Asus P4P800 - Good Mobo???

[red_hair_swede]

Currently have 2 P4C800-e Deluxe mobo's, and very happy with them.

Pondering adding to my LAN gaming environment. Saw a review that said that
the P4P800 does almost everything that the P4C800 does, except no ECC and
$75 cheaper.

Don't need all the max'ed out capabilities of the P4C800 on the 3rd machine.

Thinking about running:

P4P800
P4 2.0
Corsair DDR400 PC3200 CAS3 Value Select

Would appreciate any feedback on the pluses/minuses of this sort of setup.

Thanks.

 

[John]

Currently have 2 P4C800-e Deluxe mobo's, and very happy with them.

Pondering adding to my LAN gaming environment. Saw a review that said that
the P4P800 does almost everything that the P4C800 does, except no ECC and
$75 cheaper.

Don't need all the max'ed out capabilities of the P4C800 on the 3rd machine.

Thinking about running:

P4P800
P4 2.0
Corsair DDR400 PC3200 CAS3 Value Select

Would appreciate any feedback on the pluses/minuses of this sort of setup.

Thanks.

I have both boards and I think the P4C800 is way better. The reason I
say this is because I like the Intel Ethernet better then the 3Com on
the P4P800 and the P4C800 is much more overclockable. The P4P800 is a
good board. The P4C800 is just better. It's worth the extra $50.
Check out Googlegear for the best prices.

 

[Billy_Bat]

Currently have 2 P4C800-e Deluxe mobo's, and very happy with them.

Pondering adding to my LAN gaming environment. Saw a review that said that
the P4P800 does almost everything that the P4C800 does, except no ECC and
$75 cheaper.

Don't need all the max'ed out capabilities of the P4C800 on the 3rd machine.

Thinking about running:

P4P800
P4 2.0
Corsair DDR400 PC3200 CAS3 Value Select

Would appreciate any feedback on the pluses/minuses of this sort of setup.

Thanks.

I don't think you will miss much going for the P4P800. Different network
adapter? Won't notice it, especially for lan gaming. The price difference is
sufficient to say "go for it". I have one here and I love it. 2.4C running
at 3.06.

 

[SLB]

I don't think you will miss much going for the P4P800. Different network
adapter? Won't notice it, especially for lan gaming. The price difference is
sufficient to say "go for it". I have one here and I love it. 2.4C running
at 3.06.

I totally agree. P4P800 is a better overall deal imho. Ive built
systems using both m/bs and while both have been great/rock stable,
the P4P800 gets my vote for value/performance.

 

[Larry]

I have too have a P4C800-E setup (P4C-3.0, 2x512MB of Corsair XMS PC3200
CAS2 dual channel, and ATI AIW 9800Pro) and love it!!

However, I'm just now finishing up a build for a friend using the
P4P800, P4C-2.8, 2x256MB of OCZ PC3200 CAS2 dual channel, and a Sapphire
ATI 9200).

I am very impressed with this P4P800 (got it locally for $107.00 USD), I
can't tell the difference between either of these rigs!! This one boots
up/shuts down faster than mine because it's running WinXP and I'm still
running Win2K...go for it man, you won't be disappointed!!

Larry

 

[end user]

p4p800dlx are good mobo's, the only suggestion I can make for happy
motoring is to get decent ram, not the cheap kind. I've had my system
for 5 month & really enjoy it.

Locust