I'm not sure I'm ready to pay the $150 premium they're asking. If I can hold myself back for a few more weeks until the release of the 133 FSB P4, then that $150 might be enough to move up to a 100 FSB 2.2 Ghz P4 outright.

 

[Odeen]

It's only about a $80-$90 premium..

A 1.8a is about $190 + S/H on Pricewatch
Samsung RDRAM is $155-$160 shipped
TH7-II - $140 + S&H.

Whereas the kit, pretested, is $590... do the math, it's not too bad of a deal.