Confused about new P4's

[voodoo1694]

I heard Intel is going to have a significant price drop pretty soon on there new P4 530-560 line. I'm considering getting a 550 pretty soon since i do 95% video editing, 5% gaming. From what i understand (and im probably wrong) does this mean I have to get a LGA775 motherboard, DDR2 RAM, BTX case, and a PCI express video card?

I already bought a Lian-Li PC60 ATX case, and some mushkin "222" special RAM... Will I be able to use these? Will the RAM take the processor to its full potential or should i get some DDR2? Sorry im really confused here. Thanks.

 

[o1die]

Abit makes a model as8 mobo with the old 865pe chipset and socket 775 support. With it, you can use pc3200 and an agp 8x card. DDr2 and pci express cost more, and as of now, offer no real performance gain.

 

[jiffylube1024]

Originally posted by: o1die
Abit makes a model as8 mobo with the old 865pe chipset and socket 775 support. With it, you can use pc3200 and an agp 8x card. DDr2 and pci express cost more, and as of now, offer no real performance gain.

Ironically, Socket 775 CPU's (Prescott CPU's) also cost more and offer no real performance gain, so an S775 865pe board is kind of a self-defeating idea. I guess it does give it a bit more futureproofability (to coin a word), as long as they keep updating the BIOS revs to support faster CPU's.

 

[KDKPSJ]

Originally posted by: jiffylube1024

Ironically, Socket 775 CPU's (Prescott CPU's) also cost more and offer no real performance gain

That's true only until this Saturday, the day before Intel will cut the price of LGA775 Prescott. For example, 3.0E, Intel will reduce the price of LGA775 3.0E, a.k.a 530, from 218 to 178, while mPGA478 3.0E will stay at 218. So, 530's official price is same as 2.8E or 2.8C, which I think great reason to get LGA775s. Well, at least that's what *officially* happens.

 

[kristjanm]

If you purchase a motherboard with Intel's 915 chipset you will not need DDR2 RAM. The chipset supports both DDR and DDR2 and many mainboards based on the 915 chipset have DDR support instead of DDR2. Some even offer both. Intel's 925 chipset supports DDR2 only.

But you will have to purchase a PCI-Express videocard, and they are pretty rare as of now. They shouldn't be much more expensive than AGP cards.

You won't need a BTX case because ATX is still the current standard and BTX is still far away.

Your case and RAM will do fine.

 

[Gamingphreek]

Just get an A64 3200+ or 3400+ Sckt 939 and then wait until Nforce 4 comes out and i garauntee that it will do you better than the Intel board, even in Video Encoding/Decoding.

-Kevin