- Joined
- Dec 18, 2001
- Location
- Duluth, MN
I recently came upon a website, and then became inspired to start a new project. After reading some interesting information on the Pentium 4 Mobile processor at:
http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/Intel/P4M/
I've decided that I will use one of these chips to build a new system. From what I've read, the P4 Mobile CPU will defualt to a 12x multilier with little difficulty when placed in a desktop board. This makes it possible to run the chip at an insanely high front side bus(200MHz+). Looking at the fastest DDR memory currently available, I could run a syncronous memory bus at 233MHz. That would leave the chip running at 2.8GHz, an achievable goal with increased voltage and adequate cooling. For optimal memory bandwidth, I would like to use a board with dual channel DDR. My question is, what board should I use? Here is a list of requirements:
Highly adjustable FSB settings (233MHz+)
Variable voltages for CPU (and memory is possible)
Dual Channel DDR support
Intel chipset
Ability to keep all other buses at stock speed (AGP, PCI, USB etc.)
Some other options of personal preference(not required):
Onboard ATA/100 or ATA/133 RAID
Onboard Sound
Onboard LAN
AGP 8X/Pro
Any ideas y'all?
http://www.vr-zone.com/guides/Intel/P4M/
I've decided that I will use one of these chips to build a new system. From what I've read, the P4 Mobile CPU will defualt to a 12x multilier with little difficulty when placed in a desktop board. This makes it possible to run the chip at an insanely high front side bus(200MHz+). Looking at the fastest DDR memory currently available, I could run a syncronous memory bus at 233MHz. That would leave the chip running at 2.8GHz, an achievable goal with increased voltage and adequate cooling. For optimal memory bandwidth, I would like to use a board with dual channel DDR. My question is, what board should I use? Here is a list of requirements:
Highly adjustable FSB settings (233MHz+)
Variable voltages for CPU (and memory is possible)
Dual Channel DDR support
Intel chipset
Ability to keep all other buses at stock speed (AGP, PCI, USB etc.)
Some other options of personal preference(not required):
Onboard ATA/100 or ATA/133 RAID
Onboard Sound
Onboard LAN
AGP 8X/Pro
Any ideas y'all?