Gaming comp: Athlon XP 2200+ or P4 2.53

[Sevenhunt]

Hi,

I`m building a gaming comp, untill now, the Athlon Xp was much cheaper, but now the prices of the P4 have gone down rapidly!!!!!

These are the prices I have:
Athlon XP 2200+ 308 euro about 290 dollar
P4 2.4 282 euro about 260 dollar
P4 2.53 348 euro about 310 dollar

The newer P4`s are a bit out of my price range.

And with the Athlon I know I would go with the mobo epox 8k5a2+
But with the P4????????
ASus? or Epox???
And then ofcourse, if P4, DDR or rdram and what rdram

Thx

 

[vm]

hmm there's not much difference between the 2200 and the P4 2.53..that's weird.

I'd say go with the p4 2.53. no doubt about that.

with the P4, get a i850e chipset mobo...epox are cheaper, and really good.

DDR is the way to go ..unless you have extra money for RDRAM.

 

[boran]

I would go for a gigabyte mobo the 845E chipset

but I dont have it yet, I intend on also buying the P4, where did u find it that cheap that 2533 ? the lowest I can find is 366 ?

 

[JeremiahTheGreat]

a P4 2.53 cheaper than a XP 2200+ ??? i find that quite hard (impossible) to believe... misprint maybe? If not, go for the 2.53 for sure!!!

 

[Sevenhunt]

These are the prices I have:
Athlon XP 2200+ 308 euro about 290 dollar
P4 2.4 282 euro about 260 dollar
P4 2.53 348 euro about 310 dollar

So the p4 2.53 is 30euro more expensive then the 2200+. That`s in my first q. The 2.4 is less expensive.

Found it at www.informatique.nl
it`s a dutch site so you`ll have to speak dutch to understand it

And the mobo, heard the asus P4T533-C was a good one.
But they say you need 2 mem sticks on it, why? and it only supps rdram
The store I have in mind does not sell gigabyte.
So asus or epox.
The epox 850 chipset supports only rdram, and it`s so much more expensive then ddr, at least the pc 1066 is.


1066 rdram is a lot more expensive then ddr on pc 2700, is it worth the price diff?????

 

[Sevenhunt]

Hm,

now looking,

do you know which P4 mobo supports pc2700 ddr??????
Because I was looking and I saw that rdram with 1066comes in 2 different versions.
the normal and the 32 bit. Does anyone know the difference?

It would seem that the 32bit is better because it is more expensive. But is that really so?
Because I know that rdram beats ddr, but if it`s that much more expensive for the better version of the rdram, I think I`ll go for the DDR PC2700.

 

[JetBlack69]

Normally, RDRAM has to be installed in pairs. With 32-bit RDRAM, you just need to install one stick. I think only one motherboard is able to do that, the Asus P4T533. Personally, DDR has a better future because I haven't heard of any future chipsets from Intel that use RDRAM.

 

[Pabster]

This is a no-brainer.

P4 Northwood 2.53GHz, by a landslide. You can clock it up to 3GHz+ and even at stock speed it defeats the 2200+ in many areas. The measly price difference is well worth it.

 

[Sevenhunt]

Thx for the compliment pabster.

Ok, so the P4 2533 it`ll be.

Now the decision rdram or ddr

Could buy the kt400 chipset for ddr, that rules and now I can use the 333 but when it gets cheaper switch to 400
Or go for rdram overclock 800 or just buy 1066, only thing is its expensive.

 

[Bovinicus]

The 2.53GHz P4 will beat the 2200+ in all but the most favorable of situations for the XP.

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

P4 2.53 is the way to go these days, oc that badboy to 3 GHZ and pair it up with some nice 400mhz ddr memory and you'll have a blazing setup. At those speeds the only bottleneck will be your video card in most games.

 

[Sevenhunt]

400ddr, need the right mobo for that, but they aren`t available yet are they...

 

[OneOfTheseDays]

not if you overclock......

 

[Sevenhunt]

yes indeed.
Which brand ddr400 do you recommend????

 

[abaez]

Asus P4B will do ddr ram.

 

[pitupepito2000]

Go with the intel process and get good quality ram. DDR is cheaper, unless you are rich I would say go with the ddr versus rdram. Gygabyte, MSI, or ASUS make good boards. You will want to get DDR400, the more bandwith you have in the ram the better because the intel cpu has a huge fsb.

I hope this helps

 

[Sevenhunt]

This is what I`ve got in my mind:

P4 2.53
EPOX 4G4A+
Seagate barracuda IV 80GB
Geforce 4 ti4600 ultra deluxe
Soundblaster audigy
512 MB DDR PC2700 333MHZ Dane-elec or Kingston
Chieftec dragon 350W tower

 

[dukdukgoos]

Isn't Intel changing their process for 3ghz+ cpus, so there won't be an upgrade path if you buy a current mother board?

 

[Sevenhunt]

heard so yes, but amd is also changing and I do need a new comp NOW!!!!!
This one can do inet and that`s about it, crashed a while ago.

So I want to buy the best I can with 2200 euro and use it for 2 2,5 years untill the upgrades are really meeded again.

 

[Sevenhunt]

Yeah,

the 2200+ gets a lot warmer and that means better cooling.