WHICH IS THE BEST P4 MOBO AND WHICH IS THE BEST ATHLON XP MOBO.......................

[deltree]

WHICH IS THE BEST P4 MOBO AND WHICH IS THE BEST ATHLON XP MOBO WITHOUT ANY QUESTION, AND HAS THE BEST OVERALL PERFORMANCE WITH LOW CLOCK AND HIGH CLOCKED PROCESSORS,.

[BipolarBill]

Intel - any Asus Intel based board. Currently the P4PE.

AMD - either the Asus A7N8X or the Epox 8RDA+

If you prefer VIA for AMD, the Epox KT400s are da schitt. ;)

...AND LAY OFF THE CAPS! :mad:

[papalion]

Hey Bipolar, tell me this: If the Asus P4PE is so great how come it claims RAID 0, RAID 1 and RAID 0+1 support but, (not counting serial ATA), comes with, only one RAID IDE port on the board? :rolleyes:

The manual clearly states that in order to enable RAID, both hard drives have to be set as Master. How can you do this using only one IDE channel? :x

Serial ATA is not an option because there are no drives available yet using this technology.

So in other words, this board has NO RAID SUPPORT WHATSOEVER. :mad:

I just bought this board and in my mind it is one of the most STUPIDLY DESIGNED BOARDS EVER! :(

Maybe I'm wrong, but have you ever used this drive using RAID 0 with two regular drives? If so, how? :confused:

[sozinho]

in my opinion i think if u want intel you get an intel mobo, that's what i have the d845ebg2L.

[Slitelyused]

I just went thru 2 days worth of forums,, looking for solved issues I have with my Asus A7N266-VM,,, all I saw in 2 days was people looking to solve all kinds of problems with the Asus A7N8X,,,This board seems to be a disaster just like the A7N266-VM,,, Ok so I'm down on Asus right now,, but I have good reason to be,,There is no support from Asus either,, 3 weeks now with dead boards and no replies. All the RMA does is give you an identical piece of junk, when you already have junk.

[BipolarBill]

Originally posted by papalion
Maybe I'm wrong, but have you ever used this drive using RAID 0 with two regular drives? If so, how? :confused: Well, I'm of the opinion that anyone who uses RAID 0 is a fool anyway. Cough and you lose everything. If that bugs you, you can shop Abit or MSI for a stripper 845PE board.

The rest of the board rocks.

[BipolarBill]

Originally posted by sozinho
in my opinion i think if u want intel you get an intel mobo, that's what i have the d845ebg2L. That's fine if you want to pay top dollar for fewer features.

[sozinho]

i know. i want stability.

[BipolarBill]

Stabilty? I have a "server" with a SCSI card, 15K IBM SCSI drive and a WD400BB running on an ECS K7S5A (one of the most feared motherboards in all of SysOptLand). It's as stable as anything else I have.

If you have no features, you can't overclock and mess things up. You can get the same results by resisting temptation on a fully-featured motherboard like the P4PE.

[sozinho]

i bought my mobo on the recommendation of people. this have 533mhz bus and usb 2.0 and onboard lan, you can't overclock it sure.