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FishTankX

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You'll have to wait a little longer for the i850E, or just pick up a P4T-E with the special clock generators at atacom.com (170$ or so, the more expensive, hand picked one) and some good low density RDRAM (Ask Fkloster where to get it, I know he got his from somewhere..) and just set the dipswitches so it's aranged like 133/66/33. If you need to know how to set the dipswitches, refer to the P4T-E's PDF manual. Thus, you could be a PC1066 system now. Or just wait for the i850E, like I said.
 
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Or you can just use DDR333 and a mobo based on the SiS645DX chipset.

Browsing through www.hardocp.com I found this link to a review on an an Asus P4S533, based on the SiS645DX mobo. It looks pretty good to me.

http://www.amd3d.com/CPU3D/review/p4s533/index.htm
is the link to the review.

"VERDICT & CONCLUSION

What a surprise this was ... the Asus P4S533 performed beautifully. Using the much improved SiS 645DX chipset, Asus has produced a board that performs just as well, if not better than Intel 845D based boards. In fact, the performance wasn't far behind the i850 with Rambus. I can say that SiS did a good job. Sandra memory performance is the best I've seen so far, using DDR333 ram.

Although the Asus P4S533 lacked USB 2.0 and onboard Raid, the wealth of available BIOS options is more than anyone could ask for. Having said that, you do get onboard 6-channel audio, onboard 10/100 LAN and 6 PCI slots. Remember, this board is aimed at the value market, and this usually means you should be able to pick up one of these cheaper than you think on the internet.

What I liked about this board is the fact that it supports 533FSB, DDR333 and DDR400 (unofficially). Overclockers should be extremely be happy ... there's BIOS options to adjust Vcore, FSB, CPU/Memory ratio and memory tweaks. I was able to overclock my Pentium 4 Northwood 1.6A to 2.4Ghz (16x150) with rock solid stability ... excellent.

Final words: An attractive package that offers extremely good performance and value. If you after a solid, stable and compatible Pentium 4 motherboard at a good price you can't beat the Asus P4S533.
 
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what would be better fishtankx

more info i am fixing to move back home to arkansas (leaving seattle) so about a week moseying down there would i be better waiting on the new boards or grabbing a p4te now i have a 1.5 willamette now
but it has a non overclocking msi board in it
dang decisions decisions decisions
 
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FishTankX

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The i850E isn't that far away, might have official support for PC1066, and will have the proper dividers on *all* boards.

I would just really wait for the i850E... if you could wait a month or so.If not, just get the new P4T-E with the clock generators as it supports all that's needed for PC1066 anyways...

Just need to mess with the jumpers, that's all.
 
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Wolfsraider

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dang ddr i knew it was going to come down to this ddr vs rdram i really like the bandwidth on my rdram
but the main reason for going rdram was to save up a little now and just use the rdram modules i already have untill 1066 shows up

flockster?where are you lol ....thanks bacillus

aznskickass
thanks i will check it out
 
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I am running at 533/66/33 right now. I have to wonder how far over 533 the chip and the ram can go. It may not go too far, hence limiting overclocking potential. It has always been advantageous to stay a step behind intel's highest FSB cpu's and use the gap to overclock - i.e. Celeron (66) vs. Pentium II/III(100). PIII"E" vs "EB", etc.

LJ

 
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FishTankX

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Larry Joe:If memory serves me correctly you're ram is running at 3X. If Wolfsraider found low density RDRAM (Fkloster knows where to get it) he can get to 133X4 which is the dream of any P4 afficando..
 
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<< I am running at 533/66/33 right now. I have to wonder how far over 533 the chip and the ram can go. It may not go too far, hence limiting overclocking potential. It has always been advantageous to stay a step behind intel's highest FSB cpu's and use the gap to overclock - i.e. Celeron (66) vs. Pentium II/III(100). PIII"E" vs "EB", etc.

