OC: Should I buy p4 1,6 Ghz or p4 2,25 Ghz

[gatsten]

Hi there,

I?m thinking of buying a new cpu, motherboard and memory. I have always used AMD before so if someone could help me with a couple of Intel-related questions it would be great
A friend of mine bought a p4, 1.6 Ghz 400 Mhz bus. He overclocked it to 2.13 Ghz without any problems. Now, my first priority isn?t to OC directly but it would be great to do it as the cpu becomes ?outdated?.
Now to my questions. Should I buy the same cpu as he did or could I go for the faster p4 2.26 Ghz 512 kb cache 533 Mhz and when I decide to OC get the same OC-possibilities?? In other words: can I get it to run at 2.7 or 2.8 Ghz?
If It isn?t as OC-friendly as the 1.6 I?ll probably stick to the 1.6 Ghz cpu?

Regarding Motherboard: If I have understood everything correct I should stick with ddr instead of rambus, is that correct? Please give me suggestions on what brand/model you recommend.

Any help with the questions above would be greatly appreciated.

/Peter

 

[CrazySaint]

Intel discontinued the 1.6A a couple months ago, and has since improved the manufacturing process, so it 1.6As while still excellent overclockers, are perhaps not quite as good as more recent Northwoods. So the current Intel "Budget" OC'er is the 1.8A, which if you get a good chip could hit 2.7-2.8GHz, and 2.6GHz is pretty common. With the 2.26Bs, a typical OC would be about 2.7-2.8GHz, and a good chip combined with good RAM could hit 3GHz or a bit higher. If you're not sure if you are going to OC or not, or may not OC until the chip gets "slow", and you have the money, then I would recommend the 2.26B since its faster at stock, and may OC higher.

DDR vs. RAMBUS: Yes, I would recommend DDR over RAMBUS, since it has the best price/performance ratio and I dislike RAMBUS the company. I would recommend that you either get Corsair XMS PC3000 CAS2 or Samsung Original (Samsung chips on Samsung PCBs) PC3200.

Motherboard: Make sure you get a motherboard based on the i845G chipset. If you've got the money (about $170), get the Asus P4B533-V, otherwise get either the Abit BG7 or the EPoX 4G4A(I|+). There are three models of the EPoX board: The 4G4A which is the base model; the 4G4AI which adds NIC, and the 4G4A+ which adds NIC and RAID.

 

[SSXeon5]

Originally posted by: CrazySaint
Intel discontinued the 1.6A a couple months ago, and has since improved the manufacturing process, so it 1.6As while still excellent overclockers, are perhaps not quite as good as more recent Northwoods. So the current Intel "Budget" OC'er is the 1.8A, which if you get a good chip could hit 2.7-2.8GHz, and 2.6GHz is pretty common. With the 2.26Bs, a typical OC would be about 2.7-2.8GHz, and a good chip combined with good RAM could hit 3GHz or a bit higher. If you're not sure if you are going to OC or not, or may not OC until the chip gets "slow", and you have the money, then I would recommend the 2.26B since its faster at stock, and may OC higher.

DDR vs. RAMBUS: Yes, I would recommend DDR over RAMBUS, since it has the best price/performance ratio and I dislike RAMBUS the company. I would recommend that you either get Corsair XMS PC3000 CAS2 or Samsung Original (Samsung chips on Samsung PCBs) PC3200.

Motherboard: Make sure you get a motherboard based on the i845G chipset. If you've got the money (about $170), get the Asus P4B533-V, otherwise get either the Abit BG7 or the EPoX 4G4A(I|+). There are three models of the EPoX board: The 4G4A which is the base model; the 4G4AI which adds NIC, and the 4G4A+ which adds NIC and RAID.

Agreed 100% with you for once CrazySaint I would recomend:

-Pentium 4 2.26Ghz (533Mhz fsb) Retail $234.00 (add $1.00 for 2-day shipping)
-Abit BG7 i845G mobo $120.00
-512MB Samsung PC-2700 DDR333 $136.00

Thise is $490.00 for a Super fast/stable setup. And if you want to oc, 3GHz is no problem and with the AGP/PCI lock on the mobo, there is no need to worry bout them out of spec

SSXeon