What MoBo for an Intel P4 lover?

[Quetzalboat]

Dear Friends,
I wanna upgrade my CPU (PIII 733MHz) to P4
Please give some advice, which MoBo I must choose?
- Intel 845 based MoBo
- VIA P4X266 based MoBo
- SIS (I forget the series) DDR333
And give your opinion (or some review), which is better?

Thank you for your help.

 

[o1die]

The rambus boards are slightly faster, but may be obsolete when Intel switches to 533 rambus in a few months. The sis 645 is almost as fast, and I like the fact that you don't have to buy ddram in pairs like rdram. Don't know if the sis 645 will offer ata 133 support like some of the intel 845 mobos. You have to decide which features are most important to you. Even pcchips offers an sis 645 mobo, with support for either sdram or ddram, and a built in modem and sound. Computer Geeks is selling it for $84. If you haven't read it yet, gamepc has a review of the asus P4s333 and 3 other P4 mobos.

 

[subhuman]

For stability and performance with a P4, I suggest the ASUS P4TE, RDRAM, i850. For stability and almost all the performance of RDRAM, ASUS P4B266, DDR, i845D. Both are top notch boards and highly overclockable. The P4TE does 533mhz FSB (maybe not officially, sort of like 133mhz on BX).

 

[Rhi]

Wake up and buy an AMD. Spend the rest of your money on something nice for the lady...or beer.

-Rhi

 

[Strawberrymom]

GA-8IRXP its got everything and is stable

 

[tjdavis1138]

Anybody know where to find the the GA-8iRXP?

 

[VivienM]

<< Wake up and buy an AMD. Spend the rest of your money on something nice for the lady...or beer. >>



What about us people who are single and under the legal drinking age?



My advice to the original poster: if you're not planning on overclocking (and you didn't say you were), you may want to look into the Intel boards... (The one I'm using is RDRAM-based, though, but they do have DDR ones now) Also, didn't AnandTech recently post reviews of P4X266 and i845D boards?

 

[rexking]

I have a P4 1.7 GHZ and a mobo, based on the VIAP4X266 chipset, which uses DDR Ram. Extremely stable, does not require a ton of cooling, like the AMD variety and Windows XP via drivers are great. Was planning to upgrade the mobo but why sacrifice the stability.

 

[dbwillis]

Im using a Shuttle AV40 with my P4 1.5, have not had any problems at all and its been perfectly stable since day 1.
Very quiet cpu fan (stock Intel) and cool running.
The layout is nice on the board as well

 

[Athlon4all]

First go RDRAM. Prices right now are the same between RDRAm and DDR. 2nd, take Abit TH7II for the board. It rocks! Some people will say that Asus P4B266 overclocks better than 850 boards, and they are right that P4B266 does overclock better than most Socket 478 850 boards but TH7II overclocks just as good.

 

[thermite88]

If you want performance and overclock stability, go with i845D MB. The Asus P4B266 is a safe bid but expensive. The Gigabyte GA-8IRXP and MSI 845ULTRA-AR are $30 less.

Tweakers Asylum has dished out a new review of the i845D based AOpen AX4B Pro motherboard.

<< The AOpen AX4B Pro with the Intel 845 Chipset is an amazing performer. With performance at or above the SiS 645 Chipset (running faster 333 MHz), the AOpen AX4B Pro is ready to whoop the Pentium 4 into shape. >>

AOpen AX4B Pro (Intel 845 DDR) Motherboard Review

On the budget end, the Intel Pentium 4 DDR Chipsets Roundup at Virtual Zone and at Tom's Hardware both recommended MB using the VIA P4X266A.

<< If we put the legal quarrels aside for a minute, VIA's P4X266A seems to be the best platform for Intel's Pentium 4 right now. We have to wait and see for production boards that are able to use the full potential of the SiS645 chipset that might make this legal trouble free solution just as or even more attractive. >>

 

[Strawberrymom]

<< Anybody know where to find the the GA-8iRXP? >>



i got mine at googlegear.com cost me 215 shipped second day air

 

[Strawberrymom]

<< If you want performance and overclock stability, go with i845D MB. The Asus P4B266 is a safe bid but expensive. The Gigabyte GA-8IRXP and MSI 845ULTRA-AR are $30 less.

Tweakers Asylum has dished out a new review of the i845D based AOpen AX4B Pro motherboard.

<< The AOpen AX4B Pro with the Intel 845 Chipset is an amazing performer. With performance at or above the SiS 645 Chipset (running faster 333 MHz), the AOpen AX4B Pro is ready to whoop the Pentium 4 into shape. >>

AOpen AX4B Pro (Intel 845 DDR) Motherboard Review

On the budget end, the Intel Pentium 4 DDR Chipsets Roundup at Virtual Zone and at Tom's Hardware both recommended MB using the VIA P4X266A.

<< If we put the legal quarrels aside for a minute, VIA's P4X266A seems to be the best platform for Intel's Pentium 4 right now. We have to wait and see for production boards that are able to use the full potential of the SiS645 chipset that might make this legal trouble free solution just as or even more attractive. >>

>>



VR only recommends the Via to ehtusiasts they say" For now, it can be clearly seen that Intel 845B0 is the fastest chipset around but the price is certainly the highest among all the chipset as well. I would recommend enthusiasts to get VIA P4X266A for high performance to price ratio as it is very well priced and yet it delivers great performance."

not everyone is cheap, the intel based boards are by far the best stability and whoop the competition as the testing shows.

 

[SexyK]

<< Wake up and buy an AMD. Spend the rest of your money on something nice for the lady...or beer.

-Rhi >>




He already said he was a P4 lover, so please don't bring AMD into it. Not everyone loves AMD, and contrary to popular opinion, AMD is not the only processor out there that anyone should buy. Tired of AMD zealots,

Sexy K

 

[thermite88]

<< not everyone is cheap, the intel based boards are by far the best stability and whoop the competition as the testing shows. >>

I use a Shuttle AV-40 with VIA P4X266 on it because it was the only thing available in September, 2001. I completely agree that the 845D MB is the one to get now.

 

[Diable]

<< Anybody know where to find the the GA-8iRXP? >>



Googlegear has them for $193.50