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I am wondering if anyone has used this mobo yet and what do they think of it? I am going to be doing a-lot of video work as well as 3D and special effects. - (Maya, After Effects, Combustion)

Also, what ram should I be using?

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I'd go with a RDRAM motherboard for better memory bandwidth, ESPECIALLY if you plan on doing any video work! My current favorite is the Asus P4T533-C.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

Reply to Crashman

Thanks for responding.... I will look at the Asus board.

Here's another question?

What do you think of the Intel P4 D845GBVL?

I am also looking to overclock these boards and would like to know which one would be the best solution?

Here is what I would like to build with:

- Either the Intel P4 Motherboard D845GBVL or ASUS P4T533-C

- Intel Pentium 4 / 2.26GHz Northwood 512K @533 FSB

- and 2 0r 3 Samsung DDR333 PC-2700 512mb for the Intel Board and then 1066 RAMBUS for the ASUS board. (will these boards accept 3 DIMMS)

- Visiontek GeForce 4 Ti 4400 or 4600

Would this solution work? Or is there a better one?

Thanks in advance.

Reply to FirStstep

In order to overclock on the Intel board, you would have to take a straight shot from 100 to 133 (400 to 533) by breaking a pin off the Northwood "A" CPU. You REALLY don't want to take such risk. Therefor, I suggest the Asus board. The clock generator of this board only supports up to 150MHz bus speeds to my knowledge, so that could take a 2.26 to 2550. Personally, I would take a 1.8A to "2.4B" at 133, and try for 2700@150 if you really want to push things.

What's the frequency, Kenneth?

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