I know this is silly, but which platform should I go with if I don't intend to overclock at all?

[cr4pz0r]

Which platform should I go with? An AMD/SiS735 setup? An AMD/KT266A setup? An AMD/KT333 setup? An AMD/nForce setup? A P4/i850/RDRAM setup? A P4/i845D/DDR266 setup? Or a P4/SiS645/DDR333 setup? (Note that all of the above AMD setups use DDR memory.) I don't intend to overclock my CPU or memory beyond the specs of either part.

And which brand of motherboard should I go with with whatever processor you'd recommend? (Again, this is for one who never intends to overclock.)

Any suggestions?

I would appreciate your help.

 

[PowerMacG5]

I personally favor one of your Intel setups. Intel been around since before the micr-proccessor revolution. If you were to get an Intel processor i would get the i850 chipset with RDRAM because RDRAM beets out DDR on benchmarks when not overclocked. If you are not going to overclock I would get an Intel motherboard like the D850MV series because they run very very stable.

 

[Boonesmi]

my vote goes with the kt333 chipset

personally i would get an epox 8k3a or if i wasnt in a hurry i might wait for the new soyo dragon based on the same chipset

 

[Boonesmi]

by the what what KraziKid said about intel motherboard running "very very stable" is absolutly correct... he just failed to mention that an athlon system is just as stable

 

[Yvo]

Intel Pentium4 is probably a tad bit more stable when put on a RDRAM platform compared to AMD Athlon XP (see http://www.emulators.com/pentium4.htm). Athlon XP is still the best bang for the buck but Intel just has a tad bit more stability.

RDRAM is a stable platform, but rumors are going around that this is the last round for rdram chipsets, making upgrading in the future a hassle.

Yvo