Filed under:Published:Author:External Mfg. Website:Jul 23 2003Gigabyte P4 Titan 8PENXP i865PE Motherboard ReviewCompetition has always benefitted the end user because ithas the effect of driving down prices, and typically increasing the number offeatures that come standard. With the upsurge in the tech sector these last fewmonths, competition has reached a fevered pitch, and the goal is your hardearned spending money. As the movers and shakers shell out product afterproduct, Gigabyte, who are one of the larger manufacturers in the industry, havebeen quietly making waves amongst the hardware community.TheIntel CSA network interface offers advantages over other GbE solutionswhich can saturate the PCI bus.One such example is the P4 Titan 8PENXP which is based onthe mainstream i865PE Springdale chipset. The i865PE chipset has shownthat it's a very powerful solution, rival to Intel's i875P in terms of performance! Withthat in mind, and the relatively low price, it's no wonder manufacturershave multiple boards based on the highly successful i865PEchipset.But with somuch competition, how does Gigabyte separateitself from the rest?
Well, for starters the 8PENXP motherboardis possibly one of the most equipped i865PE motherboards on the market.Standardfeatures of the board consist of Serial ATA/Serial ATA RAID, Ultra133 IDE RAID, IEEE 1394, 5.1 audio, Intel CSA enabled Gigabit LAN, dualBIOS's and Gigabyte's special DPS2 (Dual Power System).If you needto addin another device, the five PCI slots and lone 8xAGP Pro Port should be sufficient. The motherboard can support Northwood-based Pentium 4processors running on a 400/533/800 MHz FSB and can handle up to 4GB of dual channelPC1600/2100/2700/3200 non ECC DDR RAM.Gigabyte P4Titan 8PENXPShips with the following:. 3x Ultra/133 Cables. 5x Serial ATA Cables. FDD Cable. Driver CD.
I/O Back Plate. Users Manual. RAID User Manuals. Quick Installation Guide. WinDVD SuiteBrackets:. USB 2.0 Bracket.
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IEEE 1394 Bracket. Audio Bracket. External Serial ATA BracketAll Gigabyte motherboards are blue incolour, and as you an see they like to colour coordinate the system headers andconnectors. The GA-8PENXP is a larger board so you may have problems fitting itinto those smaller cramped Mid Tower ATX cases, of course that's expect with allthe on board features.The layout of the 8PENXPis good - you're not going to have to remove the videocard when you installsystem memory! The main ATX, floppy and main IDE channels are in their mostideal location to the right of the DIMM slots. Gigabyte did a great job atplacing all the headers (USB, IEEE 1394, etc) at the bottom of the motherboard.This way they do not interfere with any of the other system devices.Gigabyte brings customer care to another level,they don't just colour code the front panel headers, they also indicate thepositive value's as well!
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How many times have you put together a system only toopen up the box again so you can make the Power LED light up?The 8PENXP's PCB is very well labelled, newbiesshouldn't have a single problem attaching another system device or finding outwhat any given header does.Gigabyte certainly had a lot offoresight when they decided to equip the 8PENXP with an additional IDE RAIDcontroller! With Serial ATA HDD's still difficult to find (at least around here) and with mostusers still on regular parallel IDE, it only makes sense to include another IDEcontroller.Gigabyte has probably the best software bundle ofall motherboards. They include Norton Internet Security 2003 with their 8PENXPand that consists of Norton AntiVirus 2003, Norton Personal Firewall, NortonPrivacy Control, Norton Spam Alert and Norton Parental Control. Nice to seesome useful utilities bundled for a change.© 2019 PCSTATS.com.
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