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CPFitz14 said:I am also building for the first time, and have learned a lot here. So far this is what i am going with:
POWMAX 300w PS @ 55.00 w/case (already bought)
P4 1.6a 'northwood' @ 136.00 shipped
asus p4s533 @ 115.00 shipped
256mb pc2100 samsung ddr @ 49.00 (already bought)
32x cd-rw @ 49.00 (already bought)
Gainward 64mb GeForce4 Ti 4200 3.5 ns @ 161.00 shipped
Maxtor 40 gb 7200 rpm ata133 @ 78.00 shipped
1 intake,1 exhaust (2 exhaust counting PS)
Win XP Home/Pro/Win 2000 (not sure, any advice)
Good luck, you should find a lot of help here in the forums
DMI+RY said:Totally agree with the previous reply.
First, decide what you wanna go DDR or RDRAM.
My personal preference after hours of research that by now high end DDR kicks existing RDRAM.
On my machine using Corsair XMS PC3000 CAS2 512MB stick, Sandra posts 30% increase over PC800. Assuming that PC1066 theoretically shall provide 33% up over PC800 (133MHz bus over 100MHz bus),
Good Luck
DMI+RY said:Hmmm,
Where did you get all that info?
I agree that Sandra's synthetic benches are not reflect real life situations.
Still, RDRAM lags way beyond even the slowest DDR PC2100.
Regarding the bandwidth, new PC1066 runs on 533MHz vs new DDR400 runs on 400MHz. According to this it's like 33% advantage for RDRAM bandwidthwise.
Check the access time, RDRAM 32ns vd DDR 6ns?
Here we go, 533% advantage for DDR?
Even though my rig running equivalent to DDR370 makes standard PC800 by 25-35%.
Another thing, as you know, RDRAM sticks are very sensitive for overclocking.
Prove me wrong.
Peace.
newguy said:thanks for all the info. here is what i am looking at building. pls feel free to add any comments, good or bad:
ASUS P4T533-C
INTEL P4 2.0 GHz C/W 512 CACHE
256MB RAMBUS PC800 RIMM ECC
Maxtor 60GB HDD
Volcano hs and fan
asus cdr/rw(already have)
Radeon 7200 PCI (for now, already have it)
Thanks for the feedback
MospeadasDark said:
I'd go with a P4 1.6a(northwoods) and overclock the snot outta it. You can get 2.1GHz without effort. You'd also be paying a lot less which could go towards a better videocard.
You don't need ECC memory unless you do servers. It'll drag down your performance and carries a hefty pricetag. Also get Samsung RAM. They generally do PC1066 and above speeds. Go for 512MB if you can. 256MB should be the bare minimum. Get 2 sticks instead of 4 for better overclocking results(harder to get all 4 sticks to sync at higher speeds)