Nope! the key is to stick with intel chipsets all the way!!
Most compatiable!!! on everything........yeah baby!
Names don't matter, it's the chipsets that hold the key. lol
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grinch2171 wrote:So far my PC kicks major ass
Haha
- Windows XP Home
- Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz Prescott with 1mb of L2 cache
- 1024mb (2x512) Corsair Dual Channel DDR400 TwinX
- ASUS nVidia FX5950 Ultra V9980 256mb AGP 8x 475/900(DDR) (Engine Clock/Memory Clock)
- ASUS P4P800 Motherboard with Intel 865E, DDR400, SATA RAID, AGP 8x, Automatic Percentage Overclocking, Temp Controlled Fan Speeds, 5xPCI, Gigabit LAN, Firewire, 8x 2.0 USB
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This is my opinion of modern computers, at this point CPU clocks dont really make much difference if you're using windows, but:
Intel Pentium 4 (786) Willamette 1.6 GHz 256KB L2 Cache
400 MHz FSB
Intel D845PT Desktop Motherboard
256 MB RAM (266 MHz Data rate)
:::Devices:::
Maxtor 40 GB Hard Disk (Primary Master)
(16 MB seq. read, 540 MB buff'd. read, 15 MB seq. write, 7200 RPMs)
Seagate 80 GB Hard Disk (Primary Slave)
(33 MB seq. read, 27 seq. write, 7200 RPMs)
Maxtor Floppy 3.5" Drive (61 KB/sec r&w)
CD-RW 24/16x (Secondary Master)
Liteon DVD ROM 16x (Secondary Slave)
6 USB Ports
1 Serial & Parallel
nVida GeForce 2 MX, 32 MB VRAM
SoundMAX Digital Audio (Intergrated)
Intel(R) PRO/100 VE (Intergrated)
US Robotics 56k Fax winmodem
:::External Devices:::
Gateway PC Camera (Webcam) (USB)
Axis Gamepad (USB)
Cambridge Soundworks Stereo Speakers (3+3 watts) (Sound Out)
Gateway EV700 16" viewable monitor (Video Out)
EPSON CX3200 Scanner/Printer (USB)
Gateway Millenium Keyboard (Standard 102)
Logtech Optical Mouse
and to top it off, I have two cup holders
Intel Pentium 4 (786) Willamette 1.6 GHz 256KB L2 Cache
400 MHz FSB
Intel D845PT Desktop Motherboard
256 MB RAM (266 MHz Data rate)
:::Devices:::
Maxtor 40 GB Hard Disk (Primary Master)
(16 MB seq. read, 540 MB buff'd. read, 15 MB seq. write, 7200 RPMs)
Seagate 80 GB Hard Disk (Primary Slave)
(33 MB seq. read, 27 seq. write, 7200 RPMs)
Maxtor Floppy 3.5" Drive (61 KB/sec r&w)
CD-RW 24/16x (Secondary Master)
Liteon DVD ROM 16x (Secondary Slave)
6 USB Ports
1 Serial & Parallel
nVida GeForce 2 MX, 32 MB VRAM
SoundMAX Digital Audio (Intergrated)
Intel(R) PRO/100 VE (Intergrated)
US Robotics 56k Fax winmodem
:::External Devices:::
Gateway PC Camera (Webcam) (USB)
Axis Gamepad (USB)
Cambridge Soundworks Stereo Speakers (3+3 watts) (Sound Out)
Gateway EV700 16" viewable monitor (Video Out)
EPSON CX3200 Scanner/Printer (USB)
Gateway Millenium Keyboard (Standard 102)
Logtech Optical Mouse
and to top it off, I have two cup holders
Pent 4 E 3.0 Ghz, 1MB Cache, 800 Mhz FSB, hyper threading
Asus P4P800 1 GB LAN, 800 Mhz FSB, 8xUSB 2.0, 5xPCI, 1 AGP, 1 WAN slot
Kingston DDR SDRAM, 1024 MB (2x512), PC3200, Dual Channel, 500 Mhz
Western Digital 36 GB, 10k RPM, SATA
GeForce 4
Pioneer 8x Internal DVD±RW/CD-RW
XP Pro
Basically, it's fast. My old computer is still crying after this bad boy bitch-slapped it.
I'm not using it full time yet. I still have to tear out the old heatsink and install the liquid cooling. Once that is in I can start overclocking. Then I'll get some benchmarks. Graphics won't be amazing marks though. That card is 8 months old and a lot has changed.
Asus P4P800 1 GB LAN, 800 Mhz FSB, 8xUSB 2.0, 5xPCI, 1 AGP, 1 WAN slot
Kingston DDR SDRAM, 1024 MB (2x512), PC3200, Dual Channel, 500 Mhz
Western Digital 36 GB, 10k RPM, SATA
GeForce 4
Pioneer 8x Internal DVD±RW/CD-RW
XP Pro
Basically, it's fast. My old computer is still crying after this bad boy bitch-slapped it.
I'm not using it full time yet. I still have to tear out the old heatsink and install the liquid cooling. Once that is in I can start overclocking. Then I'll get some benchmarks. Graphics won't be amazing marks though. That card is 8 months old and a lot has changed.
