what the difference between the Asus P4B533-E and the Asus P4B533 motherboard

drewthomas14 · 08-24-02, 02:14 PM

what the difference between the Asus P4B533-E and the Asus P4B533 motherboard. i read both there specs and couldnt find a difference. can someone help me out please

krag · 08-24-02, 04:16 PM

Nothing but a raid option.

The "E" is the onboard RAID controller chip which allows you to run two hard drives as one. the most popular raid configurations are striped or mirrored. with the RAID setup your operating system will see the two hard drives as one. Striped will give you great HDD performance, whereas mirrored will act as a data backup/guarentee system.

drewthomas14 · 08-24-02, 06:41 PM

thanks. is there any performance difference between the two motherboards? i also noticed after doing more research that the E version has ieee and lan along with the raid, and the regular old p4b533 does not.

krag · 08-24-02, 06:54 PM

No performance difference just the options that you mentioned.

drewthomas14 · 08-24-02, 08:01 PM

is the E version worth the extra money. i dont think i will use the lan or the raid

krag · 08-24-02, 09:01 PM

No, I don't think it was worth it myself. I really wished I had bought the P4B533 bare board without all of the extra junk. I tried to hoook my rig up to the striped raid config but it only ran 1 day before one of my drives went out. I don't use the firewire or the raid. But I do use the on board LAN, thats kinda nice.

08-24-02, 02:14 PM	Thread Starter #1
drewthomas14 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fort Wayne, IN	what the difference between the Asus P4B533-E and the Asus P4B533 motherboard what the difference between the Asus P4B533-E and the Asus P4B533 motherboard. i read both there specs and couldnt find a difference. can someone help me out please
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krag Classifieds Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vancouver, Washington	Nothing but a raid option. The "E" is the onboard RAID controller chip which allows you to run two hard drives as one. the most popular raid configurations are striped or mirrored. with the RAID setup your operating system will see the two hard drives as one. Striped will give you great HDD performance, whereas mirrored will act as a data backup/guarentee system. __________________ I.M.O.G. "It's a plugin issue," ... {Working my hump off @ TSMC} 2600k Asus P8P67 Pro 4g Corsair Dominator 667 6970 Crossfire 1t Hitachi Win 7
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08-24-02, 06:41 PM	Thread Starter #3
drewthomas14 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fort Wayne, IN	thanks. is there any performance difference between the two motherboards? i also noticed after doing more research that the E version has ieee and lan along with the raid, and the regular old p4b533 does not.
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08-24-02, 06:54 PM	#4
krag Classifieds Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vancouver, Washington	No performance difference just the options that you mentioned. __________________ I.M.O.G. "It's a plugin issue," ... {Working my hump off @ TSMC} 2600k Asus P8P67 Pro 4g Corsair Dominator 667 6970 Crossfire 1t Hitachi Win 7
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drewthomas14 Member Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Fort Wayne, IN	is the E version worth the extra money. i dont think i will use the lan or the raid
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08-24-02, 09:01 PM	#6
krag Classifieds Moderator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Vancouver, Washington	No, I don't think it was worth it myself. I really wished I had bought the P4B533 bare board without all of the extra junk. I tried to hoook my rig up to the striped raid config but it only ran 1 day before one of my drives went out. I don't use the firewire or the raid. But I do use the on board LAN, thats kinda nice. __________________ I.M.O.G. "It's a plugin issue," ... {Working my hump off @ TSMC} 2600k Asus P8P67 Pro 4g Corsair Dominator 667 6970 Crossfire 1t Hitachi Win 7
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