Which chipset to run with northwoods?

[pay]

I am going to buy either a C1 1.8A or 2.0A and hope to hit 3 Ghz. Back when I was into northwoods, the 845D & 845G chipset, including the 4G4A and P4B266, were the ones to go for. Now I see most are getting either the PE or the Granite Bays? I am not sure which is right for me, I only have one stick of RAM so Granite bays dual channal would be of no use to me. So the way I see it is PE or 845G chipset. What are the advantages of each? I remember the 845Gs were very overclockable but are they slow and outdated compared to the PE chipset? Any advice is appreciated!

Thanks

 

[Ausm]

I suggest getting an Asus P4PE motherboard using the 845 Intel chipset. My rig runs rock solid becaeing overclocked from 2.0 gig to 2.5 gig.



Ausm

 

[CraigRT]

845pe is good.
even the 845e or G

most 845's are great chipsets actually.

 

[Bovinicus]

The PE is the way to go right now. There isn't much reason to go with the 845E/G. The Granite bay chipset is nice, but it's still a little tough to get ahold of. On top of that, the motherboards are super expensive.

Don't discount RDRAM either. PC1066 gives a significant boost over current single-channel DDR chipsets. The memory can overclock reasonably well also.

 

[LukFilm]

I have a 2.0GHz CPU running at 3.0GHz default voltage on a PE chipset motherboard from Albatron (I STILL can't remember the name of it).

 

[pay]

I dont understand why the PE is better than the 845G. The 845G overclocks better and is cheaper!

Is the PE faster?

 

[Shagga]

Originally posted by: ausm
I suggest getting an Asus P4PE motherboard using the 845 Intel chipset. My rig runs rock solid becaeing overclocked from 2.0 gig to 2.5 gig.



Ausm

I agree. 😉

 

[bgeh]

i'd go with the i845pe