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Any ideas about Pentium 4, 1.6Ghz and FIC VC11 Mobo

RoConno

RoConno

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SF Bay area FRY's has a Pentium 4, 1.6Ghz (Boxed) and FIC VC11 Mobo combination for $179. Has anyone tried this combination? Better combo for about the same money?🙂
 
Outpost has it right now on sale. Wondeirng if the 1.6 is a northwood with 512k. Says the motherboard is Socket 478 so i think it is.


What do all you people think about this?
 
Fry's has some good deals, but I would order components separately online. Their pentium deals are for the old willamette core cpus (256k) which are a little slower and don't overclock well. I would order the msi ultra ($73 newegg) and 1.6a P4 ($133 newegg) for a few dollars more. My 1.6a posted at 133 fsb (2.13 gigs) by simply changing the cpu fsb setting in the "frequency/voltage control" section. There are no guarantees when overclocking, but with the 1.6a and sis 645 chipset, you have a much better chance of getting some free speed. If you don't care about overclocking, I would go for the athlon xp. Fry's had the 1700xp with ecs k7s5a cpu for only $149 recently. Whatever you get, get a good power supply such as enermax, sparkle, antec, etc and you'll have fewer problems.
 
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