i865 Mobo

[athlonxpguy]

Opinions requested on which make to go with..

I have been looking at the Abit IS7 and the Asus P4P800. Any others that can compare?

Probably will be going with a P4 3.0ghz (800 fsb)

Thanks

[Jarhed7276]

Mornin',

I've never built with a Asus so I don't mean to put them down but I am partial to Abit boards. I've used Abit in the last 20 or so systems I've built and have not had trouble with any of them. Currently I am using an Abit IC7-G and would recommend it to anyone who wants to build a high end system.

Gerry

[athlonxpguy]

So what is the major difference between all the IS7's? Seems quite a few different variations. I do want dual channel DDR for sure as this is going to be my gamer system.

[Jarhed7276]

IS7-G
4 SATA connectors, gigabyte lan, supports dual channel memory, 4 dimm sockets, raid 0/1, IEEE 1394a, i865 pe chipset

IS7
2 SATA connectors, 10/100 lan, supports dual channel memory, 4 dimm sockets, raid 0/1, IEEE 1394a, i865pe chipset

IS7-E
2 SATA connectors, 10/100 lan, supports dual channel memory, 4 dimm sockets, no raid, no IEEE 1394a, i865pe chipset

IS7-V
2 SATA connectors, 10/100 lan, no dual channel support, 2 dimm sockets, no raid, no IEEE 1394a, i848p chipset

IS7-M
2 SATA connectors, 10/100 lan, supports dual channel memory, 4 dimm sockets, no raid, no IEEE 1394a, i865g chipset, intergrated graphics


Gerry

[John Prophet]

Make sure you get one that can do 'PAT'

[Sweeper]

Currenty using MSI 865PE Neo2

Very nice board. No raid, no IEEE 1394a, On-board LAN, On-board Sound, 2 SATA connectors, 4 dimm sockets, supports dual channel memory.

Awesome board. Love it.

http://www.msi.com.tw/program/produc...il.php?UID=433

[Sweeper]

oops.. double post..

[athlonxpguy]

What does PAT do? And which boards have it?

[Jarhed7276]

PAT (Performance Acceleratin Technology) delivers additional system-level performance by optimizing memory access between CPU and system memory on 800-MHz FSB and Dual Channel DDR 400 configuration.
Officially only i875 chipsets have PAT. Some motherboard manufacturers have found a way to implement it onto i865 chipsets. PO'd Intel to the point that manufacturers can't call it PAT so they came up with a different name for it.
I'm not sure what they call it or which mothernoards have it.

Gerry

Here's a link if you want more info PAT

[VHockey86]

I've built two systems with the Asus p4p800 and they've both been rock solid so far.