Folks' pc need a new m/board, running a P4 2.8. Don't need anything fancy.

Currently looks like there's only 2 left on the market:

ASRock P4i65GV Socket 478 DDR400 All in One

MSI PM8M-V 478 uATX DDR400


Any opinions on either? Both around $70...


Or if anyone has a socket 478 m/board lying around that they want to get rid of, please let me know :)

the asrocks have been around for like 2 years now... not bad boards

i seem to remember an incompatibility with these boards and Radeon 9600s...

or something like that.. i can't remember tho, been too long. Very low return rate on the asrocks.

Never used the MSI though.

Well the folks' vid card is a radeon 9600xt :/

well how about that then...

http://www.asrock.com/support/AGP/P4i65GV.html

looks like you're right!

thanks mate, saved me

I have a few brand new Asus P4S800-MX SE's left but I won't part with them for much less than $150

wow, even i surprise myself sometimes.

i can't remember what i had for dinner two nights ago, but i can tell you that those boards don't like 9600's usually.

weird. only built like 30 or 40 pc's with those boards, 2-3 years ago.

the P4S800-MX is the motherboard that made Asus look bad.

I hate them f***ers. If i had a dollar for every time i sent one of those off for RA, i'd have enough to fuel koops' car for a month.


any slight sign of a dodgy PSU or electrical unbalance, and them things blow

nearly every other Asus board will live through nearly anything, i know my 4 year old A7N8X has/did/is.

I ordered an MSI. Thanks guys!

Oh I should add, it's pretty much the only board left in aus u can get, and only one online shop had them left in stock. So didn't really have a choice anyway!

yeah you did...

no socket 478 mobo comes with a decent warranty anymore mate. they aren't made anymore.


personally - I'd go thru these guys


you are after a 478 board - it's gonna fail when you least need it to. At least have the sense to go thru blokes who succeed making their living on their good name alone


it's worth mentioning - the ad above are people who played a part in building Computer Alliance into what is it today. They are missed I can tell ya.


Hope this helps


last edited by koopz at 00:39:41 24/Feb/07

For the record the SE boards are fine.... But I agree that the First edition of the P4S800-MX were the worst board asus ever made.

okay, i'll go with that.

heh, my old P4G8X Deluxe (Intel E7205 Granite Bay) is still going strong (much to my surprise)
Makes for a pretty decent spare games rig despite having only a 533 bus)