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Great! Thanks. by I need clarification 06/15/2003, 12:58am PDT
Moab wrote:

I need clarification wrote:

Moab wrote:

Entropy Stew wrote:



Yes. Completely.

I mentioned this on Slashdot once and had a legion of AMD zealot faggots out for blood so I tend to avoid saying it but they are quirky and fragile little bastards. Once P4 2.4s became dirt cheap and the 850 was everywhere, I never looked back.


If you had (relatively) unlimited funds and wanted to put together a new MB/CPU/RAM configuration, what would be on your shopping list, in the 2.4 ghz range? I mean name brand, model number, etc?

Thanks.


This is the core of my own next (Doom ]I[) box. The theme is an Intel 800FSB CPU on an intel 875 chipset. Both the boards in question are loaded to the point of making most the PCI slots unessential.


MB: Asus P4C800 Deluxe is pretty exciting as is the Gigabyte GA-8KNXP Ultra. (Asus is my first choice)

CPU: Pentium 4 2.6GHz, 512KB, 800MHz or 3.0GHz, 512KB, 800MHz.

RAM: 2 or 4 sticks of 512MB PC3200 DDR400 RSM from Crucial or Corsair. I have had nothing but good experiences with crucial but everyone is saying currently that Corsair is the best.


Next generation boards will be based on PCI Express with fibre channel and FireWire 800 onboard but nothing like that will be available in the near future.

I only rebuild my machine at home every two years or so, and it's hard to keep up with what people are saying. I'm neck deep in digital SLR camera forums and LCD projector forums right now, I don't think my brain could handle trying to wade through the latest in the Athlon v. Pentium wars on top of that. Both of those boards look great.

