Intel D875PBZLK

**Sandog** · 06-07-2003, 02:43 PM

Sorry to say I can't post much in here right now as my new computer setup is running absolutely flawless. Things have gotten pretty boring all of a sudden. I'm just sitting around waiting for a new Intel driver or bios which I don't need and take forever to come out. LOL. I have my board running at max FSB(416) and min. mem settings(5-2-3-2). Runs very cool and never crashes with anything I throw at it(CPUBurn,3dMark, heavy UT2K3 play, etc.)

My Computer Spec's:

Addtronics 6890A Case w/controlled Panaflo 2x80mm front fans and rear 92mm
PC Power and Cooling Turbo Cool 510 ATX-PFC Power Supply w/controlled 80mm
Intel Desktop Board D875PBZLK i875P P4 (800FSB)
Intel Pentium 4 Processor (Northwood) 3GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 478 Retail
Swiftech MCX4000-B Heatsink
Corsair CMX-3500C2 DDRAM 512MB (4ea.)
Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer (2ea. configured in RAID 0)
Western Digital 80GB SE Hard Drive(file backup)
Built by ATI Radeon 9800Pro
Hitachi CM722U 19" Color Monitor
PlexWriter 24/10/40A CD ROM
Pioneer 106S 16X DVD ROM
TEAC FD-235 1.44 MB Floppy
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
Iomega Internal ATAPI Zip 100 Drive
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer USB
Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 Joystick
IBM 525Office Pro UPS
Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks D210 Speakers
Hewlett Packard DeskJet 6122 Printer
Visioneer One-Touch 6600 USB Scanner
Motorola SB4100 SurfBoard Cable MODEM
Radio Shack Optimus Pro-135 Headphones

Mr Steveo · 06-07-2003, 04:34 PM

Youre not getting any Audigy2 sound card crackling and popping when transferring files to and from the Raptors or to and fromt he LAN? This would be good news indeed!

**Sandog** · 06-07-2003, 05:21 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Steveo
Youre not getting any Audigy2 sound card crackling and popping when transferring files to and from the Raptors or to and fromt he LAN? This would be good news indeed!

I have absolutely no hardware problems at all. No crackling in the speakers. I use the digital out on the Audigy to the digital in on my CSW 210 speaker amp. I keep SB updated through the Creative website auto update. I have the sound card in slot 4, second slot from the edge of the motherboard. I can even OC my ATI 9800 video card to 420/360 and no artifacts or crashes during 3dMark. Here's my 3dMark score without overclocking the video card.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6545624

18387

Mr Steveo · 06-08-2003, 05:38 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sandog
I have absolutely no hardware problems at all. No crackling in the speakers. I use the digital out on the Audigy to the digital in on my CSW 210 speaker amp. I keep SB updated through the Creative website auto update. I have the sound card in slot 4, second slot from the edge of the motherboard. I can even OC my ATI 9800 video card to 420/360 and no artifacts or crashes during 3dMark. Here's my 3dMark score without overclocking the video card.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6545624

Sweeeet!

Thanks so much for the info. the D875PBZ is looking like a solid solution

nifo · 06-17-2003, 11:40 AM

100% same story here. My best system ever. It simply has NO issues?!

**Sandog** · 06-17-2003, 06:30 PM

Here's my score with the video card over clocked.

http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6630212

19255

fvbounty · 06-17-2003, 06:44 PM

That's great news Sandog that's the motherboard I've been looking at, hopefully that's this falls upgrade

David Rolfe · 06-17-2003, 06:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Mr Steveo
Sweeeet! Thanks so much for the info. the D875PBZ is looking like a solid solution

It most certainly is... and I would love to get my hands on one !

The problem is that absolutely no-one seems to have any in stock at all, here in the U.K.

Intel have admitted that they do not expect any real availability for another two weeks or so, but it does make me rather frustrated to see all these outlets in America showing them as being in stock... and at good prices too!

Lucky I'm a patient sort of guy!

