Asus P4PE vs Albatron Pro II

[TheNamelessOne]

I'm trying to decide between these two mobos. The Albatron is the one with the 845pe chipset forgot the exact name. I know people here think highly of the p4pe but do you think it is worth the extra money as it is more expensive than the albatron for which I just read a review from overclockers.com that said that it was a great ocing board. Also, what is the average price of the p4pe with raid?

[velocicaur]

I would like to know the same thing, I plan on upgrading in the new future. Anyone? :)

[TheNamelessOne]

I would like to know the same thing, I plan on upgrading in the new future. Anyone? And here I was, excited to see 1 reply thinking I got an answer. False alarm :D

[James-Italy]

Good question. I was going back and forth.

I decided on the P4PE for two reasons; name (Asus) and options. If I were paying attention to cost, I would have bought the Albatron.

I just got the P4PE on Friday and have it up and running. I was gonna get the Albatron II (with the silver board) as a backup, but when I was at the computer store I forgot. My brain was fried thinking about that P4 3.06 that was in my hands. :)
The P4PE is really easy to install and I've had no problems so far. I bought the MEGA optioned board. Now I only have one card in my PC - the Radeon 9700pro. Network & sound are on-board and I moved SCSI to another PC.

Sorry I can't be much help, but I'll be interested in other comments.

[bwass24]

Hi...

I haven't looked at the P4PE with the oscilloscope yet so I can;t tell you much about it. The Albatron though is the model of excellence in PE boards. As I said in my review I was able to run this board at 3116mhz with aggressie memory timings all day long with no problems at all. I'm really impressed with Albatron and feel that they are a much better deal than Asus products.

[trikotret]

Originally posted by James-Italy
Good question. I was going back and forth.

I decided on the P4PE for two reasons; name (Asus) and options. If I were paying attention to cost, I would have bought the Albatron.

I just got the P4PE on Friday and have it up and running. I was gonna get the Albatron II (with the silver board) as a backup, but when I was at the computer store I forgot. My brain was fried thinking about that P4 3.06 that was in my hands. :)
The P4PE is really easy to install and I've had no problems so far. I bought the MEGA optioned board. Now I only have one card in my PC - the Radeon 9700pro. Network & sound are on-board and I moved SCSI to another PC.

Sorry I can't be much help, but I'll be interested in other comments.
How high were you able to overclock it?? What was your 3dMad score?

Mike

[TheNamelessOne]

Well I went to a computer fair yesterday and came back with an asus P4PE among other things. The choice was simple since the Albatron board was nowhere to be found so I had to go with the asus. I decided to buy the processor and mobo there(yes I'm somewhat of a compulsive buyer plus the fact that I've been waiting on a new setup for so long.) The only problem now is NO POST! I don't know if it's my processor or mobo but when I turn it on screen is blank, no beeps. Anyone have any ideas?

Edit-I'll just start a new thread in General Hardware for my problems so reply there.

[SBeaver]

If you know enough to be able to handle the minor issues that the Albatron has, and might get, and you don't have much money I can't think of a better board for you.
It comes in three varieties too so you can pretty much get any extra on-bard stuff you like with this.
The Albatros do have some issues but they are stable and can get just a high OCs as the Asus or almost for a lot less money.