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ok, I need some help...

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ikonzero

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i've decided to make a pooter to replace my dead one... I have a sound card... and that's pretty much it

I want to get the intel 2.0a northwood... but I have no clue as to which mobo would be best for me... any ideas?

there doesn't seem to be a consensus about whether ddram or rdram is better, so any advice on that front would be helpful as well

i'm not planning to overclock and i'll probably just buy a cheap geforce2 mx for graphics... so pretty much I just need to choose a mobo and case

help!

thanks

ikonzero
 


<< i'm not planning to overclock and i'll probably just buy a cheap geforce2 mx for graphics >>



And you're getting a P4 Northwood because....?
 
well I plan to get a new vid card soon... but not right now

i'd rather just have a cheap $50 card for now, but I want a good cpu so I won't have to replace it any time soon

I can also justify getting my parents to pay for a good cpu... but not an expensive video card, that i'll have to buy myself 😛

ikonzero
 
This seems like an immense waste of money to me. One of the few things that makes the Northwood a good thing is its overclocking potential. The minor performance gains over an XP1900-2000 just aren't worth $150+ dollars. But hey, if it's not your money...

If you can afford it, and your not OC'ing, go with RDRAM. DDR OC's much better, but "out of the box," RDRAM can't be beat. Don't know much about the boards... people seem to like the Asus P4T-E (?) for an RDRAM platform.
 
If you stick with an Intel board like the Asus P4B266-C you're guaranteed compatibility and competitive peformance. The Asus P4S333 is also an excellent board based on the SiS 645 chipset and comes with integrated LAN and 6-channel audio if you decide the card you have doesn't cut it. It usually costs a little less than the Intel board too. Go with DDR as the benefits of RDRAM don't outweigh the cost, Crucial is one of the best places to buy RAM.


If you're really in a crunch for money, consider AMD. You can get the same power or more for about 3/4 of the cost.
 
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