Asus Computer ATX MBD 875P S478 800FSB-ETH SATA RAID 8X 6CH AUD ( P4C800-E DELUXE )

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Summary: this is abig lie
Review: asus lied ......this motherboard "DO NOT " support P4 3.2 GHZ
or later becuase of the tichnical hardware and thermal specifications , this is not acceptable ..that is abogus that asus do .
Many board manufacturers have designed their initial Intel® 865 and 875 chipset-based motherboards to previous platform guidelines. These motherboards may not meet the currently required processor electrical, mechanical, and thermal specifications. Some processors 3.20 GHz and above based on 90nm technology may only boot to 2.80 GHz. When this invalid configuration is detected, the processor will run at this slower frequency to reduce the chance of damage to the processor and/or motherboard.
Today, however, most vendors are now shipping boards that comply with the new revised guidelines that do address the electrical, mechanical, and thermal specifications of these processors.

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Summary: Benchmark (of sorts...)
Review: For those who run SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) data units, here is a statistic that will make this MB's performance crystal clear. With a 3.2-Gig Hyperthreading CPU and 235 data units processed, my average run time per data unit (running in BACKground) is 3-hours 20-minutes. Of significance is the fact that I am often rendering video files in foreground, which is a CPU intensive task. So to say I'm happy with the performance of this MB is a serious understatement!

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Summary: Best socket 478 motherboard on the market
Review: The other review posted here by: An electronics fan (NY Queens) is a complete fabrication and the individual obviously has zero knowledge of computers at all or is at best completely inept regarding motherboards. Or is purposefully attempting to discredit Asus for reason unknown.

The P4C800-e deluxe motherboard is the most feature rich and user friendly motherboard out there on the market for socket 478 intel cpu's. I should know and I have one. Further, my CPU is a 3.2Ghz running just fine, unlike what the other reviewer posted about the motherboard not supporting cpus at 3.2 or above. Setting up the jumpers and setting the board for whatever intel p4 you palce on it is a snap and requires no fiddling whatsoever. This motherbaord is also one the BEST for overclocking as well and is used by many, many review sites when using a P4 as a test bed. Maybe the other reviewer simply didnt have the correct bios installed, but for the review to be dated june of 2004 for his, its highly unlikely as I bought mine in feb 04 and have had a 3.2Ghz cpu in it from the start. Asus has also updated the bios for this board to also support 3.4Ghz northwood and also 3.4Ghz prescott cores with version 1014 or later of the bios, although it is recommended by Asus to have at least version 1016 for complete support of the 3.4 northwood or prescott which has a multipler(x17). The most current bios for this board is 1017 released in august 04.

I must say its sad to see someone post a review of a product for which they really dont have the knowledge to use it to begin with.