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jaigandhi5
12-25-03, 04:03 PM
hey,

im buying a new mobo and i did about 2hours of research and evrything and i ended up with these 2 mobos....
both are ASUS

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800s/overview.htm#

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p8x/overview.htm

one is a 108$ the other is 109$... i cant decide which one to pick

im gona put 512ddr and fx5600 256ddr and gona overclock the cpu..

(cpu: P4 1.9GHz)

which one shud i buy?

lansens
12-26-03, 10:01 PM
Your right about it being a tough decision. I think I might go with the first choice.

jaigandhi5
12-31-03, 06:31 PM
well i bouight the p4p8x it is actually better in many ways...

(has SATA technology, DUAL CHANNEL memory up to 4 gigs and the chipset is better ;)

http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p8x/overview.htm

$anch3z
01-01-04, 10:07 AM
865 chipset everytime...good boards so i hear for modding and overclocking:D

jaigandhi5
01-01-04, 05:06 PM
Originally posted by $anch3z
865 chipset everytime...good boards so i hear for modding and overclocking:D

yep having no problems for it so FAR great MOTHERBOARD great price!

i duno y but the temp for the mobo is between 25-39 and sumtimes the its higher than the CPU temp....

right now..

MOBO: 31
CPU: 27 :|

i hav one case fan on the side blowing inwards and dual fan PSU 400W and stock cooling for p4 1.9ghz