Wanting to upgrade my Barton to a P4 rig

[slag]

I currently have a barton core 2500+ at 2300 mhz with 512 mb of kingston pc3500 ram on an Abit NF7-S 2.0 motherboard.

I have a guy here at work who is interested in purchasing all 3 components and then I would upgrade from there.

I want to go back to P4. What is the best processor/motherboard combo which will allow good overclocking and take me up somewhere around 3.2-3.4 ghz or so?

 

[Vette73]

Well the new SiS655tx board is probable what you want, but so does everybody right now.

If you plan to order the board and CPU then get the Abit IC7 board. Great all round board.

Now if you can wait a week or 2 then go for a board with the new SiS655tx chipset.

I am sure you have read this REVIEW SiS655tx

 

[slag]

i hadnt read that review, thanks.

I pretty much decided today to switch back to intel.. Not because of stability or anything, I just dont think my 2300 mhz processor can run with the big dogs at intel.

Whats a good price to ask my coworker for my stuff?

I was thinking $260.00 for all of it.

Does this seem fair? I've used it for 3 months.

 

[beatle]

Are you keeping the ram? I would just keep it if I were you. I sold my 2500+, modified NF7-S (better NB and SB heatsinks) and 8045 + L1a to a friend @ work for $170. That's a bit under newegg's price for the CPU/MB, but the cooling was worth it to him since he wanted a silent computer. Since you have a higher overclock than most (2300mhz) you could probably fetch a touch more than retail.

The 2.4C m0 stepping is hot these days, but a bit pricey: over $200. The 2.6C isn't quite as hot, but you could still get good results, and it's cheaper @ $175. (I didn't 🙁). I'd go with the IS7 for budget reasons.

FWIW, I'm @ 3.0GHz on my P4 and it doesn't really feel much different than the Barton. I kinda wish I'd stuck with my old setup, and I wasn't even @ 2.2! Don't forget to budget for a good soundcard! The onboard sound on all Intel motherboards blows!

 

[pspada]

Another turns to the Dark Side.....:brokenheart: