P4 2.6C worth it w/ a ti4200?

[anomaly]

Im debating whether to buy either:
P4 2.6C 800mhz fsb $260
1 x 512mb Kingston Hyper-X PC3500 C2 $120 *going to 1gb in ~ a month*
Asus P4C800 Deluxe $190 OR Abit IC7 $140
Geforce 4 ti 4200 64mb - already have
$572 total

OR

P4 2.4B 533mhz FSB $160
2x 512mb Kingston Hyper-X PC3500 cas 2 $ 240
Asus P4G8X - $160
same other items as above.
$554 total

I already have the GF4, and haven't been able to sell it. I will probibly keep it until the prices on the NV35 chipset's come down, 6-9 months from now. I know the first setup will be the setup to have in 6 months, and the 2nd will be falling behind. As well, I will goto 1gb of ram in ~ a month on the first setup. So give me your thoughts

 

[SupermanCK]

nv35 is coming out...
so u should get it when it comes out

so u have ~$600 to spend?

 

[oldfart]

Whichever CPU you get, I would get the 875 board over the 7205. MUCH more future proof and it is $20 cheaper.

 

[Tom]

For what it's worth I agree with OLDFART, I don't see the point in buying a Granite Bay, even if you wanted to use a 533fsb processor.

If you are like me and are trying to get the best you can get for a small amount of money you might consider a Springdale like the Abit IS7 for $115. Although the prudent thing to do if you are interested in a Springdale board is to wait a short time for the official release and subsequent reviews by Anandtech.com and other reliable sources.

The Springdale doesn't have one performance feature the Canterwood does, PAT, but the Granite Bay doesn't have this either. At least on paper I don't see any reason for an average user to get a Granite Bay over a Springdale, but I'd be glad to be corrected if I'm wrong about this.

Also I think it is likely that the 2.6c processor will be significantly cheaper than $260 in a very short time. Or if you have intentions of overclocking, the less expensive 2.4c might give you virtually the same performance as the 2.6c, depending on what level of overclocking you plan to do.

As far as your graphics card question, a faster computer is always better ! Even if your graphics card becomes the limitation in your system for some tasks, eventually you will be able to get a much faster graphics card for cheap, and the rest of your system will already be ready. And the Geforce4 ti4200 is a very nice card which will work quite well for most things until Directx 9 stuff becomes common someday in the future.

 

[jhites]

Originally posted by: oldfart
Whichever CPU you get, I would get the 875 board over the 7205. MUCH more future proof and it is $20 cheaper.

Absolutely, without a doubt.

 

[orion7144]

The 2.4C is listed on most sites at $199 so you save some cash there and it will probably OC just as good as the 2.6C.

 

[anomaly]

Where can the 2.4's be found for sale? The places i've checked are OOS, or expensive.

 

[orion7144]

Try sparco.com. They are a distributor and if you are creative and no where to look you can possibly get it for $20 sheaper using a coupon through staples. Yes staples sells CPU's just most people don'tknow about it.