845PE vs 865PE?

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Hi there, I am about to upgrade my system, but am torn between these 2 chipsets.

The asus P4PE-X uses the 845PE chipset, and can be had for les than $80.
The asus P4P800 uses the 865PE chipset, and can be had for about $110.

Both have onboard audio and lan, and both appear to support the P4 2.8C (Hyperthreaded) cpu and DDR400 I am going to use. The
$30 savings for the P4PE-X is enticing. Can anyone tell me the differences between these 2 chips, and any experiences? I do a
fair share of gaming and WindowsXP applications.

Thanks
 
865 is a better chip-set !

Worth the $30.00

Dave



| Hi there, I am about to upgrade my system, but am torn between these 2 chipsets.
|
| The asus P4PE-X uses the 845PE chipset, and can be had for les than $80.
| The asus P4P800 uses the 865PE chipset, and can be had for about $110.
|
| Both have onboard audio and lan, and both appear to support the P4 2.8C (Hyperthreaded)
cpu and DDR400 I am going to use. The
| $30 savings for the P4PE-X is enticing. Can anyone tell me the differences between these 2
chips, and any experiences? I do a
| fair share of gaming and WindowsXP applications.
|
| Thanks
 
Hi there, I am about to upgrade my system, but am torn between these 2 chipsets.

The asus P4PE-X uses the 845PE chipset, and can be had for les than $80.
The asus P4P800 uses the 865PE chipset, and can be had for about $110.

Both have onboard audio and lan, and both appear to support the P4 2.8C
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(Hyperthreaded) cpu and DDR400 I am going to use. The
$30 savings for the P4PE-X is enticing. Can anyone tell me the
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differences between these 2 chips, and any experiences? I do a
fair share of gaming and WindowsXP applications.

Thanks
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The 845PE has support for four banks of memory. That is enough to
drive two double sided DIMMs. A 865PE can drive four double sided DIMMs,
so you have room for memory expansion.

The second issue, is whether the 845PE can drive two sticks of
ram at PC3200 rates. When Asus made up the original web page for
how to overclock the P4PE motherboard to handle a FSB800 processor,
they were recommending using no more than one stick of ram
at PC3200.

http://groups.google.com/[email protected]

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=51394

I'd spend the extra money :-)

Also, if you are a mad overclocker (not just a mild one), see this:

http://www.abxzone.com/forums/showthread.php?threadid=62275

HTH,
Paul
 
Husker said:
Hi there, I am about to upgrade my system, but am torn between these 2 chipsets.

The asus P4PE-X uses the 845PE chipset, and can be had for les than $80.
The asus P4P800 uses the 865PE chipset, and can be had for about $110.

Both have onboard audio and lan, and both appear to support the P4 2.8C (Hyperthreaded) cpu and DDR400 I am going to use. The
$30 savings for the P4PE-X is enticing. Can anyone tell me the differences between these 2 chips,...
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Compare the specs on the Asus web site carefully: the P4PE-X seems to
be restricted in qualified memory
http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4pe-x/overview.htm#
and to reach PC3200 by means of overclocking...

Roy
 
You can almost buy Two P4PE-X's for the price of the P4P800 - I running a system using the P4PE-X and its fast. I am supper
happy with is performance..
This board will run any game or app out there, with the right Memory and Video Card.. I use a Asus Geforce FX 5700 in one and its
very stable.
I bought the board because it does not have SATA or Raid.

Its an older chip set but it rocks. You don't have to have to spend $120.00 or more on a board to have good performance,.

I went with the P4PE-X because I also have P4PE bp's, and DDR400 Sticks so now I have extra backups, now I am just waiting for
the prices to drop the
Intel Pentium 4's.. down the road I may get a P4p800 or newer chip set, but for now the 845 ROCKS.
 
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