-David-

nifo · 06-17-2003, 06:51 PM

Same story here - in stock all over. Anyway, all the P875 solutions seems great?

realdieu · 06-17-2003, 06:55 PM

Good man! I have the D875PBZ and I love it...

Quote:

Originally posted by Sandog
Sorry to say I can't post much in here right now as my new computer setup is running absolutely flawless. Things have gotten pretty boring all of a sudden. I'm just sitting around waiting for a new Intel driver or bios which I don't need and take forever to come out. LOL. I have my board running at max FSB(416) and min. mem settings(5-2-3-2). Runs very cool and never crashes with anything I throw at it(CPUBurn,3dMark, heavy UT2K3 play, etc.)

My Computer Spec's:

Addtronics 6890A Case w/controlled Panaflo 2x80mm front fans and rear 92mm
PC Power and Cooling Turbo Cool 510 ATX-PFC Power Supply w/controlled 80mm
Intel Desktop Board D875PBZLK i875P P4 (800FSB)
Intel Pentium 4 Processor (Northwood) 3GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 478 Retail
Swiftech MCX4000-B Heatsink
Corsair CMX-3500C2 DDRAM 512MB (4ea.)
Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer (2ea. configured in RAID 0)
Western Digital 80GB SE Hard Drive(file backup)
Built by ATI Radeon 9800Pro
Hitachi CM722U 19" Color Monitor
PlexWriter 24/10/40A CD ROM
Pioneer 106S 16X DVD ROM
TEAC FD-235 1.44 MB Floppy
Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum
Iomega Internal ATAPI Zip 100 Drive
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer USB
Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro
Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 Joystick
IBM 525Office Pro UPS
Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks D210 Speakers
Hewlett Packard DeskJet 6122 Printer
Visioneer One-Touch 6600 USB Scanner
Motorola SB4100 SurfBoard Cable MODEM
Radio Shack Optimus Pro-135 Headphones

**Sandog** · 06-17-2003, 07:24 PM

Man if I was having to wait 'till fall I would just wait 'till Q1,2, 2004 because Intel will have Grantsdale chipset board out. It will have the new LGA 775 socket that will except the Prescott and later the first of the Tejas processors that will eventually clock to 7GHz. Not only that it will have everything the 875 has but also PCI Express. That board would set you up for processor and video card upgrades for a long time.

fvbounty · 06-17-2003, 07:48 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by Sandog
Man if I was having to wait 'till fall I would just wait 'till Q1,2, 2004 because Intel will have Grantsdale chipset board out. It will have the new LGA 775 socket that will except the Prescott and later the first of the Tejas processors that will eventually clock to 7GHz. Not only that it will have everything the 875 has but also PCI Express. That board would set you up for processor and video card upgrades for a long time.

Your right I'm hoping it will be in the first quarter so I don't have to wait to long! I hope microsoft will get on the ball with longhorn so there will be support for pci express.....

MikeR · 06-22-2003, 03:48 AM

I've just ordered this box, and a remarkably similar setup (RAID0, Raptors, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, P4, etc). I've also reviewed the XP install instructions on this board. I was wondering if you have any tips or tricks you would give to someone trying to build a system similar to yours. Was there anything which gave you trouble? You insight would be appreciated...Mike

**Sandog** · 06-22-2003, 01:44 PM

Well first on the hardware install I would bend the serial data cables the way you need them before you hook them up. If you bend them while there hooked up you can break the connector ends. You should have the latest recovery bios and install it. You just pull the bios jumper off and then stick the floppy in the drive as soon as the computer powers up. You will see no video but maybe hear some beeps. Wait till the computer shuts itself off. Then reinstall the jumper on pins 1&2 and apply power to the computer. Never go in the case unless the power cord it pulled.
Go in bios and make sure you have 1)RAID enabled 2)RAID disk is disk 1 3)RAID disk is boot disk. Then you should be ready to install Windows XP. When XP install ask's for any third party drivers hit F6 and put the RAID boot disk in the floppy. After XP reboots hit the RAID boot key and set up a RAID partition on your two serial drives. After XP installs get SP1 installed then stick in your Intel CD and install chipset drivers, RAID application accelerator, and LAN software, and any others you want. Then check for web updates off the CD. Also install DX 9 before you install your 9800 Catalyst drivers. You should be set.

