Free Motherboard after rebate

[supaz]

So if I have the ability to kick up the FSB, do I need to start buying all kinds of fans and temp monitoring equipment?

is this a pain in the ass to do?

[Kamal]

yes for ram 3200 because the higher the stock FSB on the memory, the lower can you overclock it, I didnt read all the specs on the mobo but can you oc this board ?? if you can , I say go for the 3200 and pick up the PIV 2.8 ghz @800 FSB, then you'll really be able to crank some juice out of the system

-e-

I don't know if the board can be o/c. Aren't P4's harder to o/c vs. AMD bc the chip is locked-down or something?

I'm going for the 3200 if I can find some good prices...

Well most boards come with an unlocking feature embedded into it.... and chances are this one does too.... you can even find software on the net that will let you bump up the fsb from within windows..... just dont do it too much or it will lock you out of windows

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[Simon Preston]

Re:: Free Motherboard after rebate

better these days to overclock by boosting the FSB rather than the CPU. clocking the CPU results in very minimal gains.

[supaz]

yes for ram 3200 because the higher the stock FSB on the memory, the lower can you overclock it, I didnt read all the specs on the mobo but can you oc this board ?? if you can , I say go for the 3200 and pick up the PIV 2.8 ghz @800 FSB, then you'll really be able to crank some juice out of the system

-e-

I don't know if the board can be o/c. Aren't P4's harder to o/c vs. AMD bc the chip is locked-down or something?

I'm going for the 3200 if I can find some good prices...

[dohturdima]

and pick up the PIV 2.8 ghz @800 FSB, then you'll really be able to crank some juice out of the system

-e-

I have it! (c)

[Simon Preston]

Re:: Free Motherboard after rebate

Never really liked Corsair.
I choose Kingston... mmmm, lifetime guarentee on them too. Buy them at the same time, and you won't have any issues.

[evangelion]

I'd get 2 sticks of identical 512meg 3200 RAM and take advantage of the dual channel function.

Corsair sticks like I've got are sold in matched pairs. Not really sure if I but into this but I know alot of the early dual channel motherboards had compatibility issues. Either way, I've never had a problem and the heatspreaders look nice.

[Simon Preston]

I'd get 2 sticks of identical 512meg 3200 RAM and take advantage of the dual channel function.

[evangelion]

what about the Ram? It takes DDR...PC 3200, 512mb good?

I might get nuts and throw down some $ on bad ass vid card...I dunno, my azz would be glued in front of the monitor then geekin out!

512 should be straight but a Gig is pretty much becoming standard. Whatever Longhorn turns into and other future apps are probalby going to require it.

As for video, there are a bunch of really good mid-range cards out right now. Dropping mad money on a X800 or 6800 isn't a good idea right now, I don't think. Alot of changes are coming in the next year or so that could really set home computing off. I would wait for these to come out and get all the kinks worked out before I dropped a lot of money on something out now.

Just my 2 cents.

[BeatMonkey]

I really need a new motherboard, and this would be a great option. Hopefully the offer will still be good on monday when I get paid.

[Kamal]

yes for ram 3200 because the higher the stock FSB on the memory, the lower can you overclock it, I didnt read all the specs on the mobo but can you oc this board ?? if you can , I say go for the 3200 and pick up the PIV 2.8 ghz @800 FSB, then you'll really be able to crank some juice out of the system

-e-

[supaz]

what about the Ram? It takes DDR...PC 3200, 512mb good?

I might get nuts and throw down some $ on bad ass vid card...I dunno, my azz would be glued in front of the monitor then geekin out!

[Simon Preston]

Re:: Free Motherboard after rebate

it'll take any Pentium 4 processor you can throw at it.
tho make sure you get one with an 800mhz FSB - This will bring the whole speed of the entire system up.

[supaz]

This is the first time i'm ordering from them. No sales tax and free 2 day Fedex.

I've looked all over the web and went to CompUsa and Newegg seems to have the best prices.

I wonder if they used to be known as Egghead?

what type of processor should I slap on there? i'm thinking about buying a P4 2.2ghz...

[MJDub]

Yeah I've bought quite a bit from Newegg and I'm quite satisfied. I got my LCD monitor, a motherboard and processor, some hard drives and other stuff from them and all my parts got here quick because it was FedEx instead of UPS (fucking UPS). I can't give any input about overseas customers though.