Pentium 4 motherboards

Simple but step by step guide to assembling your new motherboard. 

Intel will introduce the new Intel Pentium 4 extreme edition processors series based on the prescott core in early February- 2004. To find out more about prescott processor visit www.intel.com. For suitable Gigabyte motherboard listing click here

ASUS Pentium 4 (LGA 775)  motherboards

• P5AD2-DELUXE-WIFI I925X/LGA775/ICH6R/DDR2/PCIEx16/GbLAN/8xSATA/1394a/AUDIO/ATX

• P5AD2-E-PREMIUM-WIFI I925P/LGA775/1066FSB/PCIEx/DDR2/8xSATA/GbLAN/ATX

• P5AD2-PREMIUM-WIFI I925P/LGA775/ICH6R/PCIEx16/DDR2/8xSATA/GbLAN/PCIEx16/ATX

• P5GD1 I915P/ICH6R/PCIEx16/DDR400/AUDIO/GbLAN/ATX/LGA775/SATA/ATXP5GD1-PRO+EN5750-128 BUNDLE P5GD1-PRO + EN5750-TD-128

• P5GD1-VM I915G/LGA775/ICH6/PCIEx16/DDR400/AUDIO/LAN/uATX/SATA/USB2.0

• P5GD2-DELUXE-WIFI I915P/LGA775/ICH6R/PCIEx16/DDR2/8xSATA/GbLAN/1394a/ATX/AUDIO

• P5GD2-PREMIUM-WIFI I915P/LGA775/ICH6R/PCIEx16/DDR2/8xSATA/GbLAN/8USB2.0/RAID

• P5GDC-DELUXE I915P/ICH6R/PCIEx16/DDR COMBO/SATA/GbLAN/1394/ATX/AUDIO/S775

• P5GDC-V-DELUXE I915G/ICH6R/PCIEx16/DDR COMBO/8USB2.0/SATA/GbLAN/1394/ATX

• P5P800 I865PE/LGA775/ATX/DDR400/SATA/GBLAN/AUDIO/5XPCI/AGP8X/8XUSB

• P5P800-MX P4,LGA775,I865GV,DDR400,SATA,LAN,AUDIO,8xUSB,3xPCI,ATX

• P5P800S I848P/LGA775/ATX/DDR400/SATA/LAN/AUDIO/5XPCI/AGP8X/8XUSB

• P5S800-VM SIS661FX/800FSB/DDR400/Gfx/AGP8X/LAN/SATA/uATX/AUDIO/USB2.0

ASUS Pentium 4 (socket 478) motherboards

ASUS Pentium 4 (socket 478) motherboards

• P4C800-E-DELUXE   I875P/800FSB/DDR400/AGP8X/5PCI/GbLAN/1394/AUDIO/SATA/SOC478

• P4P800-E-DELUXE I865PE/S478/800FSB/DDR400/AGP8X/ATX/SATA/1394/GbLAN/AUDIO

• P4P800-MX I865GV/S478/800FSB/DDR400/Gfx/uATX/SATA/LAN/AUDIO/USB2.0

• P4P800-VM I865G/S478/800FSB/DDR400/Gfx/AGP8X/LAN/USB2/SATA/uATX/AUDIO

• P4P800-X I865PE/S478/800FSB/DDR400/AGP8X/ATX/SATA/GbLAN/AUDIO/USD2.0

• P4S800-MX SIS661FX/800FSB/DDR400/Gfx/AGP8X/LAN/PATA/uATX/AUDIO/USB2.0

• ASUS Motherboard P4SGX-MX - (discontinued)
• ASUS Motherboard P4S533 -MX - (discontinued)

Gigabyte Motherboard listing

GA-8KNXP

1. Supports 800MHz FSB Pentium^reg; 4 Processor with HT Technology
   
2. New generation Dual Channel DDR400 architecture support
   
3. AGP 8X with AGP Pro interface for work-station graphics
   
4. Gigabyte patented Dual Power System 2 (DPS 2 ) design
   
5. Integrated Serial-ATA interface with RAID 0 function
   
6. Integrated T.I. IEEE1394 interface
   
7. Integrated GigaRAID IDE RAID interface
   
8. Integrated Intel^reg; PRO/1000 CT Network Connection
   
9. Features Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT)

GA-8KNXP Ultra

1. Supports 800MHz FSB Pentium^® 4 Processor with HT Technology
   
2. New generation Dual Channel DDR400 architecture with ECC support
   
3. AGP 8X with AGP Pro interface for work-station graphics
   
4. GIGABYTE patented Dual Power System 2 (DPS 2) design
   
5. Integrated Adaptec Ultra320 SCSI controller
   
6. Integrated Intel^® PRO/1000 CT Network Connection
   
7. Integrated Serial-ATA interface with RAID 0 function
   
8. Integrated GigaRAID IDE RAID interface
   
9. Features Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT)
   

GA-8IK1100

1. Supports 800MHz FSB Pentium^® 4 Processor with HT Technology
   

2. New generation Dual Channel DDR400 architecture support
   

3. AGP 8X with AGP Pro interface for work-station graphics
   

4. Integrated Serial-ATA interface with RAID 0 function
   

5. Integrated T.I. IEEE1394 interface
   

6. Integrated Intel^® PRO/100 VE Ethernet controller
   

7. Features Performance Acceleration Technology (PAT)
   

GIGABYTE

The following products being discontinued.

