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ASUS P4P800 | |
Supported processors | Intel Pentium 4/Celeron (800/533/400MHz FSB, Hyper-Threading, Socket 478) |
Chipset | Intel 865PE |
FSB frequencies | 100-400MHz (with 1MHz increment) |
Overclocking friendly fucntions | Adjustable Vcore, Vmem and Vagp |
Memory | 4 DDR DIMM slots for dual-/single-channel DDR400/DDR333/DDR266 SDRAM |
AGP slot | AGP 8x |
Expansion slots (PCI/ACR/CNR) | 5/0/0 |
USB 2.0 ports | 8 (4 on the back panel) |
IEEE1394 ports | None |
ATA-100/133 | 2 ATA-100 channels |
Serial ATA-150 | 2 Serial ATA-150 channels (via ICH5R, with RAID support) |
Integrated IDE RAID controller | None |
Integrated sound | Six-channel AC97 codec: Analog Devices AD1985 |
Integrated network | 3Com 3C940 Gigabit LAN |
Additional features | ASUS WiFi slot |
BIOS | AMI BIOS 2.51a |
Form-factor | ATX, 305mm x 245mm |
ASUS P4P800 is the simplest mainboard in the family. Besides it, there is a richer P4P800 Deluxe. The major distinguishing feature of the Deluxe version is the integrated VIA6410 RAID controller supporting RAID 0, RAID 1, RAID 0+1 and JBOD and two additional IEEE1394 ports implemented via the integrated VIA controller. We should point out that the modifications of ASUS P4P800 differ quite significantly from one another in price. The regular mainboard modification costs today around $125, while the Deluxe version - about $20 more. However, even despite this fact the cost of the ASUS P4P800 mainboard doesn’t strike as too high, especially, since P4PE on the outdated i845PE chipset costs not much lower: around $105.
ASUS P4P800 goes together with a traditional software bundle and the following additional equipment:
- CD disk with a standard drivers and utilities set;
- WinCinema CD disk with extra software bundle including WinDVD 4, WinRip, WinCoder and WinProducer;
- Two SerialATA cables;
- Two Parallel ATA cables: one 80-pin and one 40-pin cable;
- FDD cable;
- User’s manual.
As we see, the package is not impressively rich. For example, there are no brackets with USB ports for the case rear panel. Too bad. Well, let’s not complain, anyway.
Closer Look
ASUS P4P800 mainboard is positioned as a relatively low cost, but at the same time fast platform for Intel Pentium 4 processors, including the new CPUs supporting Hyper-Threading technology and 800MHz Quad Pumped Bus. Therefore, ASUS decided not to equip its mainboard with too many additional controllers, and integrated just a few extra chips. More demanding users can get ASUS P4P800 Deluxe or P4C800 Deluxe.
ASUS P4P800 supports all contemporary Socket478 processors based on Willamette and Northwood cores and intended to work with 400MHz, 533MHz or 800MHz bus. Moreover, ASUS promises that this mainboard will support the upcoming Prescott processors too, until they move to a new processor socket aka LGA775. The manufacturer mentions up to 3.6GHz processors in the list of supported CPUs, but we wouldn’t state anything definite about the frequencies. The only thing we could state with all certainty is the fact that ASUS P4P800 complies with FMB2 requirements and features VRM10 compatible power supply circuit. This is exactly what a mainboard should have to support the future Socket478 Prescott CPUs.
