I have a P4-2.26 and need help with MO/BO & memory

[PacknHeat]

This is my current setup (and want to change it):

EPOX 8KHA+
Athlon XP 1900+ with Swiftech MCX462
Crucial 512Mb DDR
ENERMAX Whisper EG465P-VE(FC)
SIIG ULTRA ATA 100 PCI Controller Card
X-Gamer Audigy
WIN-TV PVR
Leadteck GF3 Ti 500
WIN XP Pro

Hello all
Well, my controler card is going out on me. My TV card looks really bad on this board. Hauppauge said it's a common problem with the KT266a & KT333 chipsets. It looked very sharp on my 815 chipset.

Anyway, I have in my hand a P4-2.66 CPU. I am really confused about the MO/BO & the memory choice. Yes, I've been reading a lot, but still have questions
With this chip, I want a 845E or an i850E board, correct? I would like the RAMBUS route in the memory category.

Questions (please)
There are 2 choices in RDRAM for this chipset, PC800 & PC1066. Would the PC1066 really make a difference with a 2.66 (will be O/Cing)?

Kingston & Samsung (spell check) sell PC1066, correct? How much $?

Before I ask, which board, have the i850E boards been out long enough to recommend a very stable and semi overclockable one?

Thanks guys

 

[BigBiggist]

Well im building the same type of system. I am putting a 2.26 P4b and overclocking it to 2.6 or 2.7. I was told, and I believe that the best mobo for this would be the Giga-byte GA-8IHXP Tehama-E 850E/ICH4. This is the board that I am going to use to overclock. It allows u to overclock more than the Asus P4T533-C, a review said the asus can only go to 150 fsb, and it has more features than the Iwill P4R533-N but it may be more difficult to overclock, you will get more out of it though. The gigabyte runs for about $180.00.

As for the Rambus, I was told that Samsung was a better overclocker. I am getting the PC-800 because the other is too expensive. I was also told that it was easy to overclock the PC-800 to PC-1066. This is the ram that i am getting and the price, 2x Samsung 256 MB PC800 nonECC RAMBUS RDRAM RIMM - $166.00.

All of these prices are at www.newegg.com. hehe now someone will read what i wrote and probably criticize me becuase i am new at building comps.

Anywho, lol hope that i was some help.

 

[Phob]

fatburguer used an abit th7II and p4 1.6Aghz runing at about 2.5Ghz, hes using samsung pc 800 rdr ram so it sounds like a good choice also