• New Gigabyte GA-8GE667 Pro  Pentium 4 motherboard  supports DDR-333, 10/100Mbps LAN, "Hyper-Threading", ATA 100/66, Dual BIOS, 6-Channel audio etc. See the review from www.vr-zone.com from here Gigabyte 8GE667 Pro 845GE -

• Gigabyte GA-8GE667 Pentium 4 Motherboard
  Socket 478, Intel 845GE, ATX, 533FSB, 3xDDR333 slots, AC97 6 Channel Sound , 6USB2.0 ports, Video integrated

• GA-8GEMT4 Pentium 4 Motherboard   Socket 478, 845GE, MicroATX, 2xDDR333 slots, USB2.0, AC97 sound 6 Channel Sound , Video, LAN

• GA-8PE667 Pentium 4 Motherboard_  Socket 478, Intel 845PE, ATX, 533FSB, 3xDDR333 slots, AC97 sound 6 Channel Sound , 6USB2.0 ports

• GA-8PE667PRO Pentium 4 Motherboard Socket 478, Intel 845PE chipset, 533FSB, 3xDDR333 slots, 6USB2.0 ports, AC97 - 6 Channel Sound , INTEL LAN, CNR*1

• GA-8PE667ULTRA Pentium 4 Motherboard Socket 478, Intel 845PE chipset, 533FSB, 3xDDR333 slots, 6USB2.0, AC97 - 6 Channel Sound , INTEL LAN, RAID.

Discontinued models of Pentium 4 motherboards

• Gigabyte GA-8IGML-T , Gigabyte GA-8IE,  Gigabyte GA-8IG -

• Gigabyte GA-8IGX, Gigabyte GA-8IEXP, Gigabyte GA-8IEX

• Gigabyte GA-8IRXP, Gigabyte GA-8SIMLP, Gigabyte GA-8SR533

• Gigabyte GA-8STML , Gigabyte GA-8SIMLP ,

Gigabyte GA8IRX , Gigabyte GA8IRM,  Gigabyte GA8IDX
 Gigabyte GA8IDXH,  GA8IDML-C,Gigabyte GA8IDML

New motherboards will use a new socket called 478  and will use a new type of Pentium 4 processor. you cannot interchange the old Pentium 4 and new Pentium 4.

• New boards will use SDRAM or DDR RAM .  New motherboards which will use DDR-RAM is already released.

• You need a Pentium 4 compatible case if you plan to upgrade your existing computer. (We have been using All Pentium 4 compatible cases for the last 6 months)

• Use only AGP4X Video cards,  Old video cards which are AGP 2x or AGP2x/4X may damage the motherboard.
  More info. http://www.giga-byte.com/faq/faq_vgainstall.htm

• New model ECS P4S5MG/GL+ Pentium 4 Motherboard SIS 650GL/962L chipset  USB 2.0, 64M VGA shared, 3D Sound, Lan, 2xDDR, 2xSDR (Main advantage is the ability to use either SDRAM or DDR memory)

• ECS L4S8A2 Pentium 4 Motherboard    SIS 648/963 chipset,, 400/533MHz FSB, 8X-AGP, USB2.0 1394(optional) , 5PCI slots , Audio, 3xDDR slots  LAN  (Price guide 177)
  

• ECS P4S5A/DX+ Pentium 4 Motherboard  SIS 645DX, P4-478, 533MHz, ATX, 5PCI, Audio, 2xDDR 2xSDRAM (Main advantage is the ability to use either SDRAM or DDR memory)

• ECS P4S5MG/651 SIS 651/962L, 533Mhz, USB 2.0, 64M VGA, 3D Sound, Lan,2xDDR,2xSDR  with Video but also and AGP slot for future video card upgrades. (Discontinued)
  http://www.ecs.com.tw/products/p4s5mg651p.htm  

• ECS P4VMM    (Discontinued)
  

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  Intel Server Board S845WD1-E delivers essential server features for entry-level server applications, such as 2-GB Error-Correcting Code (ECC) DDR200/266 memory capacity, dual-channel ATA/100 RAID, and dual-server Ethernet controllers. It supports one Intel® Pentium® 4 processor with either a 400MHz or 533MHz system bus, and contains Server System Infrastructure (SSI) components for power, reliability and flexibility.

   

• Pentium 4 motherboards will not accept Pentium 3 or any other processor.

• Most current motherboard will only use DDR memory.

• You need a new case,  with ATX 2.03 spec. and extra connectors for motherboard.

• New Intel 845 chipset motherboard was released in  Sept 2001 which supports SDRAM memory. This is considered by most in the industry as a backdown by Intel.  This will reduce the price of Pentium 4 systems by a big amount. Cost of RAMBUS memory  required for the previous Pentium 4 motherboards has been keeping customers away from Pentium 4.  Also in  early 2002  the 845 chipset design  started supporting the DDR memory which is faster than SDRAM. On some benchmarks DDR-RAM systems perform better than RDRAM based systems.  However as customers you have to remember to look for the most performance for the given $$$ value. For example system with 512Meg DDR RAM will cost the same as system with 128 RDRAM today. So at the end, 512Meg DDR RAM system will perform almost all benchmarks better than 128Meg RDRAM system. .

