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Asus P4S533

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I bought an Asus P4S533 yesterday, and an oem 2.0 P4. I thought maybe I could overclock it. I've heard this motherboard was pretty good. It was cheaper than the Asus P4B533. Well. this motherboard is pretty good. I did get the 2.0 to 2.66@1.65v runs rock solid. My previous SIS chipset experiences have been horrible. I only have PC 2100 DDR and I really don't like odd overclocked buses.

So, if your going to get a P4 motherboard, you just might consider the Asus P4S533.

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Post by LoneWolfX1X »

I wish I had gotten the P4S533

I went with the P4B533 because I really wanted the famed "Intel Chipset Stability"

Now officially the p4b533 only supports pc2100, however there's a nondocumented dipswitch for 2700

Unfortunately the board simply will not run more than one stick at PC2700 speeds.

So my options are run 768 at ~2000 sandra or 512 at ~3000 sandra

and insult to injury my old 645 based board ran like a tank whereas this ones crashing left and right :(

haven't isolated cause yet but I think it's the intel inf drivers...just reinstalled xp sp1 and didnt install any inf drivers...performance is great and no random reboots yet.
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Post by chottoED »

i've got the P4S533 running in my game rig..
i've never been happier with the stability and speed... (still got an itch to upgrade though)..
with this board, i was able to take my P4 1.6A to 2303 (144MHz) which i guess is decent... still want faster :P
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Post by smb »

had the problem of crashes with a previous intel board after installing the IAA software.
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