- Joined
- Dec 13, 2003
- Location
- Saint Louis, MO USA
Hey peeps,
I have some money left over from my tax return and I'm having a hard time deciding on my next upgrade.
My sig below shows what I have as far as memory (PC3700). I've been reading and following the Komosa memory threads and have learned a great deal. Last night I took out all but one of my memory sticks, changed to 3:2 memory timings, and then testind my overclock potential of my CPU. I was able to post at 280 FSB! That taks my P4 2.4C to a staggering 3.360GHz! Of course, that's with just one stick. Two sticks may not be as fast. Right now, I have four sticks of PC3700 and I can do no better than 233 FSB.
....but..... DDR2 is around the corner, so DDR mem price might fall.
The other issue is my hard drives. I have a Maxtor 114GB drive that is painfully slow. My Mobo has Sata capabilities, but I'm not utilizing it at all. What a waste. I can buy two 120Gb Seagate barracuda's for $90 shipped each, or two 60GB's for $74 each.
....but..... SATA2 is around the cornder, so SATA price might fall too.
What would you do?
I have some money left over from my tax return and I'm having a hard time deciding on my next upgrade.
My sig below shows what I have as far as memory (PC3700). I've been reading and following the Komosa memory threads and have learned a great deal. Last night I took out all but one of my memory sticks, changed to 3:2 memory timings, and then testind my overclock potential of my CPU. I was able to post at 280 FSB! That taks my P4 2.4C to a staggering 3.360GHz! Of course, that's with just one stick. Two sticks may not be as fast. Right now, I have four sticks of PC3700 and I can do no better than 233 FSB.
....but..... DDR2 is around the corner, so DDR mem price might fall.
The other issue is my hard drives. I have a Maxtor 114GB drive that is painfully slow. My Mobo has Sata capabilities, but I'm not utilizing it at all. What a waste. I can buy two 120Gb Seagate barracuda's for $90 shipped each, or two 60GB's for $74 each.
....but..... SATA2 is around the cornder, so SATA price might fall too.
What would you do?