Is P45 the last chipset to support LGA 775 ?

Ice Tea · 3 Sep 2009 at 08:59

Anybody know if Is P45 the last chipset Intel have planned to support LGA 775 ?

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BeeP · 3 Sep 2009 at 09:06

As far as I know it is.

Ice Tea · 3 Sep 2009 at 09:11

I searched google but i couldn't find anything official but i thought it would be.

nightmare99 · 3 Sep 2009 at 09:48

Currently the 4 series chipsets are planned to be the last. There may be some more 775 boards launch when DDR3 goes mainstream (some entry level G43 & G41).

BeeP · 3 Sep 2009 at 09:53

I would have said that DDR3 is already mainstream, Prices have fallen a lot & are not that far away from DDR2.
There probably wont be any more new chipsets, as Nightmare99 said the 4 series were planned to be the last but there will be new boards....if that makes sense.

Ice Tea · 3 Sep 2009 at 10:18

I get yah, updated revision of the current 4 series chipset.

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nightmare99 · 3 Sep 2009 at 16:21

I would have said that DDR3 is already mainstream, Prices have fallen a lot & are not that far away from DDR2.

Soon it will be, mainly when low-mid range systems adopt it

Ice Tea · 4 Sep 2009 at 05:44

Hmmmmmmmm

Seeing as i don't overclock or use SLI / Crossfire or even Raid or Wi-Fi i'm starting to think i might be better off with a P43 board. ?

mithrandir · 4 Sep 2009 at 06:32

Ice Tea said:
Hmmmmmmmm

Seeing as i don't overclock or use SLI / Crossfire or even Raid or Wi-Fi i'm starting to think i might be better off with a P43 board. ?

Yup, definitely the path to go unless you can find a decently priced P45 board (they start from ~£60)

Ice Tea · 4 Sep 2009 at 08:40

I see that the P43 are not much cheaper than the P45.

All these P4x boards you can buy are ridiculous without much explanation what the difference is and the review sites seem to be only intrested on how well they overclock.

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PaulyD · 4 Sep 2009 at 10:02

Read the specs and see the differences between them?

Ice Tea · 4 Sep 2009 at 10:15

PaulyD said:
Read the specs and see the differences between them?

So you read the specs of 10 boards and they all say DDR2 , 1000mb Lan etc etc etc. :rolleyes:

Do you care to read for example through the Asus P45 selection and compare the specs.

(1) P5Q
(2) P5Q Deluxe
(3) P5Q Premium
(4) P5Q PRO
(5) P5Q PRO Turbo
(6) P5Q SE
(7),P5Q SE PLUS
(8) P5Q SE/R
(9) P5Q SE2
(10) P5Q Turbo
(11) P5Q WS
(12) P5Q3
(13) P5Q3 Deluxe/WiFi-AP @n
(14) P5QC
(15) P5QD Turbo
(16) P5Q-E
(17) P5Q-E/WiFi-AP

And thats a selection of P45 boards from just one manufacture.

Let me know what you come up when you have read all the specs

PaulyD · 4 Sep 2009 at 11:56

Fair play but I look at the board I like the look of, the cooling capability, features and the overclockability and then compare it to ones of similar spec/design and aethestics.

I do my research when buying my kit, not ask other people to do it

Ice Tea · 5 Sep 2009 at 01:02

PaulyD said:
Fair play but I look at the board I like the look of, the cooling capability, features and the overclockability and then compare it to ones of similar spec/design and aethestics.

I do my research when buying my kit, not ask other people to do it

Customer services looks like your vocation.