LJ >>



i don't know how far or what is available but im guarenteed 2.4@533 ok so at least i get what i paid for

but good news from googlegear:This email is to acknowledge that your order has been received

also please be easy on me the last and only overclock was my intel p-3 866@1071 lol

133x3 is to push the frontside bus up but lower the ram right?
133x4 overclocks the ram too right?
man i hope you guys can help me push her a bit"cough" lol by walking me thru some of the settings etc...

i searched and am looking at the asus p4t533 as it is supposed to ship with 1066 32bit modules?but not shipping yet but was forecast for the end of april
 
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FishTankX

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PC1066 modules will be mad expensive.

Oh, and to overclock the P4T-E to PC1066 spec (133/66/33/4X RDRAM multiplier) you just switch to dipswitches, flip this and that
and fire up the machine, that's all. Just make sure it's 4X in the bios.

Anyways, you got it right.

133X3=PC800 spec
133X4=PC1066 spec
150X4(Which the board supports actually, at 37MHZ PCI or so, although that's REALLY pushing it) is PC1200

If you wanna use the P4t-E, I can tell you the exact dipswitch config.
 
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Wolfsraider

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sweet thanks fishtank

i am looking at the atacom site now

update : i took the plunge

ASUS P4TE FOR P4 478 PIN CPU W/AUDIO (W/ ICS CLOCK GENERATOR-NEW REV.) MB47_ASUS_P4_TF

2@ RAMBUS PC 800 256MB 184 PIN RDRAM 8CHIPS( SAMSUNG ORIGINAL) MERA_256R_25_61

ARCTIC SILVER 3 PREMIUM SILVER POLYSYNTHETIC THERMAL COMPOUND
 
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FishTankX

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Low density RDRAM is like, less dense. Heh.

Less storage per chip and thus higher max transfer rate per chip. Almost all low density chip RAM sticks will do 133 4X no prob.

For more info, PM Fkloster on where to buy. He got some and he's running his P4T-E at 133/66/33/4X (A gig of it actually, 256X4)

Oh, sweet news. I now know that the P4T-E supports this config. 150/60/30/4X for PC1200 and most everything in spec! AWESOME!!!

:(:( Too bad my P4T-E doesn't have the good clock generators though..

Oh, BTW, config for P4T-E to run 133/66/33 is off/on/on/on/off. Flip the switches so they are facing towards the on on the dipswitch block.
The jumper nearest to the dipswitch has to be set to 1-2 to use the dipswitches...
 
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FishTankX

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Eh, just incase you didn't read my PM's...

You should cancel the order for the 8 chip RDRAM sticks and get the 16 chip RDRAM sticks.

Those are low density. more chips=lower density. Sorry for not clarifying this earlier!

High density RDRAM almost always has a really hard time making it up to 133X4. You definatley want the 16 chip kind, which is low density.

Hopefully they'll still let you cancel the order...
 
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Wolfsraider

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ok thanks they accept changes by phone only so i will get in touch this am and change that to 16

stupid me i knew 16 was the right one but somehow let that slide thru thanks fishtankx for catching it for me <newbie

closed on sat will call monday morn 9am;)
 
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Shagga

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Is there anywhere in the states that has P4 2.4Ghz 533MHZ FSB CPU's that will ship to the UK?
 
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Wolfsraider

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<< Is there anywhere in the states that has P4 2.4Ghz 533MHZ FSB CPU's that will ship to the UK? >>



googlegear was the only place i found it yesterday
 
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Jgtdragon

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I will pickup another northwood next month. The question I want to know is, where can I get pc1066 spec rdram??? I think the non-533 fsb chip should overclock better than the new 533 chip. Just a guess from past Intel chip history.

Cheer!
 
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I will pickup another northwood next month. The question I want to know is, where can I get pc1066 spec rdram??? I think the non-533 fsb chip should overclock better than the new 533 chip. Just a guess from past Intel chip history.

Cheer!

Well thats pretty much up in the air right now, no one really know's what RAMBuses plan's are right now. My best bet is that you'll see PC 1066 with, or a short time after the release of the i850. Some say we wont see it for a long time though.
 
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I'm not touching anything until I see some benchies and the motherboards are actually out ;)

and when they are I'll grab a 2.66 :D
 
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