Re: new mainboard query

From: Rubix (chess_at_charitydays.co.uk)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 07:22:57 -0000

I have more or less settled for a $200.00 ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe board.
The Intel site seems to recommend only Gigabytes GA-8NXP series with an 875
chipset
but that costs about $400.00. I am not sure the difference in performance
can justify the price.
The Asus also seems to have a lot of novice-friendly features like an auto
web-update facility for the bios and crash protection.
Its also the same chipset.

I think I'll buy 2 smaller memory sticks. I might damage 1 big one.

Yeah 478 is the socket type not the chipset.

Rubix

"Curt" <no-no@notime.com> wrote in message
news:eElL76rxEHA.3024@TK2MSFTNGP14.phx.gbl...
> 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
> news:41911bbe$0$43634$ed2e19e4@ptn-nntp-reader04.plus.net...
>> 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
>> news:uCWFRuixEHA.1452@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
>>>
>>> "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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