Difference

[Ken']

Hi
Can anyone tell me the difference between the Asus P4C800 Deluxe and the
Asus P4C800-E Deluxe?
Thanks
Ken'

 

[Manda Luyong]

P4C800-E Deluxe
http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-e_d/overview.htm
P4C800 Deluxe
http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800-d/overview.htm

 

[Ken']

Thanks, see the difference now, different chip sets, but basically the same
features.
Thanks again
Ken'

 

[jaeger]

Thanks, see the difference now, different chip sets, but basically the same
features.
Thanks again

Ah, they use the same chipset with different features.

 

[Armin Pfeffer]

????
What do all of you answer?
I believe, the one and only difference is the INtel LOM instead of the
dammed 3COM.
The intel is not tied to the PCI bus and should have better transfer
rates at high PCI bus saturation.

What I still cannot understand is, having expensive intel Chipsets
including LAN, why does one want to have crappy VIA stuff all around
this on one mobo?

Whos gonna build an good mobo like the ASUS BX boards again?

 

[Emsee]

P4C800-E has:
- CSA-based Gigabit LAN controller rather than 3Com (doesn't clog up PCI
bus)
- Intel & Promise RAID controllers (I think -D version just had Promise
RAID)
- 4x SATA cables rather than 2
- 2x SATA power cables (-D version had none)
- 4-port USB2.0 / Game port & IEEE1394 backplate modules (not sure if these
came with -D version or not, it's not listed on the specs on the web)
- Northbridge heatsink has been rotated so it's square with the CPU, giving
more space for large heatsinks

Basically the -E is what the original board should have been.

Review:
http://www.bleedinedge.com/reviews/asus_p4c800e/asus_p4c800e_pg1.html

 

[TEQ]

P4C800-E has:
- CSA-based Gigabit LAN controller rather than 3Com (doesn't clog up PCI
bus)
- Intel & Promise RAID controllers (I think -D version just had Promise
RAID)
- 4x SATA cables rather than 2
- 2x SATA power cables (-D version had none)
- 4-port USB2.0 / Game port & IEEE1394 backplate modules (not sure if these
came with -D version or not, it's not listed on the specs on the web)
- Northbridge heatsink has been rotated so it's square with the CPU, giving
more space for large heatsinks

Basically the -E is what the original board should have been.

Review:
http://www.bleedinedge.com/reviews/asus_p4c800e/asus_p4c800e_pg1.html

The later versions of the -D also had the northbridge heatsink rotated so
it's square with the board/cpu as well.

 

[Ken']

Thanks to all that replied, I appreciate the help.
Ken'

 

[Milleron]

Thanks to all that replied, I appreciate the help.
Ken'

I think the differences between these boards are really significant,
not trivial.
It bears emphasizing that if you're desirous of the fastest RAID
setup, the -E has the advantage of utilizing the Intel ICH5R
southbridge's direct connection of its built-in SATA controller. The
initial P4C800-D had that same southbridge, but for some reason it did
not utilize the direct connection. Instead, it routed the drives
connected via SATA through the EIDE bus, which represents a bottleneck
compared to the direct connection. The technical aspects are over my
head, but I have read that Asus did that to save money. Competitors
didn't implement SATA RAID that way, and it does seem to have been a
foolish thing to do. The P4C800-E rectifies that initial goof.
The original implementation of Gigabit LAN was directly analogous.
Instead of routing it via the speedy CSA connection that Intel
designed for it, it was dumped on the PCI bus which slowed transfers
and clogged up that bus. Why?? I guess it save a little money in
manufacture.
If I weren't waiting for motherboards that will support the follow-on
Prescott CPUs, I'd certainly buy either the P4C800-E or the Gigabyte
GA 8NXP (with that neat dual BIOS).
..
Ron