Well over the weekend it happened, that brief window of opportunity. The wife said, "What do want for Father's day and your birthday?". Oh joy! These 2 dates are 2 weeks apart. I had been scheming for weeks about upgrading my Cel2-533a oc'ed to 898+ Abit BH6 board + 384 RAM + a Radeon 32megDDR card to a Tbird 1gig + MB (IWill KK266r?), using the same memory (which can do PC133 at CAS333) and peripherals, and using the Celery/abit combo as a basis for a budget pc, I will be putting together for my daughter this summer. So sweating profusely and avoiding eye contact, I lay out my plan, and she says, "How Much?". I matter-of -factly say "Oh I donno, about $250 or so". (that is for my gift). "This is not going to be one of those $250 really means $400 deals is it?" (we've been married a while). "No, no", I assure.
Well I dug myself into a hole as usual, and I need your help. I know this sort of question has been asked numerous times, but the facts keep changing and I have to move on this within a few weeks or not at all. I want a nice upgrade, but the best bang for the buck. I like doing 2d graphics w/ rather large files, and I like gaming, so a fast system is nice. I like to O/C, but not at the peltier or water cooler edge of things. The basic choice as I see it are 1) Tbird 1gig (hoping to oc to 1.3 or more)+ KT133a MB, probably an Iwill KK266 + a nice HSF (probably the copper Taisol) and use my current Sdram --- (About $290I estimate)or 2) Same CPU/HSF+ DDR board(probably the Epox EP8K7A)+ 256 of Crucial DDR pc2100 (about $60,can you believe these RAM prices?!)for about$370and donate my current sdram to my daughter's box. I figure I can always fanagle another 256DDR Ram stick down the road if prices don't shoot up and bring it up to 512.
This SDRAM vs DDR debate seems to go on forever, and clearly DDR RAM is the future (but maybe a different revision of it). I know that DDR boards will improve with time and make better use of this memory, but as I say I got to move soon, before some other expense comes up, and my next chance at an upgrade is probably a couple of years away. Beyond a certain point its all personal preference and choice..... so what's yours??
Well I dug myself into a hole as usual, and I need your help. I know this sort of question has been asked numerous times, but the facts keep changing and I have to move on this within a few weeks or not at all. I want a nice upgrade, but the best bang for the buck. I like doing 2d graphics w/ rather large files, and I like gaming, so a fast system is nice. I like to O/C, but not at the peltier or water cooler edge of things. The basic choice as I see it are 1) Tbird 1gig (hoping to oc to 1.3 or more)+ KT133a MB, probably an Iwill KK266 + a nice HSF (probably the copper Taisol) and use my current Sdram --- (About $290I estimate)or 2) Same CPU/HSF+ DDR board(probably the Epox EP8K7A)+ 256 of Crucial DDR pc2100 (about $60,can you believe these RAM prices?!)for about$370and donate my current sdram to my daughter's box. I figure I can always fanagle another 256DDR Ram stick down the road if prices don't shoot up and bring it up to 512.
This SDRAM vs DDR debate seems to go on forever, and clearly DDR RAM is the future (but maybe a different revision of it). I know that DDR boards will improve with time and make better use of this memory, but as I say I got to move soon, before some other expense comes up, and my next chance at an upgrade is probably a couple of years away. Beyond a certain point its all personal preference and choice..... so what's yours??
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