I'm pretty partial to my Chaintech 9CJS Zenith, has good onboard sound, good O/C options, a killer loadout of accessories, all rounded cables, (IDE, floppy) 2-sata cables and power adaptors, front mounted bay with memory card reader, 3 firewire ports (2 rear, 1 front on front bay) remote control, 2 usb ports which is nice for older cases without them and front audio for headphone and mic.
Hard to beat it, I'd use OCZ memory with it though, the Corsair CAS 3-4-4-8 ram causes problems due to their SPD chip.
I'm partial to my Abit IC7-G myself. Pretty good overclocking options, rounded cables included, serilell IDE>SATA adapter included and great stability. Mine is running an m0 2.4C at 278 fsb with OCZ PC4400 EL Gold with perfect stability.
I also have an IS7 which I got from Newegg's refurbs and it's running a D1 2.6C on a 250 fsb with Corsair XMS 4000, also perfectly stable. You don't get as many goodies with the IS7 as the IC7-G though.
for slightly less speed
Asus p4p800 delux or standard (not the se)the se has a software ethernet controler .
btw stear clear of presscott chips stay with the C northwood series
presscott overclocks much less runs hotter proforms less and is less stable
even tho ur not overclocking the northwood is a better buy
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Geeky1University of the Pacific (Stockton, CA, USA)
edited December 2004
There's nothing inherently wrong with the Prescott. Most of its reputation for running hot comes from the fact that a lot of older "prescott compatible" boards couldn't read the thermal sensor in the CPU correctly. Go take a look at my Thermalright XP-120 review here: http://short-media.com/review.php?r=254
Even with the crappy retail hsf my 2.8E only hit 52*C under full load. So much for "hot running"
Oh, and the same CPU will do 3.6GHz on air cooling. So much for "worse overclocking" too
AND I don't know where you got the "less stable" :bs: I'd love to see some good evidence to back that up. Frankly, I haven't had ANY of my systems (and at last count I had 8, 2 of which had Prescott P4s) BSOD in easily 8 months, possibly longer (8 months is just as far back as I can remember).
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Hard to beat it, I'd use OCZ memory with it though, the Corsair CAS 3-4-4-8 ram causes problems due to their SPD chip.
of the two the asus is actually faster, and both have the same equipment
I also have an IS7 which I got from Newegg's refurbs and it's running a D1 2.6C on a 250 fsb with Corsair XMS 4000, also perfectly stable. You don't get as many goodies with the IS7 as the IC7-G though.
for slightly less speed
Asus p4p800 delux or standard (not the se)the se has a software ethernet controler
btw stear clear of presscott chips stay with the C northwood series
presscott overclocks much less runs hotter proforms less and is less stable
even tho ur not overclocking the northwood is a better buy
http://short-media.com/review.php?r=254
Even with the crappy retail hsf my 2.8E only hit 52*C under full load. So much for "hot running"
Oh, and the same CPU will do 3.6GHz on air cooling. So much for "worse overclocking" too
AND I don't know where you got the "less stable" :bs: I'd love to see some good evidence to back that up. Frankly, I haven't had ANY of my systems (and at last count I had 8, 2 of which had Prescott P4s) BSOD in easily 8 months, possibly longer (8 months is just as far back as I can remember).