Building Comp For Cousin

[BloodySunday]

Well orignally i was looking at the P4C800-E DELUXE from ASUS which is $180 but then when I compared it to the P4C800 DELUXE($163) I noticed that the P4C800 DELUXE does have Dual Channel but the P4C800-E DELUXE does not. I know when u look at benchmarks for Athlon XP's Dual Channel makes little difference and I was wondering if it was was the same for P4's. Can any one help me with my desicion. I was also looking at the IC7-MAX3 from Abit($189) and the IC7-G MAXII ADVANCE from Abit($139) or a 875P motherboard from MSI. Hes a gamer and I'am kind of on a budget($900 or so but any mother board here will still get me in the price range). Heres the rest I was planning on getting him.

 

Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8C GHz 800MHz FSB, 512K Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail $175

 

OCZ Enhanced Latency Series Dual Channel Platinum 184 Pin 512MB(256MBx2) DDR PC-3200 - OEM $136

 

SAPPHIRE ATI RADEON 9800PRO Video Card, 128MB DDR, 256-bit, DVI/TV-Out, 8X AGP -RETAIL $218

 

SAMSUNG 120GB 7200RPM IDE Hard Drive, Model SP1203N, OEM Drive Only $85

 

Thanks

 

EDIT

Not ocing at all.

Edited April 28, 2004 by BloodySunday

[Guest Ballz2TheWallz]

MAX3 ALL THE WAY THEY ROCK!!!!

[HomerJaySimpson]

I agree, i have the Max 3's little brother the MAX 2 and both of them arent great OC'ers so i understand. The asus boards are more overclockable but the Abit boards are very stable

[Shadowfactor]

get a Regular Ati card , there better then SAPPHIRE

[Eva_Unit_0]

Um, Sapphire actually makes the "ATI" cards...they're exactly the same, just with a different sticker. Sapphire makes fantastic cards.

[ccokeman]

If you dont need all the onboard bells and whistle the standard IC-7 does a great job o/cing included . Both my brother and dad have one and are rock solid. 2.4c@ 3.4 and a 2.8c @3.2 to start . Both prime stable for 24hrs.

[BloodySunday]

Anadtech's review showed the the ATI card performed pretty poorly compared to other compaines model. http://anandtech.com/video/showdoc.html?i=1955 And does anyone know if Dual Channel makes that much of a difference for P4's?

[ccokeman]

Makes an enormous difference with a P-4 as long as its a c model i think . They can really use the increased bandwidth. My brothers [email protected] just stomps my system on memory bandwidth using sandra's memory bandwidth test. Plus we are using the same ram both running dual channel.

[HomerJaySimpson]

Well i did a sandra test on my rig and it has dual DDR, here are my results;

RAM Bandwidth Int Buffered ISSE2 5679 MB/S

RAM Bandwidth Float Buffered ISSE2 5670 MB/S

 

Im sure i've had it higher than this, the full way 6.4, dunno why it's dropped

[BloodySunday]

I knew all the chips had DC but the P4C800-E DELUXE the motherboard i was orginally going to get him doesnt support DC according to New Egg.

[HomerJaySimpson]

Just go for the Abit then, cause they support it and its prolly a cheaper board if you just go for the plain IC7

[BloodySunday]

The only thing is the plain IC7 has no onboard LAN.