AliceNChains
Junior Member
I built my computer about 3 years ago.
Asus P4T533
2x256 Samsung 32bit RIMM 4200 RDRAM
P4 2.53
80GB WD SE
Geforce2 Ultra then (ATI 9800 Pro now)
Audigy2
The other day my mobo died (Cant get it to post BIOS no matter what i try). The ram i have isnt compatable with any newer bords, besides i want to upgrade to a gig and it only has two DIMM slots, so i need a new mobo/ram combo. Honestly iv been out of the loop for a while so i could use soem help.
I want to just swap in my P4 2.53 for now but than pop in 3.6 or so some time down the line for easy upgrade. Also want something without PCI express. I think that pretty much leaves me with 875P or 865PE, although arent there a few other non intel ones like ATI RADEON 9100 IGP or SIS. I dunno.
What is the real difference between 875 and 865? I could get the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe or the ASUS P4P800 SE with a $80 difference...is their any real speed advantage with the 875 and why?
For memory was thinking of going with pqi TURBO Series Dual Channel Mirrored Black Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MB x 2) DDR PC-3200. I know its fairly new, anyone have experiance with them.
Im also wondering about memory speeds. What if I were to buy say DDR533 so that it was inline with my cpu would that offer much in terms of performance boost. And the memory that you buy that is faster than standard is that usually just high quality overclocked DDR400? If I did buy DDR533 would that leave me virtually no room to OC?
Anyways what do you think would make the best mobo/ram combo that is stable, fast, and overclocks fairly well?
Asus P4T533
2x256 Samsung 32bit RIMM 4200 RDRAM
P4 2.53
80GB WD SE
Geforce2 Ultra then (ATI 9800 Pro now)
Audigy2
The other day my mobo died (Cant get it to post BIOS no matter what i try). The ram i have isnt compatable with any newer bords, besides i want to upgrade to a gig and it only has two DIMM slots, so i need a new mobo/ram combo. Honestly iv been out of the loop for a while so i could use soem help.
I want to just swap in my P4 2.53 for now but than pop in 3.6 or so some time down the line for easy upgrade. Also want something without PCI express. I think that pretty much leaves me with 875P or 865PE, although arent there a few other non intel ones like ATI RADEON 9100 IGP or SIS. I dunno.
What is the real difference between 875 and 865? I could get the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe or the ASUS P4P800 SE with a $80 difference...is their any real speed advantage with the 875 and why?
For memory was thinking of going with pqi TURBO Series Dual Channel Mirrored Black Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MB x 2) DDR PC-3200. I know its fairly new, anyone have experiance with them.
Im also wondering about memory speeds. What if I were to buy say DDR533 so that it was inline with my cpu would that offer much in terms of performance boost. And the memory that you buy that is faster than standard is that usually just high quality overclocked DDR400? If I did buy DDR533 would that leave me virtually no room to OC?
Anyways what do you think would make the best mobo/ram combo that is stable, fast, and overclocks fairly well?
