New Motherboard for P4

[WesleyB]

Hi,

I'm want to buy a new computer.
I find it quite difficult to choose a motherboard for a P4.

I was thinking of buying a MB with DDR333 and a RAID controller support to use striping. First of all, is this a good idea for performance or is the gain minimal. Second question, which MB would be a good one. I'm not talking about price, I want quality, performance and stability.

Please help me out of this mess, I'm going mad

Thanks

 

[Crashman]

If you're looking for the best performance, stability, and quality, get a Gigabyte GA-8IHXP and some PC1066. DDR333 is a price based option.

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[WesleyB]

Thanks for the tip!

 

[ppereira]

How about the Gigabyte GA-8SG667 DDR400 AGP 8X w/o raid. And for $111.00US dollars it dont look to bad....

 

[Crashman]

Nope, not bad at all, he simply ask for the best performance, not the best value.

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[ppereira]

O U C H...... $162.00 for the GA-8IHXP out of my range.

Heck this is what I am looking at:

Gigabyte GA-8SG667 for $111.00 w/S&H
P4 2.5 533mhz for $189.00 w/ S&H
Samsung 512MB PC3200 400Mhz DDR $146.00 w/S&H

I have everything else, Abit Siluro GF4 4400 128MB,400watt PSU and a big server case (matter a fact it is the one at pimprig.com the dude who made the coffee machine and PC combo that is the case that I am using LOL) Going to give the box a paint job black metalic and i am done. I really do not need all of the bells and whistles.

 

[juin]

I really suggest that you get Pc2700 and not Pc3200 there will never have offical support for PC3200.

I wont leak detail

 

[Crashman]

Sounds like a reasonable comprimise.

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