epicbard · 06-22-2003, 01:52 PM

Hey Sandog

can u tell us the scores of your raptors? i am considering this board and i read at HardOCp that the raid performance was :

Quote:

The RAID performance using the default block size of 128k was a bit disappointing, especially in light of the performance gains with the block size set to 16k. For the 128k tests, the read and write performance struggled to stay within the 30-40k range, while easily being able to sustain speeds within the 40-60k range with the smaller block size. The smaller block size truly shows off the capabilities of the SATA controller with its 13.1 ms RAT and its incredible RBS of almost 130 MB/s. This performance comes at a bit of a price though, with the CPU utilization averaging just under 8 percent.

any thoughts on that? is it true?

06-07-2003, 02:43 PM	#1
Sandog Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,688	Intel D875PBZLK Sorry to say I can't post much in here right now as my new computer setup is running absolutely flawless. Things have gotten pretty boring all of a sudden. I'm just sitting around waiting for a new Intel driver or bios which I don't need and take forever to come out. LOL. I have my board running at max FSB(416) and min. mem settings(5-2-3-2). Runs very cool and never crashes with anything I throw at it(CPUBurn,3dMark, heavy UT2K3 play, etc.) My Computer Spec's: Addtronics 6890A Case w/controlled Panaflo 2x80mm front fans and rear 92mm PC Power and Cooling Turbo Cool 510 ATX-PFC Power Supply w/controlled 80mm Intel Desktop Board D875PBZLK i875P P4 (800FSB) Intel Pentium 4 Processor (Northwood) 3GHz, 800MHz FSB, Socket 478 Retail Swiftech MCX4000-B Heatsink Corsair CMX-3500C2 DDRAM 512MB (4ea.) Western Digital Raptor WD360GD 36.7GB Serial ATA 10,000RPM Hard Drive w/8MB Buffer (2ea. configured in RAID 0) Western Digital 80GB SE Hard Drive(file backup) Built by ATI Radeon 9800Pro Hitachi CM722U 19" Color Monitor PlexWriter 24/10/40A CD ROM Pioneer 106S 16X DVD ROM TEAC FD-235 1.44 MB Floppy Sound Blaster Audigy 2 Platinum Iomega Internal ATAPI Zip 100 Drive Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer USB Microsoft Internet Keyboard Pro Microsoft SideWinder Precision 2 Joystick IBM 525Office Pro UPS Cambridge SoundWorks MegaWorks D210 Speakers Hewlett Packard DeskJet 6122 Printer Visioneer One-Touch 6600 USB Scanner Motorola SB4100 SurfBoard Cable MODEM Radio Shack Optimus Pro-135 Headphones Last edited by Sandog; 03-13-2004 at 02:15 AM..
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06-07-2003, 04:34 PM	#2
Mr Steveo Stayed @HolidayInn Xpress Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: USA Posts: 3,326	Youre not getting any Audigy2 sound card crackling and popping when transferring files to and from the Raptors or to and fromt he LAN? This would be good news indeed! __________________ Intel Core 2 Extreme QX6850 * Intel DX38BT "Bone Trail" mobo * 2 x 2 Gig Patriot PC3 10666 1333MHz 7-7-7-20 * eVGA GeForce 8800 GTX * WD 150G Raptor * Seagate 500G SATA HDD * Soundblaster X-Fi Fatality * 2 x Plextor PX-810SA DVD burners * CoolerMaster 850W PSU * Silverstone TJ10-SW case * Silverstone FP34 card reader * Logitech G7 mouse * Logitech diNovo Edge keyboard * Sony 19" LCD * Windows Vista Ultimate SP1 x64 * Larry The Squirrel*
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06-17-2003, 11:40 AM	#5
nifo Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 236	100% same story here. My best system ever. It simply has NO issues?! __________________ Specs: http://www.fogh.com/specs.txt
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06-17-2003, 06:30 PM	#6
Sandog Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,688	Here's my score with the video card over clocked. http://service.futuremark.com/compare?2k1=6630212 19255 Last edited by Sandog; 06-17-2003 at 06:36 PM..
