Getting a p4 1.6 but need advice on the ram :(

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I'm buying from newegg:

P4b266-C with a Intel Pentium 4 1.6A GHz 512K Socket 478 Processor.

I'm big time out of the loop on hardware and have four simple questions:

1) That is the CPU I want right? That's the beast that averages 2.4 ghz on overclockers.com...?
2) My current ATX case (bought it last July - no-name case) will need a new P4-compatible power supply, right?
3) RAM. I am buying 512 megs ram. Brand name is gonna cost me around $155 for PC 2100. However at pricewatch if I get no-name stuff I can get that for $108, or $124 for PC2700. I assume the board can take 2700. Now is there a reason I should get brand name? I've used no-name almost exclusively in the past and never had any problems, but since I aim to be running at an above-spec bus level that will throw the ram out right? Like I said I'm out of the loop; I don't even know right now how this combination of mobo/cpu interacts but I know it's the one I want
4) On this mobo is the PCI and AGP bus totally independent of the cpu bus?

Thanks for help. This celeron 1000 is killing me every day.

 

[zzzz]

1) yes
2)no. Asus has a molex 4 pin connector on board that you can use.
3)get crucial PC2100 or samsung 2700
4)may be ..I think it has option of locking the pci bus at 35Mhz but it is not clear from the manual..

 

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<< 3)get crucial PC2100 or samsung 2700 >>



Thanks - will I notice a performance diff between 2100 vs 2700?

 

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All I will say is get crucial. Stay away from the cheap stuff.. trust me :frown:

 

[dbwillis]

The 1.6a's are almost 100% sure to hit 2133mhz (133 FSB instead of 100FSB), I had good luck with Crucial PC2100 running at PC2700 speeds with a .2v increase (2.7v).
I had MT chips on the stick though.
Id say get brand name memory, Mushkin, Crucial, Samsung, etc..
I just got some Mushkin ram...running at 2.5-3-3 w/2.7v at 211mhz (DDR422)

 

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<< All I will say is get crucial. Stay away from the cheap stuff.. trust me :frown: >>

i think 512 of pc2100 crucial is $164 vs $155 for 512 megs of samsung 2700.