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What is the best motherboard for Pentium 4?
- Thread starter JW
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(cough cough) IC7-MAX3 (cough)
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P4C800-E DX
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- Nashville, TN
Definately my mobo... P4C800-E Deluxe 
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never tried that abit board, but you cant possibly go wrong with the p4c800-e deluxe
actually you probably cant go wrong with either board
actually you probably cant go wrong with either board
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- Ottawa, Ontario
Own both the P4C800-E DLX & IC7-MAX3.
Blew out the MCH on the P4C800-E DLX (dual channel wouldn't work anymore on any slot configuration.)
Personally, I prefer the IC7-MAX3 (as long as its' V2).
Expanded CPU overclocking options.
Expanded DDR overclocking options (3.2V VDIMM, TurboRacer/F1 Memory Controls)
Higher voltage ranges (V2 corrects VDIMM & VCORE problems).
6 SATA ports
OTES/Mosfet Cooling System
No Legacy Ports
Need I say more?
Blew out the MCH on the P4C800-E DLX (dual channel wouldn't work anymore on any slot configuration.)
Personally, I prefer the IC7-MAX3 (as long as its' V2).
Expanded CPU overclocking options.
Expanded DDR overclocking options (3.2V VDIMM, TurboRacer/F1 Memory Controls)
Higher voltage ranges (V2 corrects VDIMM & VCORE problems).
6 SATA ports
OTES/Mosfet Cooling System
No Legacy Ports
Need I say more?
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- Toronto, Canada
SimGuy said:
There is NO ver. 2 and there was NEVER issues w/ vcore BTW, only vdimm!
The only difference with the newer shipping boards is MC64 is removed by default from the factory. It is still a ver 1.0.
With MC64 removed there is NO usable vDDR above 2.8v because vTT does not align with it. Apparently there is no fix for the MAX3, you'll need to modify the board to get 3.2v 'reliably'
Eventhough I don't personally own the Asus P4C800-E I recommend it over the Abit MAX3! I heard many great OCs and 'trouble-free' operation with the former board!
Trust me you don't need a OTES fan that does nothing and will inevitably fail in a couple months, onboard sound issues, inaccurate temp readings, and unusable vDimm above 2.8v+
http://forum.abit-usa.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=33771
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There are a lot of great OC'ing boards out there, and I personally run an MSI 875p FIS2R which I love, but if I were to recommend a board to a friend, it would be the ASUS P4C800-E Dlx. without a doubt.
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scanido said:
Humm, I was unaware of that. I knew the new MAX3's were shipping with the MC64's removed, but didn't know they weren't V2's. Thanks for clearing that up
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IC7-Max3 far and away.
I've never had a better motherboard, ever.
The OTES fan hasn't failed me, and I've had it since December.
All my voltages are perfect, even vDIMM
Temperature readings differentiate about 10*C from my temperature monitor (Kingwin Thermal Center) to the Abit board, with the abit reading high.
And my overclock is perfectly stable.
Onboard sound is very good, and I have had no issues whatsoever with it.
So I dont really understand what all of you who think the IC7-max3 is so bad are thinking...
Oh yes, and by the way, the OTES fan does push air, and it does cool the power regulators and MOSFETS very well, which is another reason why I dont understand what you Abit skeptics are thinking. If cooling the mosfets was useless, why do I see an article describing how to do it on a P4C800 Deluxe?
I've never had a better motherboard, ever.
The OTES fan hasn't failed me, and I've had it since December.
All my voltages are perfect, even vDIMM
Temperature readings differentiate about 10*C from my temperature monitor (Kingwin Thermal Center) to the Abit board, with the abit reading high.
And my overclock is perfectly stable.
Onboard sound is very good, and I have had no issues whatsoever with it.
So I dont really understand what all of you who think the IC7-max3 is so bad are thinking...
Oh yes, and by the way, the OTES fan does push air, and it does cool the power regulators and MOSFETS very well, which is another reason why I dont understand what you Abit skeptics are thinking. If cooling the mosfets was useless, why do I see an article describing how to do it on a P4C800 Deluxe?
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I'm running a Asus p4c800 dlx because my first max3 had some minor probs along with the 'pr stuff' that dosen't float.
I just got around to doing a paid for hot swap, only to find this obviously refurbished max3 won't even load windows without going into some kinda fit. Now I'm out the money for TWO boards.
BUY AN ASUS, NOT AN ABIT !!!!
They can't even get a pre-paid rma right
abit has lost to the pr monkeys, I'll NOT, have another
I just got around to doing a paid for hot swap, only to find this obviously refurbished max3 won't even load windows without going into some kinda fit. Now I'm out the money for TWO boards.
BUY AN ASUS, NOT AN ABIT !!!!
They can't even get a pre-paid rma right
abit has lost to the pr monkeys, I'll NOT, have another
