Best Canterwood (875) system on a budget of $480

[krazynutz]

OK. what components would get me the farthest with a Canterwood(875) system on about $480?

1. P4 2.4C / Abit IC7 / PC4000 512MB?
2. P4 2.4C / Abit IC7-G / PC3200 512MB?
3. P4 2.4C / Asus P4C800 Deluxe / PC3200 512MB?

I'll take scottchen's advice on the ram. PC3200 = Corsair, and over that go with OCZ. Besides the combos I've listed, anybody got any better combos with the Canterwood(875) chipset within the budget? Anybody got any good reasons to get the Springdale (865) chipset instead?

 

[scottchen]

P4P800 is what I got and it's 1 hell of an overclocker, 325mhz FSB!!! but since I don't have real good cooling on it, sometimes it could reach 67C, however when i lower it to 317 the temp drops dramatically, highest of 59C. P4P800 is great for a fairly cheap board, it supports SATA and has gigabite lan. Sure the i875 chipset has better performance than mine but difference's really small at that high of FSB. if you could afford 2.6C with PC4000 OCZ memory then that'll be a much better setup then you could use syncronized Dram frequency, it will get you more performance. I think i875's not really worth the extra money from i865pe.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[krazynutz]

Yo scottchen. does the 2.4c overclock better than the 2.6c? Or do they overclock about the same, ie: 2.4 = 3.4 & 2.6 = 3.6? right now, the difference in the 875 and 865 chips may be slight, but a new bios release might widen the gap, yes? Anyone! I need some second opinions to sway me to the 865! I totally respect your input scottchen, but you seem to be the only one giving me real info. I can't make any final decisions on one person's opinion, professionally valid as it is. I need good reviews or second opinions from other people. Like PIII man said, you definitely know what you're doing, but you also may have been blessed with incredible equipment too. Oh yeah, and from what I've read, among the 865 chips are actually good chips and not-so-good ones. There's definitely a black sheep version in the 865 chips and I don't remember what version it is. You recommended the "pe" version. Is that the good one I take?

 

[scottchen]

Yeah there used to be a lot of people here but everybody seems to be busy. I'm the only 1 in high school so i'm farily relaxed. Well I don't think you can buy the i865 anymore they're all i865pe chipset. 2.6C will give you higher frequency at syncronized FSB is what I meant. But then again it's all up to your luck, some 2.6C might not make it post 3.4G some might get to 4.0 you never know.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[PHOBOS]

Hey there Scottchen

Are there any P4c 2.6 that can't do 250x13=3250MHz.
Reason I ask is that I dont want a P4 that can't over clock to 250Mhz FSB safely. I also hear that some P4c 2.4 can't make 250MHz, which is why I am not gonna gamble on the 2.4.
Any truth to this. As I see that there are 3 different P4 2.4 (800 FSB) on Intels website, 2 that produce 66 watts and one that produces 72 (I assume that the 72 watt version doesn't overclock well), but I see that there is only 1 2.6 (800FSB) version that produces 69 watts. Does the 72 watt 2.4 overclock lower due to the heat, if so then the a 2.6 is a better choice as all produce 68 watts meaning lease heat. Im I right or tataly wrong, check out:
http://processorfinder.intel.com/scripts/list.asp?ProcFam=483

Thanks

Leader of TEAMPHOBOS

 

[scottchen]

All the chips should be able to do 3.4G at least, then it's up to the motherboard.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU

 

[krazynutz]

Ok, according to that email you sent me scott, the Geil Platinum 4000 is right up there with OZC - trading off as leaders of the two benchmarks....sooo...I think I'm going to go with the P4 2.6c ($205) and the Geil Platinum 4000 (only $145 and it looks sweet) and the IC7 ($125) bringing my total to $475. A guy on another forum has the same configuration and loves it - saying he's doing 3.2Ghz without really pushing it. Thanks for the info!

 

[HardWareBoss]

My systemy 2.4C OC to 3.0 IS7 Mobo hyperX PC3500 2X512. With stock Hsf. Plus 5 case fans.

 

[scottchen]

lol krazy just below the max you want to spend.

-Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.84G -Asus P4P800 -OCZ Copper 2x256 4000EL memory @ 275mhz 3-4-4-8 -Sapphire 9800pro @ 490/780 -SB audigy -80G Maxtor Diamond Plus9 Ultra ATA-133 hdd -450 Enermax PSU