I was wondering about this voltage droop issue that's all over the web on the Asus P4C800-E. Of course that's their top board model, so you expect it to be good. Curious that a board that did so well in reviews would have such quality issues.
Then I noticed <A HREF="http://www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/5ghz-08.html" target="_new">This Page</A> and wondered why all the capacitors were upgraded. So I looked at my board, and..WTF is KZE? Not a capacitor company I've heard of, that's for sure! Notice the "tweaked" board's capacitors have the "K" stamped on the top, could those be top quality Sanyo parts on the specially prepared board? Could Asus be using generic parts on the boards they actually sell? Is it possible? Makes you wonder what parts were on those boards they sent the review site, no?
You'll notice a lot of parts are missing on this board. Another look at <A HREF="http://www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/5ghz-08.html" target="_new">the bottom of that page</A> and you'll notice they've been installed on the "tweaked" board. Hmmm.
Let's see, I bought the CUSL2 on Tom's recommendation, and the P4C800-E on Anandtech's. Meanwhile everyone I've recommended the Abit IS7 to is happy. I think I'll start listening to myself instead of these guys, too much hokey pokey going on with the review samples methinks.
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Then I noticed <A HREF="http://www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/5ghz-08.html" target="_new">This Page</A> and wondered why all the capacitors were upgraded. So I looked at my board, and..WTF is KZE? Not a capacitor company I've heard of, that's for sure! Notice the "tweaked" board's capacitors have the "K" stamped on the top, could those be top quality Sanyo parts on the specially prepared board? Could Asus be using generic parts on the boards they actually sell? Is it possible? Makes you wonder what parts were on those boards they sent the review site, no?
You'll notice a lot of parts are missing on this board. Another look at <A HREF="http://www20.tomshardware.com/cpu/20031230/5ghz-08.html" target="_new">the bottom of that page</A> and you'll notice they've been installed on the "tweaked" board. Hmmm.
Let's see, I bought the CUSL2 on Tom's recommendation, and the P4C800-E on Anandtech's. Meanwhile everyone I've recommended the Abit IS7 to is happy. I think I'll start listening to myself instead of these guys, too much hokey pokey going on with the review samples methinks.
<font color=blue>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to a hero as big as Crashman!</font color=blue>
<font color=red>Only a place as big as the internet could be home to an ego as large as Crashman's!</font color=red>