What is the best Asus 865 board for OC

[nimrod_o]

Sorry about this question but until now i have been an Abit fan.
Since OCZ came out with the DDR Booster - this would solve the Vdimm problems on Asus (but not on Abit boards which don't have VTT tracking).
So hence the question....

 

[ciku]

if 865, u only have 2 good ones.. abit and asus.. id say go for asus p4p800 dlx

 

[nimrod_o]

Thanks...

A few more questions:

1. Does this board have any "issues"?
2. Is there only one revision or more?
3. How are it OC capabilities compared to Asus 875 boards?
4. Did they ever get the raid 0 issues fixed?
5. I heard there was an artifacting problem in graphics when Ocing high FSB?

 

[Polargoat]

the latest revision shouldnt have any issues which answers 2 of your questions.

O/C'ing is about the same as the 875, there is a bios hack to get full pat enabled like the 875 chip

as far as I know Raid 0 works fine yes

I am running my rig with no artifacts,check my sig below

 

[ciku]

btw, polargoat what hsf r u using?

 

[Polargoat]

coolermaster jet4..(looks like a jet engine)

 

[ciku]

oh yeah, i forgot.. u told me that b4... btw got some pix on my pc now

http://ciku.mine.nu/pcpix01.jpg up to 04 hehehe

 

[OBLIVIONLORD]

Yea this boards got 1 major issue and thats the freaking fluxuating vcore.

 

[daba]

I'd definitely use the P4P800-dlx, I've gotten my system to run [almost] stably at 3,8 (I have a 3,0C) but now it runs at 3,6.

 

[OBLIVIONLORD]

lucky azz

 

[JKeefe]

There are onyl 2 Asus 865 boards: the P4P800 and the P4P800 Deluxe. The only difference between the 2 is that the deluxe has onboard IEEE1394 (firewire)
EDIT and IDE RAID

"Issues" - Vcore fluctuates wildy between idle and load. For example, with my overclock (see sig), my idle Vcore is between 1.65 and 1.66V, and my load Vcore is 1.55V. Obviously, I'd prefer for my CPU to stay at 1.55V 24/7, which for me is no problem because I always run Folding@Home.

I wasn't aware there were any RAID issues; I run 2x36GB Raptors in SATA RAID 0 off of my southbridge and all is well.

 

[ciku]

u missed something, the non-deluxe doesnt have raid...

 

[JKeefe]

Oops, you're right. Let's try that again. The only difference between the P4P800 and the P4P800 Deluxe is that the deluxe has onboard IEEE1394 (firewire) and IDE RAID.

 

[OBLIVIONLORD]

Your also forgetting the box diffrence!

LOLOLOL