pentium 4 machine

[d3ano]

Right, next weekend i am going to build my gaming rig.
I have decided to go for a new P4 3GHzC chip, 512MBSDRAM3200 and a meaty ATI9800 AGP Card. Only thing that i am not sure on now is the motherboard.
I was after a board withan 875chipset, but i have been told that a 865 is quicker as it doesn't have and "ECC" checking onboard???
Can anyone recommend the best board for the CPU that i have; it needs to have an 800Mhz FSB.

Thanks

[d3ano]

luca brazzi said:

Any of the latest Gigabyte boards. BIG NOTE: sounds daft I know, but make sure you put the heatsink fan on pointing in the 'right' direction. The noise difference is HUGE. Something about which end the wires face.

Have you had a good experiance with the Gigabyte boards then.
Thanks for the tip Luca

[d3ano]

plotloss said:

P4 though, I'd swerve that like the plauge, AMD are FAR superior for entertainment titles.

Why's that Plotless? Is that personal preferance or is there a sound reason why?

[d3ano]

The AMD chips don't have Hyper-Threading though....do they??

[d3ano]

thanks Mashie. I have decided to go for te MSI board as it seem that its the dog ollocks in boards.
As you said in a thread i need 2x 256sticks of ram. can this can take the 3700(i am assuming this is the fastest ram on the market) stuff and would it make use of that extra bandwith, i wans't too sure on reading the write up.

D3

[d3ano]

Do you know what manufacture makes the faster RAM?
I know that Crucial is the cheapest, but its not the fastest.
And what is the fastest speed for RAM?

If i am going to build a games rig i want everything perfect for at least a week.

Thanks