Thanks again - I appreciate it.
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                Re: screwdrivering by Fussbett 06/14/2003, 2:53pm PDT NEW
                    Re: screwdrivering by Entropy Stew 06/14/2003, 6:09pm PDT NEW
                        Um by Senor Barborito 06/15/2003, 5:19pm PDT NEW
                            AMD versus Entropy Stew by Fussbett 06/17/2003, 9:24am PDT NEW
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                                        I WIN NT by Entropy Stew 09/16/2007, 5:28am PDT NEW
    Jeezus, that's a slow download. by FoK 06/10/2003, 12:24pm PDT NEW
    Re: 3D MARK SCORES by Jhoh Creexul 06/10/2003, 1:44pm PDT NEW
        He's right by mrs. johnson 06/10/2003, 2:17pm PDT NEW
            Re: He's right by Jhoh Creexul 06/10/2003, 5:54pm PDT NEW
                You can do it yourself man, replacing a processor is easy as fuck. NT by mrs. johnson 06/11/2003, 12:28am PDT NEW
                    Easy as fuck. by Fussbett 06/11/2003, 4:24am PDT NEW
                        Having just rebuilt 3 machines from scratch last week by Senor Barborito 06/11/2003, 4:44am PDT NEW
                            I wish we were best friends. by Fussbett 06/11/2003, 12:21pm PDT NEW
                                Oh, no, I'm not that religious or anything . . . by Senor Barborito 06/11/2003, 6:24pm PDT NEW
                            Fag NT by Entropy Stew 06/11/2003, 3:38pm PDT NEW
                        Re: Easy as fuck. by Arbit 06/11/2003, 6:57am PDT NEW
                            RtCW:ET by Fussbett 06/12/2003, 5:12pm PDT NEW
    WTF?! by Senor Barborito 06/10/2003, 11:20pm PDT NEW
        SB's machine is a piece of crap. NT by Objective Software 06/11/2003, 12:15am PDT NEW
            It's my lack of a 'full' DirectX 9 card (GeForce 4 TI is not full pixel proc.) NT by Senor Barborito 06/11/2003, 4:48am PDT NEW
        Try using 128 or 64mb for the aperature. Bigger is not necessarily better NT by Entropy Stew 06/11/2003, 6:14pm PDT NEW
            I *did* still 0. GODDAMNIT I HATE YOU 3D MARK NT by Senor Barborito 06/11/2003, 8:04pm PDT NEW
    Re: 3D MARK SCORES by Bitter 06/11/2003, 1:59am PDT NEW
        Late September. They promise it will be out by then. by Senor Barborito 06/11/2003, 2:49am PDT NEW
            Games that won't ship by xmas unless the publisher forces it: Doom3, HL2 (nt) NT by Immodium AD 06/11/2003, 12:46pm PDT NEW
    Heh heh heh. by Chairman Mao 06/11/2003, 12:57pm PDT NEW
        Re: Heh heh heh. by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/11/2003, 4:19pm PDT NEW
    INACCESSIBLE_BOOT_DEVICE NT by Fussbett 06/11/2003, 6:07pm PDT NEW
    MY COMPUTER IS CRAPPY BUT I DIDNT KNOW IT UNTIL NOW! by lilgorgor 06/12/2003, 3:56am PDT NEW
        Reason: Geforce 4 TI is not technically a full DirectX 9 hardware implementation by Senor Barborito 06/12/2003, 9:31am PDT NEW
            Re: Reason: Geforce 4 TI is not technically a full DirectX 9 hardware implementation by lilgorgor 06/12/2003, 4:16pm PDT NEW
                Not at all by Entropy Stew 06/12/2003, 4:31pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Not at all by Fussbett 06/12/2003, 5:10pm PDT NEW
                Re: Reason: Geforce 4 TI is not technically a full DirectX 9 hardware implementation by Ice Cream Jonsey 06/12/2003, 5:24pm PDT NEW
                    Re: Reason: Geforce 4 TI is not technically a full DirectX 9 hardware implementation by Chairman Mao 06/12/2003, 5:28pm PDT NEW
    UPDATE: A World of Pain by Fussbett 06/14/2003, 2:46pm PDT NEW
        Sounds like you blew the chip. by Chairman Mao 06/14/2003, 4:23pm PDT NEW
        Re: UPDATE: A World of Pain by Choson 06/14/2003, 5:12pm PDT NEW
        Re: UPDATE: A World of Pain by creativepig 06/14/2003, 5:31pm PDT NEW
        Have you tried by Entropy Stew 06/14/2003, 5:57pm PDT NEW
            Re: Have you tried by Lufteufel 06/14/2003, 6:36pm PDT NEW
                Re: Have you tried by Moab 06/14/2003, 8:03pm PDT NEW
                    I'd like to take a moment and say that Athlons break way too fucking often NT by Entropy Stew 06/14/2003, 8:07pm PDT NEW
                        Yeah by Moab 06/14/2003, 8:35pm PDT NEW
                            Re: Yeah by Entropy Stew 06/14/2003, 9:28pm PDT NEW
                            Lemme ask you this... by I need clarification 06/14/2003, 9:40pm PDT NEW
                                Re: Lemme ask you this... by Moab 06/15/2003, 12:09am PDT NEW
                                    Great! Thanks. by I need clarification 06/15/2003, 12:58am PDT NEW
                                        Can I come over and use your new computer? :( NT by Fussbett 06/15/2003, 11:16am PDT NEW
                                        Re: Great! Thanks. by TheVacillator 06/15/2003, 12:17pm PDT NEW
                                            Re: Great! Thanks. by I need clarification 06/15/2003, 2:07pm PDT NEW
                                                Re: Great! Thanks. by Lufteufel 06/15/2003, 5:14pm PDT NEW
                                                    Re: Great! Thanks. by I need clarification 06/15/2003, 5:57pm PDT NEW
                                                        Re: Great! Thanks. by Lufteufel 06/15/2003, 9:24pm PDT NEW
                                                            Re: Great! Thanks. by I need clarification 06/15/2003, 9:39pm PDT NEW
                                                            UPDATE by I need clarification 06/17/2003, 5:36pm PDT NEW
                                                Derivative cocksuckers. (nt) by creativepig 06/15/2003, 6:16pm PDT NEW
                                            Oh, by the way by I need clarification 06/15/2003, 3:48pm PDT NEW
                                                Re: Oh, by the way by FoK 06/15/2003, 8:03pm PDT NEW
    THE END? by Fussbett 06/17/2003, 9:13am PDT NEW
        Get an APC UPS NT by Entropy Stew 06/17/2003, 5:31pm PDT NEW
    HAPPY ENDING (final post about my computer) by Fussbett 06/18/2003, 4:13pm PDT NEW
        Hm by I need clarification 06/18/2003, 6:45pm PDT NEW
 
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