Ashiitaka Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 Hey, wondering what people's opinions are on Gigabyte GA-8IHXP vs the P4T-533C for Rambus boards. Or if you think pc3500 is the way to go? I'll be doing some mild overclocking, mainly with just the FSB Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Psywar Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 Giga Board Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3bruts1d Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 Go with DDR. RDRAM is dead. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiitaka Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 Ok, this is what I'm not sure of.. People say that Rdram is dead.. do you mean in terms of support? Because if they're still being sold, they ARE the fastest kind of ram, right? Another question If Ddr is the way to go, I'm a bit confused with the motherboards.. there's the P4PE boards, and granite bay are the latest, supporting 333Mhz officially.. but pc3500 is 434Mhz.. Err? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiitaka Posted December 4, 2002 Posted December 4, 2002 Ok, been reading some more, think I have the mobos figured out.. overclocking to achieve the results that the pc3500 can give, etc.. but what about rambus? 2 sticks of 512MB Rdram vs. 1 gig of pc3500 or other DDR? I've read about this, but not sure what the conclusion is now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiitaka Posted December 5, 2002 Posted December 5, 2002 aCk sorry, got off topic again.. moderator can move if ya want.. i'll post in memory section.. my bad Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
NyCUnDaGroUnD Posted December 5, 2002 Posted December 5, 2002 i favor Gigabyte. But if u want overclocking performance go with ASUS. Also for P4 users. I read an article saying that OCZ PC3500 memory was faster and better to clock then corsair. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
xpandapuss Posted December 5, 2002 Posted December 5, 2002 I'm using a P4PE and I love it.... I have a couple friends who picked up that P4T533 and are somehow a little frustrated [at the moment]... I'm OCing the PC3200 well past 435MHz... I'll be trying PC3500 soon just to see where I can take it--maybe past RDRAM bandwidth scores... I don't know about Gigabyte boards ...never had one in here [yet]... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashiitaka Posted December 5, 2002 Posted December 5, 2002 Well i guess what it comes down to is I'm not sure which cooling system I'm getting.. may get the AquariusII if it turns out to be decent.. or may go custom set.. but sets like the Innovatek are too expensive for me. So basically if the AquariusII turns out to be good, I'll only overclock as much as can be handled by it, and I may not need the better overclocking features of the ASUS as the Giga's OCing may be good enough (more people like the giga for non-overclocking). Open for more opinions if ppl are bored.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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