I'm in the process of trying to decide what hardware I'm going to use, and I've come up with a bunch of questions.. Feel free to answer 1, or all of them
.. Anyway, enough talk, heres the questions:
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ or Intel 2.53ghz? I plan on overclocking as far as an Alpha PAL8045 HSF will let me. (Not sure what the limits of either chip will be)
What motherboard do you recommend for your preferred cpu, and why?
What do you think of the Nforce2 motherboards? I may try running the Radeon 9700 pro, so would the 8x AGP and other features be worth it?
If you think P4 is the way to go, what memory would be better? 512megs of 1066mhz RDRAM? Or DDR400?
Is the extra money for a Radeon 9700 worth it, compared to an overclocked Geforce4 4600ti?
Are there any ATA-133 HD?s with an 8meg buffer, or are all the 8meg buffered drives ATA-100?
If the only 8meg buffered drives are ATA-100, am I better off going with one of them, or a good ATA-133 drive? Which specific model drive do you recommend? (I?m looking for a quiet drive with fast performance)
Thats all for now
... Thanks in advance for your opinions!
--Joe
AMD Athlon XP 2400+ or Intel 2.53ghz? I plan on overclocking as far as an Alpha PAL8045 HSF will let me. (Not sure what the limits of either chip will be)
What motherboard do you recommend for your preferred cpu, and why?
What do you think of the Nforce2 motherboards? I may try running the Radeon 9700 pro, so would the 8x AGP and other features be worth it?
If you think P4 is the way to go, what memory would be better? 512megs of 1066mhz RDRAM? Or DDR400?
Is the extra money for a Radeon 9700 worth it, compared to an overclocked Geforce4 4600ti?
Are there any ATA-133 HD?s with an 8meg buffer, or are all the 8meg buffered drives ATA-100?
If the only 8meg buffered drives are ATA-100, am I better off going with one of them, or a good ATA-133 drive? Which specific model drive do you recommend? (I?m looking for a quiet drive with fast performance)
Thats all for now
--Joe