Which of these CPU/mb/memory combos is the fastest?

[C5Dave]

I'm looking to buy a "sweet spot" level system that is going to give me the most value/performance for my dollar today. I'm going to be doing about 70% gaming and the rest normal business application stuff.

I may try some light over-clocking but nothing extensive.

So here's my question... with all other components being equal....which one of these two CPU/mobo/memory platforms will give me the fastest overall performance?

1) AMD Athlon XP 2400+
ASUS A7N8X Deluxe
512kb Corsair XMS-3500 DDR

or

2) P4-2.4mhz 533fsb
Gigabyte GA-8IHXP
512Kb PC800 Rambus RDRAM

Thanks for your help.

 

[bgeh]

i'd go with amd over intel because intel uses PC800
PC800 rdram cannot provide the bandwidth for the 533mhz bus
my vote is with the AMD system

 

[Fox2k]

i dont think you'll get too far either way with half a meg of ram


if you overclock the p4 by 3 o 400 mhz, then it'll probbaly give you the best performance. otehrwise if you're not into that stick with the amd

 

[C5Dave]

What if I used PC1066 with the P4 would that make up the differnce over the Athlon?

 

[bgeh]

Originally posted by: C5Dave
What if I used PC1066 with the P4 would that make up the differnce over the Athlon?

then ,the performance will be around the same, with athlon being faster in a few benchmarks and the p4 faster in a few benchmarks.
my vote will still go with amd because it is much economical due to the high cost of pc1066 rdram

 

[Actaeon]

That AMD Combo is begging for an overclock... Very nice memory there...

 

[C5Dave]

ya.. the cosair 3500 sticks just came out

But I just saw an article that say the OCZ memory is even better then the Cosair ;

Look here : high end memory shoot-out

Anyone use the OCZ's that can confirm these findings?

 

[ChampionAtTufshop]

Originally posted by: C5Dave
ya.. the cosair 3500 sticks just came out

But I just saw an article that say the OCZ memory is even better then the Cosair ;

Look here : high end memory shoot-out

Anyone use the OCZ's that can confirm these findings?

yeah
ocz had a bad rep in the past, but i was wondering if they cleared their name?

 

[Matt]

The P4 system with a 1066rdram stick i as fast as the AMD-system. I would like the previous ppl on this thread go for an
AMD-system mainly because of the lower prize enabling you to spend more money on a good graphics card.

Since the XP2400+ requires better cooling due to larger heatproduction many generic HSF combos a VERY loud.
Try to get a good heatsink with an 80mm Fan. There are some really quiet ones out there (<20dB).

Good luck

/Matt

 

[CraigRT]

Originally posted by: bgeh

Originally posted by: C5Dave
What if I used PC1066 with the P4 would that make up the differnce over the Athlon?

then ,the performance will be around the same, with athlon being faster in a few benchmarks and the p4 faster in a few benchmarks.
my vote will still go with amd because it is much economical due to the high cost of pc1066 rdram

Yeah, I agree. AMD + Dual DDR = fast combo... that's as fast as you're gonna get with AMD like PC1066 and P4.

but it's alot cheaper.. PC1066 is quite a bit more.

 

[DivideBYZero]

Originally posted by: C5Dave
ya.. the cosair 3500 sticks just came out

But I just saw an article that say the OCZ memory is even better then the Cosair ;

Look here : high end memory shoot-out

Anyone use the OCZ's that can confirm these findings?

I've just seen GEiL 466Mhz/PC3700 sticks on the web today!!