P4 1.6A dudes, Check out my order!!

[Don Vito Corleone]

Originally posted by: DoubleL
Well the first P4S533 I built I put a good 350 watt power supply and it wouldn't even boot at 160 FSB, Changed to a true 430 and it would, On the one I am working on now I went with the same 430 and it runs at 160 FBS but with stock heatsink just way to unstable, Funny thing is when I run it at 158 it run stable but at 160 the fan speed slows down to 1300 RPM's and the temp goes over 50C, Back it down to 158 and the fan speed picks back up to 2700 and runs fine, Think I would go with the 500+ next time

How high could you run it stably with the 350W PSU? I have a nice Antec 350W PSU and am hoping to run a 1.6A at 2.4Ghz on a P4S533.

 

[mikeg]

Everything looks good but have you seen that some of the new 845E chipset boards are out. Newegg has the new BD7II and also the have the giga-byte board also. Just my thoughts I would go with the newer 845E boards because they are out now. Just my thoughts
Mike

 

[SteelCityFan]

Originally posted by: ChrisADuffy
I think going with the 550 watt is smart, now your ready when something comes out down the road that needs big power.

Like what, the first ever stock refrigerated chip? Nothing but a waste of $50.

 

[TheLizardMan]

My debit card maxed out for today. Should I get the 845E chipset or the current board I have now? I know the p4b266-c will overclock well, but what about the 845e?

 

[9ball]

yap, 1.6a@2.4 on 300W only with p4b266-c

 

[ChrisADuffy]

Like what, the first ever stock refrigerated chip? Nothing but a waste of $50.

Steelcity, An example would be when the power hungry Athlons came out and everyone was scrambling for bigger power supplies. I look at it as an insurance policy. If money is an issue I would go with the lower wattage.

 

[HaroldW]

Unfortunately, googlegear sells Samsung chips on a non-samsung board. Whereas newegg sells Samsung on Samsung. What good is having high quality chips, if they are placed on a potentially marginal quality board? Check out this thread about this: http://www.asusboards.com/forums/sh...1f&threadid=15951&highlight=googlegear+memory