Intel 865 (Springdale) Chipset: Mainstream Dual DDR
by Anand Lal Shimpi on May 21, 2003 2:01 AM EST- Posted in
- CPUs
The cheapest member of the 865 family is the 865P, selling for $33 (the ICH5-R adds another $3 to all chipset costs) in 1K quantities. The 865P only supports DDR266 and 333, thus is best suited for 400/533MHz FSB CPUs; a lack of DDR400 memory support ends up working out just fine since the chipset doesn't support the 800MHz FSB.
Intel's 865P
You can consider the 865P to be all of the 865 chipsets that wouldn't pass Intel's validation at 800MHz FSB and/or 400MHz memory clock. Users that won't be using an 800MHz FSB CPU and don't plan on upgrading to one anytime soon will find the 865P the best offering. You may be able to find 865P motherboards that overclock to support the 800MHz FSB with Dual DDR400 memory, however there are no guarantees.
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Anonymous User - Thursday, July 10, 2003 - link
I appreciate reviews such as this. But, as a "middle ground" technical background but heavy Excel, and database manipulation user my options break out different than specified here. I am a retail buyer. Box it and sell it to me. The 865's are boxed with "middle systems", the 875's with "higher systems". If I upgrade a "middle", with larger HD and monitor, I am within $30 of the higher system "out of the box". In no way is this a layman's forum, but it would be nice for the "layman", if you included a sentence about "if you are within $100, go ahead with this".