new Dell computor, need advice

[HappyGamer2]

yep it's the orginal motherboard, some dells are over clockable, I use CPU COOL, software.

the fact that it can run at 133 with a full bus overclock proves that the components are top notch. go from 100 to 133 is huge overclock.
only problem with the overclocking so far is the my ati radeon card can't handle it, but the voodoo5 loves it . the radeon will work at 124 thou

http://www.roberthancock.com/dell/

 

[ElFenix]

Originally posted by: MistaTastyCakes
Why buy a something made with second tier mystery brand parts for $1000 w/ limited upgradability (the thread about the guy who was bragging about his Dell w/ no AGP comes to mind)

yeah, cuz intel and lite-on and wd and crucial and 3com are second tier mystery brands

the upgradability was limited by the guy who ordered the system. you can limit your upgradability building your own system too

 

[HappyGamer2]

so back to original post/question.
what's is the way to go, wait and get a 8300 later?
forget the 4550 the ram is slow?
forget the 8250 ram is to exspensive?

or what?
what is really best for gaming the RD Ram or the ddr pc 3200 ram?

 

[ElFenix]

the 4550 is pretty quick... you don't gain that much going to a dual channel setup. check out the benches. and thats with a processor that eats more bandwidth than you're describing, the 3.0/800 HT. atm i don't think its worth it.

also dell is bringing back the XPS in a month or two, it uses the server/workstation case so its a bit more expandable, might also use radeon pros instead of radeon txs since its aimed at the alienwares of the world

 

[HappyGamer2]

fromhttp://www.anandtech.com/mb/showdoc.html?i=1813&p=14

The performance of this 875P motherboard is leading edge. As can clearly been seen in the previous pages of this review, our 875P chipset review and our 3.0C review, 875P motherboards are a good deal faster than 845PE motherboards when using an 800MHz FSB processor. However, the 875P's performance edge over the 845PE-based ABIT BH7 isn't anything spectacular, and is even less when using a 533MHz FSB processor. So if you plan on purchasing an 875P motherboard, we suggest you only do so if you are going to be using an 800MHz FSB processor or plan on using an 800MHz FSB processor in the future. However for some, features like CSA, integrated Serial ATA, RAID 0 (striping) and RAID 1 (mirroring), and a dual channel <B><FONT color=navy>DDR</FONT></B> memory architecture are enough to justify an 875P motherboard's added cost compared to an 845PE-based motherboard. Of course, E7205, 850E, SiS 655 and R658 motherboards are totally out of the question if you plan on using an 800MHz FSB processor down the road, but at least we've helped you narrow it down to motherboards based on either 875P or 845PE chipsets.

it appears as if the 8300 isn't all that great since it uses a 533 front bus on the 875P chipset
the 8250 uses a 850E chipset
the 4550 uses a 845PE chipset

 

[HappyGamer2]

The new Dell XPS is out with 800 FSB, price is high 2000 plus dollars
now the spec on the 8300 have changed to pc2700 ram at there website