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What is the best chipset for the P4's?

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I'm buying a computer from ibuypower.com, I want a 2.53ghz pentium w/533 FSB. I don't know which of these is the best so you decide:
MSI 648 MAX-L
MSI 645 DX
MSI 845G
AZZA P4X4

Which of these will be best in the future, so I don't get jipped, I don't really know much about chipsets. Thanks
They also have PC1066 rambus mobo's but I think they micht be too expensive, unless they're something I have to have, I won't bother.
Gigabyte GA-8IHXP
IWILL PR-533-N
 
🙂 Off hand I don't think there's much at all between them. All you really need is 533FSB ability, DDR333-PC2700 ability (official or not) and pref USB2 too. ATA133 and AGP8x matter very little, don't go paying much if any extra for them.

😉 Do check out the P4B 512k 2.4ghz 533FSB CPUs as they tend to be a fair bit cheaper and offer perf incredibly close to 2.53ghz. If you may want to o/c you really should consider the P4A 512k 1.8 - 2.0ghz 400FSB CPUs as these babies really o/c well and are a lot cheaper too. Most people find they reach 533FSB and that gives them identical perf to true P4B 533FSB 2.4ghz and 2.66ghz respectively.

😀 DDR is definitely the way to go, DDR333-PC2700 is a fair bit cheaper and every bit as fast as RIMM-PC800 while RIMM-PC1066 isn't substantially faster, esp considering the price diff. DDR400-PC3200 still isn't certified and is pretty quirky too, so DDR333 is definitely the right choice IMHO.
 
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