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06-17-2003, 06:44 PM	#7
fvbounty Eat Wild Pacific Salmon Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Alameda Ca Posts: 5,650	That's great news Sandog that's the motherboard I've been looking at, hopefully that's this falls upgrade __________________ New Gaming rig - Asus P5E3 Deluxe Wi-Fi - Intel QX9650 - CORSAIR TWIN3X2048-1600C7DHXIN 6GB PC3-12800 - Sapphire HD 5870 Vapor-X 1 gig - 300 gig VelociRaptor W7 - 150 gig Raptor XP Pro - 320 gig WD 3200YS Data - Corsair HX 620 watt PS - Creative X-Fi Titanium PCI-Express - Altec Lansing ADA885 THX 4.1 Speakers AMD FX 55 - XP-90C & SilentCat 9 - Asus A8N-SLI with Swiftech MCX159 - 2X1024 Corsair 3500LLPro 2-3-2-6 1T - 2X BFG 6800GT OC Zalman VF700-CU - 1 WD 74 Gig Raptor boot - 1 Seagate 7200 sata data - Nec 3500A - Plextor 716AL Slot Loader - Enermax EG 701 AX 600 watt PS - Silverstone Temjin TJ03B case with side window - G7 lazer mouse - Cannon Pixma I8500 printer - Windows XP Pro SP2 Slipstreamed - Dell 2405FPW lcd
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06-17-2003, 06:51 PM	#9
nifo Registered User Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 236	Same story here - in stock all over. Anyway, all the P875 solutions seems great? __________________ Specs: http://www.fogh.com/specs.txt
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06-17-2003, 07:24 PM	#11
Sandog Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,688	Man if I was having to wait 'till fall I would just wait 'till Q1,2, 2004 because Intel will have Grantsdale chipset board out. It will have the new LGA 775 socket that will except the Prescott and later the first of the Tejas processors that will eventually clock to 7GHz. Not only that it will have everything the 875 has but also PCI Express. That board would set you up for processor and video card upgrades for a long time.
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06-22-2003, 03:48 AM	#13
MikeR Registered User Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 63	Any install tips I've just ordered this box, and a remarkably similar setup (RAID0, Raptors, ATI Radeon 9800 Pro, P4, etc). I've also reviewed the XP install instructions on this board. I was wondering if you have any tips or tricks you would give to someone trying to build a system similar to yours. Was there anything which gave you trouble? You insight would be appreciated...Mike
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06-22-2003, 01:44 PM	#14
Sandog Moderator Join Date: May 2003 Posts: 6,688	Well first on the hardware install I would bend the serial data cables the way you need them before you hook them up. If you bend them while there hooked up you can break the connector ends. You should have the latest recovery bios and install it. You just pull the bios jumper off and then stick the floppy in the drive as soon as the computer powers up. You will see no video but maybe hear some beeps. Wait till the computer shuts itself off. Then reinstall the jumper on pins 1&2 and apply power to the computer. Never go in the case unless the power cord it pulled. Go in bios and make sure you have 1)RAID enabled 2)RAID disk is disk 1 3)RAID disk is boot disk. Then you should be ready to install Windows XP. When XP install ask's for any third party drivers hit F6 and put the RAID boot disk in the floppy. After XP reboots hit the RAID boot key and set up a RAID partition on your two serial drives. After XP installs get SP1 installed then stick in your Intel CD and install chipset drivers, RAID application accelerator, and LAN software, and any others you want. Then check for web updates off the CD. Also install DX 9 before you install your 9800 Catalyst drivers. You should be set.
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