Whats a good high-end Pentium 4 motherboard??

[KrAkPoT]

i was looking at the DFI LAN party and the Asus ic-7 but whats a REALLY good, highly recomened high-end Pentium 4 motherboard?

thanks
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[Hanzou]

ASUS P4C800 Deluxe

 

[KrAkPoT]

anything else?

also whats the best pc3200 XMS memeory i can get for my buck with dual ddr

 

[DaveSimmons]

Two to avoid:

DFI - they have a problem with 4 sticks of DDR. Tthis started the false rumor that ALL i875 boards have the problem, see HardOCP.com

MSI - cheated on benchmarks by adding "dynamic overclocking" / overclocked FSB to the mobos they've shipped to reviewers, see TomsHardware and HardOCP. No word yet whether they've updated their BIOSes to make this "feature" optional.

So Asus and (if not overclocking) intel are a couple of safe choices.

 

[mechBgon]

From a feature standpoint, the Gigabyte 8KNXP Ultra. Onboard dual-channel U320 SCSI, six DIMM slots, and IIRC they implemented CSA gigabit Ethernet as well. Is it actually a good board...? I don't know. For what they charge, it ought to be. If I were in the marked for an Intel board, I'd be wanting the features on this one.

 

[Wurrmm]

Abit IC7-G rocks. Just go to the forum for this mobo. I am getting mine set up as we speak. Great features, rock stability, nice package.

 

[rival]

yea, ic7g is nice, but mine wont work, cant get any display first time running it, duno whats wrong

 

[mikecel79]

I've had a Gigabyte GA-8IK1100 for about a week now. Been good to me so far. It's the same design as the GA-8KNXP/Ultra but without the SCSI, Dual Power System, ATA RAID controller, and it comes with 100mbit CSA instead of 1000mbit NIC. It's a great budget board.

 

[cbuchach]

I too would recommend the Abit IC7-G. I have this board and it is very solid with a good feature set.

 

[Gunbuster]

For non overclocking just get the Intel brand board

 

[KrAkPoT]

what intel board would u recomend?