• Via and Sis has also released new chipsets for the Pentium 4 processor with DDR support.  These motherboards available on the market from Dec 2001. We may start offering them early 2002 when the minor bugs are ironed out and the product is matured.

 Pentium III and Celeron motherboards

• GA-6VEM S370/3PCI/PLE133T/Micro (Limited stock- Nov 2002) ATX/2DIMM/AC97/VIDEO/1ISA/1AMR
• GA-6VEML S370/3PCI/PLE133T/ (Limited stock -Nov 2002) MicroATX/AC97/VIDEO/LAN/2DIMM/1ISA/1AMR
• GA-6VTXE VIA 694T/686B ATX  (Limited stock- Nov 2002) 133FSB/ATA100/3DIMM/5PCI/1ISA/1AGP/1AMR
• GA-6VTXD Dual Pentium III processor - (Price guide $ 289) VIA694T-ATX 133FSB 4ATA100 DUAL-370 5PCI 1AGP 1ISA 4DIM AC97 (Limited stock- Nov 2002)

For  Definitions

Discontinued models

• GA-6OXT  815EP,133FSB,ATX,ATA100, (Discontinued) 3DIMM,5PCI,1AGP,1xCNR,NOSound Universal* socket 370
• GA-6IEM intel 815E,133FSB,ATX,ATA100 with onboard intel video as well as 4xAGP slot (Discontinued )
• GA-6VTX  (Price guide $ 186) S370,VIA694T,ATX, 1AGP,5PCI,1ISA,1AMR,3DIMM,AC97,Universal* socket 370 MB (Discontinued )
• GA-6VMML (Price guide $ 158)   PLE133/MicroATX/S370 /LAN/133FSB/2DIMM/3PCI/1ISA/AC97/VIDEO (Discontinued )
• GA6VXC7-4X  / GA-6VXC7-4XP GA-6OXET / GA6OX /GA6OXE / GA6OXM7-E / GA6OXM7-E1 /  GA6VM7-4E /  GA-6VXC7-4XP / GA6VXC7-4XP / GA6OMM7 / GA6OXM7E / GA6OXM7   / GA6OMM7E / GA6VX7-1394  / GA686BXC Pentium III /  GA6-VA7+ / GA6-VXE7+ / GA6-VX7-4X

Note: All intel 815 series motherboards supports only up to 512 meg in limited configurations. Via 694 chipset will support up to 1 gig- 1.5 gig and AGP 4x.
Intel 815E chipset will have Video integrated as well as an AGP 4x slot, intel 815EP will have no Video but AGP 4x slot only.

Other gigabyte motherboards listing from www.gigabyte.com.tw

For other Abit products
visit Abit

 EPOX motherboards

• Epox EP-3VSA -Via 694T chipset, Socket 370 for Celeron and Pentium III processors, inc sound, ATA 100, (Price guide $ 164)
• EP-6VBA   /EP-3VCA /EP-6VBA2  /EP-6VBE  (Discontinued )
• EPOX Motherboards full listing

 Microstar motherboards

Other accessories

• S370= Socket 370 for Celeron and Pentium III processors
• 5PCI/1ISA/1AGP/1AMR = 5 PCI slots, 1 ISA slot 1 AGP slot and 1 AMR slot for other cards as required.
• 3DIMM = 3 number of DIMM slots for memory expansion.
• AC97 = Audio Codec 97 ,( i. e There is sound integrated on motherboard )
• Video = There is video integrated on motherboard
• LAN = There is a network card integrated on motherboard
• PLE133T, VIA 694T etc stand for the chipset used on the motherboard
• MicroATX or Micro = Motherboard is small in size

To see whether or not  your motherboard supports Coppermine and Tualatin processor

* Abit (There is no single page with the details but look for specific model) http://www.abit.com.tw/english/product/index.htm
* Aopen http://aoaen.aopen.com/tech/report/cpuref/p2cpu.htm  
* Epox KP6_BS, 3BXATX, BX3ATX, 3VBA2, 3VCA, VBE may support coppermine. For more details visit www.epox.com.tw
* Gigabyte http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/gigabyte-web/cumine.htm

Notes:

Do not install old AGP 2x or old AGP2x/4X combined cards on new Intel 845 or 850 chipset based motherboards.  They will damage the motherboard as the motherboard does not support 3.3 V mode. Cards to avoid include ATI Rage pro 128,  SIS 305 based cards, Diamond viper V770 series cards and most other older AGP video cards.(Check with your supplier to find out whether the card is suitable for the motherboard)

We have selected the best motherboards depending on the performance, reliability and the after sales support available in Australia and offered them to you at a very attractive price,  but still you can visit other motherboard sites on the web by following the links

Don't get carried away by the motherboard reviews in the magazines as they never have the opportunity to evaluate the failure rate of motherboards and after sales service. 

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