P4T or PV6 ?

[Treker]

I'm looking for a new motherboard, I have it narrowed down to thoese two.. unless anyone else has any better suggestions, I'd like some help making up my mind, so far its 0 to 1 in favor of the VP6 (damn spelling) !

Anyone out there want to share some knowledge on mobo's with me?

 

[Tim-]

I put a VP6 on the air a couple of weeks ago, and I am very pleased with it. Everything went smoothly except a driver conflict with my CD burner. I have 2 cc0 PIII-700's a 1GHz and it's been perfectly stable. It's been running Seti 24/7 since I built it, and it's running it in the background even now. It's more stable than my BF6 cb0 700 @1 GHz ever was in the beginning. It got stable after a couple of weeks, but this one started out that way.

Tim

 

[Treker]

Awesome, just one question would I be able to afford that board and fill it on a $240 a month budget?

Score:
P4T : 0 VP6 : 2

 

[Treker]

I guess not!
at this point I am thinking of going with a Asus P4T board, simply because of the higher clock/bus speed it supports, and of course because it supports the P4 1.5ghz, I am wondering though how HIGH will this board go? (jumpers, bios , and what not)

Any ideas?

 

[Tim-]

I know nothing about the P4 boards. I do know that the P4's are pretty pricy though.

 

[Treker]

Yeah about 300 bucks if you can find 'em, and thats a DEAL, they normaly go for 350, not sure about the price of a P1.5ghz, and I am wondering how clockable they are?
locked or not, ect

Any ideas?

After looking over ther prices I must admit I am leaning toward the VP6

 

[Tim-]

I haven't seen much to indicate that the P4 is OC capable- you would think it would be on all the forums as the next "greatest thing" if it was. Also, I believe that you need a different case for mounting a P4 MB since there are some mounting holes under the cpu for RFI (radiating RF noise) and maybe heat that have to be dealt with. I saw something on one of the many sites I read periodically, but didn't pay a lot of attention. It showed pictures of the different mounting plates for the MB's and showed what the P4 MB needed.

 

[Treker]

P4T or VP6 ?

Well I heard the Asus P4T board can be oc'ed but I am not sure exactly how High it will go, and that's the main point, I'd like to be able to use future P4 chips in this board as they come (the 0.13 micron version for example), and not have to worry if I can get the board to run high enough for it..

I was wondering if it was jumperless, and all in the Bios.. thus you wanted more speed than the Bios allowed.., get Bios update, maybe a new flash chip as time goes on..

*shrugs*

beats me

and the Asus P4T, I believe has or comes with a mounting plate that lets it fit most ATX cases perfectly.

I could be wrong

Treker
-Founder OmegaGamer.com
*edit: Spell checking... whoaa.. *