Re: new mainboard query

From: Curt (no-no_at_notime.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 18:46:33 -0600

These sites: www.pcworld.com , www.pcmagazine.com , will offer a lot of
insight on components. There are others of course that you can Google for.
When you're ready to buy, check out www.newegg.com , www.tigerdirect.com ,
www.pricewatch.com and www.pricegrabber.com . NewEgg in particular offers a
wide variety of components at very reasonable prices and fast delivery. I
know this from personal experience. The same is said about TigerDirect, but
I've not dealt with them.

One other thing, in your first post you mention a '478' chipset. I pretty
sure you meant 478 to be the socket type of your CPU. That being the case,
I'm running the same HT CPU you have on an Intel D865PERL board with a gig
of DDR PC3200 memory. No problems at all. Take a look the Asus P4P800 Deluxe
series as well. I've got an HT P4 2.4 CPU on one with a gig of DDR PC3200
memory, again no problems. Posy back and let us know what you came up with.

Good luck, 

-- 
Curt.
"Rubix" <chess@charitydays.co.uk> wrote in message 
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> Thanks guys!
> I obviously need to do a little more research, before buying my 
> motherboard and memory. I need more info on the most appropriate DDR 
> memory and motherboard.
>
> My existing memory is  2 x  Kingston 512MB DDR  and a FIC P4M-800T 
> motherboard. The memory failed and I fried the motherboard  while fixing 
> the problem, by fixing  the DDR in back to front, and damaging a 
> capacitor.
>
> Any pointers to websites, mags or books which may help?
>
> Rubix
>
> "Frank" <bbunny@bqik.net> wrote in message 
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>>
>> "Rubix" <chess@charitydays.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:41903991$0$4038$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>> | Hi,
>> |
>> | I have 2 queries first I want to change the motherboard and memory only
>> on a
>> | PC I own. Does this mean I will have to reinstall all the software
>> including
>> | Windows?
>> |
>> | Secondly,  I have discovered that a 478 chipset was used on my old
>> | motherboard for a Pentium 4 3.0Ghz chip with HT. This is apparently 
>> very
>> | rare as per my research, or am I missing something? Can I use a
>> different or
>> | more appropriate chipset?
>>
>> #1  Not necessary, but probably best.
>> #2  P4  3.0G W/HT has 478 pins.  The I845, the I865P, the I865PE, and
>> the most mature the I875P chipsets will handle your CPU.  Your DDR
>> memory will control the FSB.  266 or 533 or 800.  For stability I would
>> suggest for your CPU an Intel i875p with matched PC 3200 RDRAM.
>> For more speed go to a Promise RAID 0 controller.
>> good luck
>>
>>
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