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Question about motherboard

14 posts · originally from https://geek.digit.in/community/threads/question-about-motherboard.60543/

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ramu Original post #1
Jun 16, 2007 at 11:44 AM
I want to puchase the below mentioned motherbrd

Asus P5B Deluxe
Asus P5W DH delux

DO these boards support PATA raid coz i have 2 x 160GB PATA HDD in raid on my old motherboard and want to transfer those on to the new C2D motherboard
Dark Star
Dark Star #2
Jun 16, 2007 at 11:49 AM
Both the boards are dated now .. Get yourself a 650 i SLI/non sli ready boards for Asus [7k~] or XFX [5.1k~] And XFX 1 is a gr8 ocer .. Supports 1333 MHZ FSB .. So its worth buying it leave Idea abt the 2 mentioned above. And yes 650i supports PATA ;)

Regards
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boosters #3
Jun 16, 2007 at 11:51 AM
You can use a Asus P5PE-VW. Very nice motherboard, most of the home user using this motherboard. If you want to buy please contact me.
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abhijangda #4
Jun 16, 2007 at 12:30 PM
why to use pata use sata or sata2
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ramu #5
Jun 17, 2007 at 10:03 AM
abhijangda said:
why to use pata use sata or sata2
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I have a lot of Data in my 2 x 160 GB PATA raid array and my old motherboard has failed, so i want a new motherboard that supports PATA raid inorder to retrieve my old data
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kooabs03 #6
Jun 17, 2007 at 10:59 AM
my vote for XFX 650i ultra:D best value for money board, though u need to have a graphics card for this mobo
Dark Star
Dark Star #7
Jun 17, 2007 at 2:55 PM
Yep and its supports 1333 Mhz cpu so you can Add quad to it :) But do not think you can add Penryn to it :p
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gannu_rox #8
Jun 17, 2007 at 9:11 PM
^^^ Heh dats rite... But then c'mon P5B isnt yet outd8d... Its still one of the good o'clockin mobo's...

But my vote fer XFX 650i ultra... :D
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hitman050 #9
Jun 17, 2007 at 9:24 PM
What is the major advantage of XFX 650i Ultra over P5B Deluxe. Surely P5B Dlx will have more features won't it? Or did I waste 5k?
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gannu_rox #10
Jun 17, 2007 at 10:01 PM
1333Mhz FSB n dats it....

Besides VFM.... :D

P5B is one of Asus's premium offerin... With wi-fi, esata, dual gb-lan, passive hs with heatpipes, optical/dig spdif n d like...
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ramu #11
Jun 17, 2007 at 10:54 PM
gannu_rox said:
1333Mhz FSB n dats it....

Besides VFM.... :D

P5B is one of Asus's premium offerin... With wi-fi, esata, dual gb-lan, passive hs with heatpipes, optical/dig spdif n d like...
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what is VFM?
praka123
praka123 #12
Jun 17, 2007 at 11:06 PM
sorry to ask here:(,but i have been struggling with a xfx 7300 GT card on a gigabyte 915GV based board which supports only pcie x4 speed although it has physical pcie x16.
So which board should be better for me,will i go for the XFX one or Asus :-|
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gannu_rox #13
Jun 17, 2007 at 11:44 PM
ramu said:
what is VFM?
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VFM fer Value fer Money... :D

@praka123

Ur best bet would be d XFX 650i ultra mobo cuz its d wisest option to spend 6k!!!
Dark Star
Dark Star #14
Jun 18, 2007 at 8:03 AM
praka123 said:
sorry to ask here:(,but i have been struggling with a xfx 7300 GT card on a gigabyte 915GV based board which supports only pcie x4 speed although it has physical pcie x16.
So which board should be better for me,will i go for the XFX one or Asus :-|
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See XFX is i non SLI 650 i board give best value for money at 5k it wont hurt you financially :) While Asus 1 is SLi capable and provide good VFM not the best :) So if you plan to SLI asus else XFX. But in my opinion no 1 put SLI so better be off with XFX ;)