Trying to decide on a MOBO for a P4 3.06 HT

[1ManArmY]

I've been looking for a stable and compatible board to run my new P4 3.06. I will not be doing any overclocking. Any suggestions?

 

[Vette73]

Go with a newwer SiS655 board. Dual Ch Mem. and supports HT

 

[Duvie]

I second the notion to get a dual channel DDR mobo whether it be the Granite Bay e7205 chipset or Sis's 655chipset....Otherwise you are really are running substandard by not feeding the cpu with enough bandwidth of memory...

All but 1 of the sis655 mobos do not support HT and all the GB mobos do....If the sticker price is shockig then maybe a good i845pe chipset and use a 3:4 ratio fo the memory to run at pc2700 and you wont be too bad...better then pc2100 memory...

 

[1ManArmY]

Doesn't a RDRAM based MOBO support enough bandwidth? Looking at a ASUS P4T533-C Motherboard with 512 RDRAM PC1066. It is supposed to be a pretty stable board but I'm not sure if it supports HT. Isn't RDRAM faster than DDR II at least for right now?

 

[oldfart]

RDRAM and DC DDR are pretty close. You would never notice the difference between the two. I'm pretty sure HT is supported on the P4T533-C. Look here

 

[GrumpyMan]

I have a P4T533-C with a 3.06 on it that is the most stable board I've ever had so far. Just use bios 1008 on up and HT will be supported. I don't feel the need to o/c yet cause it's pretty fast as is. If you get Samsung (32ns) Rdram you can expect around 150 fsb o/c if you ever decide to. Use only 2 if you want to o/c, if not then you can use all 4 Rdram slots.

 

[1ManArmY]

What are your bench marks and system specs?

 

[Ketchup]

With the future of RDRAM so uncertain, I would probably steer clear and go for either Granite Bay, the SIS 655, or an Abit board with the 845PE chipset. I know you probably think the 845PE is slow, but if you use the 3:4 ratio available on many PE boards, the difference between it, Granite Bay, or RDRAM would be inperceptible, except for the 1 or 2 FPS that might show up in the benchmarks. Since I overclock, that difference is negligible. And I personally think Abit makes the most stable board you can buy.

 

[GetInMyFatBelly]

Gigabyte SINXP-1394 or wait for the GA-8KNXP Ultra around May.