pentium 4 system

[187]

im new to intel and considering buying a p4 1.6a cpu for my system. i unfortunatly am not very knowledgable in pentium mobos.

i would like to use pc2700 DDR ram(what is the best bang for your buck? the new rdram1066 or ddr?)
raid (highpoint controller the best?)
ata 133
it would be preferable if it had usb2.0 support
looking for a large oc

what is the best chipset?? so many.. so confusing..

what is the best overclocking motherboard for this type of setup.. intergrated audio video or lan is not really neccessary but wouldnt be considered unwanted.

i just want the highest yeild mobo that will get the 1.6a up to 2.4

thanks for the tips guys.

 

[Sukhoi]

After a few initial bad reviews, a lot of people have been really liking the EPoX 4G4A+ lately. The EPoX 4BDA2+ is also very good but doesn't have USB 2.0, LAN, and has been discontinued so it's getting hard to find.

 

[187]

reguarding the 4g4a+
i believe this is the Intel 845G chipset ?
i like the highpoint raid controller, and usb2.0

does this offer official support for ddr333?

wish the price wasnt so steep. are there cheaper solutions/chipsets that are being discontinued?

thank you.

 

[VSEKH]

This board does have official DDR333 support. If you have DDR333 or DDR400 memory installed in your system, the bios automatically sets the memory setting to DDR333.

 

[187]

at this point.. what is more effective / flexible @ pricewise cost

rdram pc1066
or ddr333?

the epox 4g4a+ looks very promising.
845g chipset looks like way to go.

 

[VSEKH]

DDR333 definitely because PC1066 Rdram you need to buy them in pairs. Price for one 512 MB DDR333 is around $90. For one PC1066, you need to purchase two 256 MB chips. One PC1066 256 MB memory chip costs around $130, for two this equals $260 plus shipping and handling. Not worth paying the extra money for this memory. The epox 4G4a+ is the way to go. More bang for the buck.

 

[Athlon4all]

Well, PC10666 is the fastest, but 845G/P4X333 with DDR333 is very close to it and the difference between them is acceptable, so, I would say go one of them

 

[Sukhoi]

Price for one 512 MB DDR333 is around $90.

I would think that's some pretty low quality stuff though. Samsung 512 MB PC2700 is ~$150 at Newegg.

 

[Acer]

Originally posted by: Athlon4all
Well, PC10666 is the fastest, but 845G/P4X333 with DDR333 is very close to it and the difference between them is acceptable, so, I would say go one of them

When you say PC1066 is very close to DDR333, difference between them is acceptable, what numbers do you have to prove that? I am not challenging but being inquistive because I just recently jump over to a 850E with PC1066. Clocking the 850E with PC1066 at 133 FSB is way better than ALL AMD boards at 210 FSB with DDR. And at 152 fsb (max for me on the Iwill P4R533), I am adding another 500-600 points on Sandra Memory bench (top out around 3750).

 

[DAPUNISHER]

Originally posted by: Acer

Originally posted by: Athlon4all
Well, PC10666 is the fastest, but 845G/P4X333 with DDR333 is very close to it and the difference between them is acceptable, so, I would say go one of them

When you say PC1066 is very close to DDR333, difference between them is acceptable, what numbers do you have to prove that? I am not challenging but being inquistive because I just recently jump over to a 850E with PC1066. Clocking the 850E with PC1066 at 133 FSB is way better than ALL AMD boards at 210 FSB with DDR. And at 152 fsb (max for me on the Iwill P4R533), I am adding another 500-600 points on Sandra Memory bench (top out around 3750).

Post some screenshots of your mem benchmarks or STHU

 

[optoman]

Here is a good read on rdram vs ddr.

If you can't tell by now, we like PC-1066 RDRAM. We like it a lot. Once prices come down and availability grows, PC-1066 will undoubtedly take the reigns as the leading memory technology on the market. That's not to say in the future it won't be up against some mighty stiff competition, as DDR-400 is shaping up to actually hit the market sometime this year, along with the wild card DDR-II technology, which is also shaping up rather quickly.

If you want the best then PC-1066 rdram seems to be it for now, but will probably change in the next six months.