But mine still isn't bad, I want to do some upgrades but my wife would kick my ass. All I want to do is add 2 more 120GB hard drives and put a 3gig proc in it. Too bad I am stuck with the 533 FSB unless I swap mobo's as well.Bacon wrote:grinch2171 wrote:So far my PC kicks major ass
Haha
- Windows XP Home
- Intel Pentium 4 2.8Ghz Prescott with 1mb of L2 cache
- 1024mb (2x512) Corsair Dual Channel DDR400 TwinX
- ASUS nVidia FX5950 Ultra V9980 256mb AGP 8x 475/900(DDR) (Engine Clock/Memory Clock)
- ASUS P4P800 Motherboard with Intel 865E, DDR400, SATA RAID, AGP 8x, Automatic Percentage Overclocking, Temp Controlled Fan Speeds, 5xPCI, Gigabit LAN, Firewire, 8x 2.0 USB
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Yeah im just playing with ya, but yeah a 800mhz FSB will give you lots more juice plus Hyper Threading is uber cool with lots of ***** going on at once. Plus you could dig up a motherboard with all the good stuff like SATA, RAID, AGP x8, ATA/133, 800mhz FSB and Gigabit and you should be pretty future proof til PCI Xpress and DDR2 start to settle into the market.
Windows XP Pro
Mobo: Asus AMD a7n8x-e deluxe
Proc: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (box)
VGA: club3d ati radeon 9600pro 128mb
HDD: Maxtor 120gb 7200rmp 8mb
MEM: 512 MB DDR pc3200
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Mobo: Asus AMD a7n8x-e deluxe
Proc: AMD Athlon XP 2800+ (box)
VGA: club3d ati radeon 9600pro 128mb
HDD: Maxtor 120gb 7200rmp 8mb
MEM: 512 MB DDR pc3200
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Monitor - Hitachi CM751 21"
CPU _ Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton" (1.84Ghz)
Video Card _ Albatron Ti4680P Turbo w~128MB DDR
Memory _ 2~512 Sticks of PC2700 DDR
Hard Drive _ 2~160GB Maxtor 7200 RPM
CD-ROM _ Lite-On DVDRW SOHW-812s
_ Lite-On CDRW 52327s
_ Samsung DVDROM SD-616E
Router _ Link-Sys BEFSR41
Speakers _ Creative SBS2.1 350
Motherboard _ Biostar M7NCG Pro
Sound Card _ nVidia nForce Onboard
Network Adapter _ nForce Onboard / 1394
OS _ Windows XP Pro
Misc _ 420PowerSupply, Extra --> 2FireWire/2USB Adapter
Thats my beauty, hope i didnt miss anything
CPU _ Athlon XP 2500+ "Barton" (1.84Ghz)
Video Card _ Albatron Ti4680P Turbo w~128MB DDR
Memory _ 2~512 Sticks of PC2700 DDR
Hard Drive _ 2~160GB Maxtor 7200 RPM
CD-ROM _ Lite-On DVDRW SOHW-812s
_ Lite-On CDRW 52327s
_ Samsung DVDROM SD-616E
Router _ Link-Sys BEFSR41
Speakers _ Creative SBS2.1 350
Motherboard _ Biostar M7NCG Pro
Sound Card _ nVidia nForce Onboard
Network Adapter _ nForce Onboard / 1394
OS _ Windows XP Pro
Misc _ 420PowerSupply, Extra --> 2FireWire/2USB Adapter
Thats my beauty, hope i didnt miss anything
The Monthly world, daily struggle!
I am trying to talk my wife into letting me spend 500 to upgrade my PC. The upgrade plan is as follows:
Asus IC7 Mobo - Supports the Prescott P4 800Mhz FSB
P4 2.8E which I plan to overclock the ***** out of.
2 more Western Digital 120GB HDD to give me a total hard drive space of 480GB, of course RAID'd together for optimal performance. I also have a spare 20GB hard drive I may through in there just for the hell of it.
Asus IC7 Mobo - Supports the Prescott P4 800Mhz FSB
P4 2.8E which I plan to overclock the ***** out of.
2 more Western Digital 120GB HDD to give me a total hard drive space of 480GB, of course RAID'd together for optimal performance. I also have a spare 20GB hard drive I may through in there just for the hell of it.
Cool sounds good, I have a 2.8Ghz Prescott and have succesfully clocked it at 3.4Ghz. The 1MB of L2 cache is good for all your encoding needs =)
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I have been pretty happy with my box so far, but as most know we are never satisfied and i am already looking into getting a new box started up.
I am always going to stick with the AMD processors, because i have never had a problem with them, just have to have a little more air moving.
I am always going to stick with the AMD processors, because i have never had a problem with them, just have to have a little more air moving.
The Monthly world, daily struggle!
Parts have been ordered this morning. Once processed the will ship 2 day airgrinch2171 wrote:I am trying to talk my wife into letting me spend 500 to upgrade my PC. The upgrade plan is as follows:
Asus IC7 Mobo - Supports the Prescott P4 800Mhz FSB
P4 2.8E which I plan to overclock the ***** out of.
2 more Western Digital 120GB HDD to give me a total hard drive space of 480GB, of course RAID'd together for optimal performance. I also have a spare 20GB hard drive I may through in there just for the hell of it.