Asus P4800 mainboard - What's the -E difference?

[Phrederick]

Hi!

My vendor has both the ASUS P4C800 Deluxe-UAY mainboard and the P4C800-E
Deluxe-UAY mainboard. The only difference that I can see is that the -E uses
an Intel gigabit network chip instead of the 3Com chip. The -E version is
$20 more than the non -E version, but I can't see why.

Are there any other differences between these boards? I'm leaning towards
the non -E as the 3Com LAN chip also does "virtual cable testing".

Non -E version:
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-d/overview.htm

-E version:
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-e_d/overview.HTM

 

[stacey]

Hi!

My vendor has both the ASUS P4C800 Deluxe-UAY mainboard and the P4C800-E
Deluxe-UAY mainboard.

I hope you're not planning on -trying- to use the Via raid controller chip
on these boards..

 

[kony]

Hi!

My vendor has both the ASUS P4C800 Deluxe-UAY mainboard and the P4C800-E
Deluxe-UAY mainboard. The only difference that I can see is that the -E uses
an Intel gigabit network chip instead of the 3Com chip. The -E version is
$20 more than the non -E version, but I can't see why.

Are there any other differences between these boards? I'm leaning towards
the non -E as the 3Com LAN chip also does "virtual cable testing".

Non -E version:
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-d/overview.htm

-E version:
http://usa.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-e_d/overview.HTM

Well I suppose if you want Gb networking, $20 for the adapter with no
extra PCI slot taken, is a steal.



Dave

 

[Phrederick]

Well I suppose if you want Gb networking, $20 for the adapter with no
extra PCI slot taken, is a steal.

Both are gigabit adapters...

Features on the website are out of order when comparing them, but they seem
to be almost identical.

 

[Phrederick]

I hope you're not planning on -trying- to use the Via raid controller chip
on these boards..

Eventually... but just starting with a single 120gig WD SATA drive.

....from my vendors specs and the ASUS website, they have Promise RAID
controllers. The VIA part is the FireWire controller. I thought VIA did the
RAID as well, but that wasn't the case when I checked the specs.

 

[Foxy]

Hi,

The P4C800 E De Luxe has a different south bridge. (ICHR5). This bridge
offers Intel Raid instead of Promise Raid (which is on the P4C800 De Luxe)
and as already mentioned an different network chip.

 

[stacey]

Eventually... but just starting with a single 120gig WD SATA drive.

...from my vendors specs and the ASUS website, they have Promise RAID
controllers. The VIA part is the FireWire controller. I thought VIA did
the RAID as well, but that wasn't the case when I checked the specs.

Via does the raid on the IDE.. It's bad news from what I've read, even in
non raid mode.