Best Motherboard for P4ht

[psynaptic]

Hi folks,

This is my first post so be nice!

I'm going to upgrade my computer soon and could do with some professional advice. I have always been on the side of AMD but now I think it's time for a change as the P4ht's look rather good.

I make music and need all the speed I can get. I am considering:

- P4ht [need advice on the best one. I have looked around on the net and found the Northwood 2.8GHz (800FSB) which looks tasty. Would it be best to buy a 2.6 or a 2.8 and overclock to +3GHz or just buy the fast chip?]

- Asus P4P800S-E Deluxe [like the look of this a lot as I've always stuck with asus for my boards]

- Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Canterwood [this also looks very cool]

- A pair of Western Digi "Raptor" SATA Drives in Raid0 with an extra IDE drive for storage.

If you could recommend a good combination and also inform me of the best ddr to go with the set I'd be very much grateful.

Thanks a bunch,

Psy

 

[makaka]

p4 2.8 c oc 3.6 ghz;

asus mobo;
pc 3700 or higher;

but better willbe to go with A64
what do u think?

 

[tenegg]

if you go asus, don't buy the P4P800S, it's single channel. You'll want P4P800 or P4C800

 

[psynaptic]

ok thanks so far, what about the gigabyte board... has anybody got an opinion on it vs. the asus one?

I'm not clear as to how much more performance I would get from going 64bit. As far as I understand 64bit for audio related application, the plugins and instruments I use could be run using 64bit thus increasing the quality 2 fold. Is this correct?

Maybe I should stick a little behind on this one and go for the 2.8 northwood?

thanks again,

psy

 

[syberspy9]

i have a HT and Asus mobo ect well im saying i know what im talking about here

this is a killer setup i did last week for some guy who was all shady about what he was using it for:

asus P4C800-E

2.8C @ 3.2/with sp94 heat pipe line and stealth fan!

KINGSTON HYPERX 512MB DUAL CHANNEL KIT PC4000 2X256MB DDR 500MHZ 184PIN

ATI 9800 Pro 256DDR

2 WD RAPTOR 36GB SATA 10000RPM and a 80 gb 8mb sata for the os

2 multie drives (dvd burners that do all)

anteck slk3700bqe 1 side 1 front 1 rear 120mm fans (stealths)

anteck true blue 480w

SB AU 2 24bit

zip drive floppy drive fan controller

2 17" view sonic lcd 's

and these speakers that are like 400w he picked up i dint get them in for him he whent and got them

so i say go 2.8C asus p4C800-E the raptors are dope but get one more simpler hd just for the os

look at the setup above its sweet i need to scan this pic i have of it all setup for my test i did on it but he should have whent h20 think about it man

 

[syberspy9]

no go 2.8C!!! and asus rocks giga crap IMO

make shure u get a 800fsb cpu not any thing lowwer!!!

 

[oc jason]

dont get the kingston hyper X ram, i work with it daily and it is very poor for overclocking in general. I have 1 gig pc3500 and 1gig pc4000 and even at default speed, max vdimm they wont even post with tighest timings, i mean tahts ok at oc speed but when default speed is 2.5-8-8-3 and it wont even post at 2-5-5-2 then i dont have much faith in the memory :/ - try some Geil Golden Dragon.

 

[whitehaze]

Asus P4C800-E Deluxe

 

[stan03]

the abit IC7-MAX3 is a pretty good motherboard.

and if you aren't a crazy overclocker the mobo in my sig is pretty nice. it has lots of features, but kinda limited on voltages

 

[syberspy9]

now kingston or corsiar
geil ram imo is a poor ram all around

 

[stan03]

mushkin?

 

[whitehaze]

ocz?

 

[stan03]

that too

 

[bigdaddyTank]

Best bang for the buck Abit AI7, Replace my PITA Max 3 with it and have been very happy. Never had an Asus board, all mine are Abits. 2 raptors is the way to go, have them with a 200gig data drive. I have had great luck with OCZ and Corsair but the Geil is not that great.

 

[syberspy9]

never used ocz but there not to bad (dont seem bad)
but kingston is best corsair is right up ther with it

asus P4C800-E u must get this mobo its the best

hey stan how things by the way i have to say mushkin is cheap crap i wouls rather go samsung oem pc3200 ddr400 than any of there crap sorry to say

 

[Banshee350]

Ya, I would go ABIT IC7-G with P4 3.0C and some Kingston or Corsair memory. I have had great hyper x ram and great corsair xms ram. So many opinions...

 

[stan03]

never used ocz but there not to bad (dont seem bad)
but kingston is best corsair is right up ther with it

asus P4C800-E u must get this mobo its the best

hey stan how things by the way i have to say mushkin is cheap crap i wouls rather go samsung oem pc3200 ddr400 than any of there crap sorry to say

haven't been here much.... but mushkin being cheap crap.... level 2 black was "the" memory to have just a little while ago

 

[syberspy9]

hey stan im just saying imo its cheap crap ok no disrespect to u and ur mushkin

 

[psynaptic]

Thanks for all the replies people. I'm going offline for a few weeks due me moving house. Will check this thread when I get back. Thanks again,

Psy

 

[ParanoidTK]

I have p4c800 E deluxe
running 2 sticks of kingmax 512mb ddr400
and a prescott core 2.8 oc'd to 3ghz

beautifull, but I think if you goin got buy the 2.8 might as well go prescott since the p4c can handle it