Re: new mainboard query

From: Curt (no-no_at_no-time.com)
Date: 11/11/04 

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:45:20 -0600

Good choice. You'll be OK. 

-- 
Curt
"Rubix" <chess@charitydays.co.uk> wrote in message 
news:4191c1fe$0$3990$ed2619ec@ptn-nntp-reader01.plus.net...
>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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