Questions on Pentium 4 Setup

[chris1984]

Dont really know much about the Pentium stuff, have been using AMD. Want a new setup and thought Id try this.
Main concerns questions are. Motherboard, processor, memory.
Heres what I came up with please suggest and comment.

-ABIT IC7-G, Intel 875P chipset for Socket 478 800MHz Canterwood ATX Motherboard
-Intel Pentium 4 / 2.6CGHz 512k socket 478 Hyper Threading Technology 800 MHz FSB
- (2) GEIL DDR RAM 512MB PC-3200 Value 400MHz Ultra- CAS 2.5, 2T Command With Extreme Performance Heat
Is this a cost effective setup?
Iv read the Asus makes a good board for the P4. Any suggestions?

Thanks for the help.

 

[TTZX]

I'd go with the IS7 instead, you won't notivce too much of a performance drop at all and you'll save quite a bit over the IC7-G.



<b>P4 2.4C @ 3.0GHz 1.525V Stock HSF * Abit IS7 BIOS v1.3 * Corsair XMS 2x256MB PC3200 2-3-3-6 * GeForce4 Ti4200 AGP8X 128MB * SB Audigy 2 ZS * Logitech Z-680 THX 5.1 * Seagate Barracuda 80GB SATA</b>

 

[twofruitz]

great set up if your going to OC. if your going to OC make sure you get some decent ram , ddr3700 at least.

if your not going to OC buy a P4P800. they are cheap and have loads of features. i brought a P4C800 and i believe i should have brought the p4p.

there is about a $110AU price difference

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Intel PIV 2.4C @ 3.0G \
Asus P4C800 \
Corsair 2x512 3200LL memory \
Radeon 9600pro @ 500/700/1.35 \
SB Live 5.1 \
80G Seagate S-ATA150 \
430 Antec 1080AMG