nooyawkah Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 I don't know very much about pentium chips so please bear with me. What is the "sweet spot" for P4 cpu's right now? That is, which chip gives you the best bang for the buck? The user in question is not a gamer but would like a modern P4 machine. He already has 1GB DDR PC 3200 RAM to use. Also, mobo suggestions welcome. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxrider623 Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 a 1.8 is probably good but if he is building a system and hasnt bought a motherboard he should really look into an AMD chip unless they are really against AMD for the price of an intel 1.8 you could get an XP 2400 which i have and is a very good processor Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensioN Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 i would say a P4 2.4- 2.8 these two give ya really good performance, and are good for Ocing greetz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DeviQ3 Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 i was going to get an intel but finally decided on the 2800+ amd athlon BUT, i think the 2.4 - 2.6 P4's are the best bang for your buck, from what ive heard, mobo, GIGABYTE GA-8INXP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxrider623 Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 The user in question is not a gamer but would like a modern P4 machine i dont think he is going to need a system that fast if he is not gaming he is probably not overclocking! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensioN Posted February 23, 2003 Posted February 23, 2003 i dont think he is going to need a system that fast if he is not gaming he is probably not overclocking! well he wanted a modern machine. if you see the stuff he already has, you don't give him or advice him to buy a slow CPU , because then the speeds of the stuff he already has, are totally useless.. so i still advice P4 2.4- 2.8 greetz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxrider623 Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 where does it say how fast his system is and he said it was for someone else Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensioN Posted February 24, 2003 Posted February 24, 2003 where does it say how fast his system is and he said it was for someone else well i was talking for is RAM... greetz Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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