P4P800

[athlonxpguy]

What is the difference between the P4P800 and the P4P800 Deluxe version?

[cysus]

Typically the deluxe versions of asus motherboards offer more reliable circuitry and stability as well as improved features and accessories. These two motherboards however look different but are essentially the same motherboard; the deluxe version is bound to have better performance and reliability, also it is said that the deluxe version of the P4P800 comes with asus's proprietary “WiFi” wireless Ethernet card (a $20 value), making it potentially a wireless server (Though asus's website lists it in the "model list" for the wireless card, I'm not sure if that is meaning it is included or just is compatible). Whether this is true or not, I'm sure even without it the deluxe version is worth the extra $30.

[athlonxpguy]

Thanks for clearing that up.

[scenar]

You can goto www.asus.com for more details on the board.
there's something abt buying mobos and cpus at http://www.ocarena.com as well.

[VHockey86]

I've seen reviews comparing the two, and the non-deluxe performs up to the deluxe levels almost to unnoticeably levels. I've used the p4p800 in a recent build, as has one of my friends and we both think they work great. IMO the deluxe isnt worth the money.

i believe the deluxe also has more RAID options for SATA.

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Actualy, on second look at the prices it seems the deluxe is only about 20 dollars more. For that menial of a price compared to your entire system it might be worth getting the deluxe.

I was thinking of awhile ago I guess, I thought they were about 40-50 dollars difference

http://www.newegg.com/app/viewproduc...=asus%2Cp4p800

[macko]

I have both boards. The P4P800 deluxe board has 4 IDE's and the the P4P800 regular has only 2. Few other minor things, but I bought the deluxe for the extra IDE ports.