P4 Motherboard 865PE vs 875P Chip ?

Not sure if this is any help but..

I have a ASUS 875 board with Win2000 and imho, it's pretty stable. My bro has the ASUS 865 with XP and he's happy with it. (we both put together our own systems)

So, between the two of us, we're kind of picky.. either are very good.

As far as I know,.. the 875 board does have something over the 865, better support for 8X AGP. So, if you are getting a 8X card like the nVidia Quadro FX 500 card, the 875 maybe worth it (that would be and was my sole reason for getting the 875).

But, the 865 boards (maybe due to licensing) have some added features the 875 does not.. so.. if the difference between the two is a blur to you,.. cost (875, $120) and speed (865, $80, and is slightly faster in only a few cases).... The 865 is actually the better deal but we are only talking $40 plus a faster 8X graphix card (+$150)... I would think most users could recoup that cost in less than a month?

From what I've read, the 865 boards has been very popular and most of the users are on XP so... it may be a coin toss if you are not really into speed?

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Edge wrote:

Not sure about the 865 board but I built and am using the P4C800-E Deluxe

875 chip asus board with a 3.0 800 Mhz CPU and a gig of Corsair TWINX 3200 matched pair memory sticks on XP pro.............it flies solid as a rock. Good solid video also helps along with a couple of SADA 10000 rpm drives.

Gene

I've got the 875 chipset running a 3.0Ghz chip at home and a QuadroFX1000. As far as I'm concerned, this is a bullet-proof MoBo and have had abolutely no SWX related problems with it.

Mark