Which board ASUS P4B533 (845E) or Albatron 845PE?

[Skooch]

I'm getting a new P4 motherboard by the end of this week, and plan on getting one of these two boards. I can get the ASUS locally for $130~ locally, or order the Albatron for $95 shipped. I like to buy things locally whenever possible for ease RMA, and was wondering if I choose the ASUS 845E chipset if I will be missing out on anything other than the "official" support of DDR333 memory with the 845PE chipset. Does or will the ASUS P4533B(845E chipset) support hyperthreading? I do not need onboard anything since I have seperate sound, network cards, and firewire and dont use raid. Most likely will be using a P4 2.4b processor. Some overclocking likely, but nothing extreme. Thanks.

 

[mooseAndSquirrel]

Not a whole lot of help, but just another anecdote. Built my new rig (2.8P4) with the Asus P4B533 and it was painless and everything works like a charm at stock speeds. I have a RAID card (iWill) and a SCSI card (29160) along with a Radeon 9700 and everything worked the first time. I only have 1 stick of RAM in at present, but am planning to go to three. I like the jumper toggles. The manual is clear. The BIOS is straightforward. The only thing unusual I did was remove the HSF mounting cage to screw an Alpha PAL on. No complaints.

 

[IntelConvert]

Originally posted by: Skooch
I'm getting a new P4 motherboard by the end of this week, and plan on getting one of these two boards. I can get the ASUS locally for $130~ locally, or order the Albatron for $95 shipped. I like to buy things locally whenever possible for ease RMA, and was wondering if I choose the ASUS 845E chipset if I will be missing out on anything other than the "official" support of DDR333 memory with the 845PE chipset. Does or will the ASUS P4533B(845E chipset) support hyperthreading? I do not need onboard anything since I have seperate sound, network cards, and firewire and dont use raid. Most likely will be using a P4 2.4b processor. Some overclocking likely, but nothing extreme. Thanks.

If you want an Asus board based on the 845 chipset, I would go for their new P4PE (i845PE). Yes, it will cost you more than the P4B533, but it will also outperform it as well as support HT (which the i845E chipset doesn't)! If you're not stuck on Asus, definitely go for the Albatron over the P4B533.