Asus P4B533 vs. P4S533???

[mrmagoo_83]

Ok just wondering what some of y'all out there think of these two boards. I was looking at buying the P4B533-E motherboard, but since I have been reviewing it, lots of benchmarks show the S533 outdoing it all the way around, and there is a big price difference. I thought there was an issue with the SiS chipset?? Something like, uh, it sucked!! Maybe I am mistaken and misread something. Anyway, what are your opinions on these two boards, I know a ton of people out there have some of these, so let me hear ya.

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[BipolarBill]

My take is that the SiS is faster. My opinion is that the Intel chipset is better - more reliable.

What's your fancy? Do you need your PC to be available or do you want to kick ****?

[mrmagoo_83]

Hmm, available or kick ****?? Hmmm, what a question. Thats a tuffy, I want it to FLY!!!! I mean I am gonna take the 2.0A oc to 2.5 (I hope), I plan on playing games, handling videos, MP3s, and maybe some programing, I got my other ancient computer to take care of the books and stuff. :D

[BipolarBill]

Then SiS is your chipset. ;)

[mrmagoo_83]

ok can you tell me what really differences you have seen?? I mean not tech differences but like performance. Everyone seems to be talking about how stable and great the B533's are, I have not heard much on the SiS Board. Doesn't Sis and nVidia have a conflict?? Also by chance you wouldn't happen to know if the SiS board has the SMBus connector like the B533 does??

[BipolarBill]

http://www4.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q1/020311/index.html

http://www4.tomshardware.com/mainboard/02q2/020403/index.htmlDoesn't Sis and nVidia have a conflict?? Not that I'm aware of.you wouldn't happen to know if the SiS board has the SMBus connector like the B533 does?? That connector is for the chipset - not the CPU. It's unnecessary on the 645.Everyone seems to be talking about how stable and great the B533's are, I have not heard much on the SiS Board. Neither have I. Since I don't own one, I cannot comment.

[NJEnviroguy]

A question with regards to the B533....What chipset does it have exactly, the above link with the page breaking down the eight chipsets show a Intel 845 and Intel 845D....The D having DDR support and the previous not. But looking at the description of the B533, it says it has the 845 with DDR support. Am I missing something?

[BipolarBill]

It has the 845E chipset. The "E" is a quad-pumped 133Mhz memory bus - hence 533.

http://usa.asus.com/mb/socket478/p4b533/specification.htm

[mrmagoo_83]

The reason I was questioning the SMBus interface is because I am gonna connect another Temp sensor and Tach monitor to it. THanks.

[BipolarBill]

http://www.xbitlabs.com/mainboards/p4-533-chipsets/