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Wade777 · January 31, 2004, 13:17 hrs

Ok, so its 3 years old... and its about time for me to invest in something better:

P4 1.7 Ghz (Overheats and freezes up at a rate of 1 time / minute .. I've tried many different cooling solutions)

GeForce 4 Ti 4400 (more expensive than my processor)

640 Mb PC 133 SDRAM

Dual 80 Gb 7200 RPM HDD's (WD) -- 2MB

Some crappy integrated sound/LAN

A motherboard that I dont even know the name of (Chipset = Intel 845G)

Some generic 400W PS

Its quite sad that the average computer I make is much better than my own
:(

Mark H · January 31, 2004, 13:22 hrs

What are you thinking about building?

Mark H

Wade777 · January 31, 2004, 13:30 hrs

I really want to make something with HT (I find it intriguing)
I think I'm just going to use all the same PC components that I currently have and just add a new case/power supply/motherboard/processor/memory
I'm looking at p4 2.6Ghz ish (800 w/ HT), 1 Gb Dual Channel (DDR400) memory, still undecided on the motherboard -- would like to do some OCing.
Any suggestions?

Mark H · January 31, 2004, 14:04 hrs

The intel 2.4 Ghz P4 chip is famous for overclocking. The ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe is regarded as the best motherboard for the P4 in my opinion.

Mark H

Wade777 · February 01, 2004, 21:26 hrs

ill check that MB out :)

Tranquility_Base · February 02, 2004, 04:45 hrs

make sure its a 2.4C.

Mark H · February 02, 2004, 08:58 hrs

Quote from: Tranquility_Base on February 02, 2004, 04:45 hrs
make sure its a 2.4C.

In case he doesn't know, that would be the 800 Mhz front bus version.

Mark H

Carskick · February 02, 2004, 14:55 hrs

The 2500+ of the Intel world. Wouldn't know, as I'm not a big overclocker, or Intel person. :)

Wade777 · February 02, 2004, 20:55 hrs

I've always used AMD.. until this computer :)

Wade777 · February 02, 2004, 20:56 hrs

oh yeah. and no microsoft :)

Rick G · February 08, 2004, 02:24 hrs

Definatly the 2.4 over the 2.6, The 2.6's are very bad when it comes to overclocking. Check my sig and see what a 2.4b can do. The Asus board is very good but the MSI is equally good, same features and cheaoer. My board is at $99 now. HT ready, 800 fsb, built in audio that is very good and a Great MSI forum for MSI owners only.

trav · February 08, 2004, 09:09 hrs

Quote from: Wade777 on February 02, 2004, 20:56 hrs
oh yeah. and no microsoft :)

Are you using Linux? Wich distro?

Wade777 · February 08, 2004, 15:55 hrs

Gentoo or Mandrake all the way!

trav · February 08, 2004, 16:21 hrs

:D mandrake 9.2 in my chioce!

Wade777 · February 08, 2004, 19:21 hrs

Gentoo is the best for gaming ;D

trav · February 13, 2004, 20:24 hrs

Really? Mabye i should take it for a spin? Does it look good? Will it support RADEON 7200 and 2 gigs of HD space?

Wade777 · February 19, 2004, 20:07 hrs

Quote from: Travis F on February 13, 2004, 20:24 hrs
Really? Mabye i should take it for a spin? Does it look good? Will it support RADEON 7200 and 2 gigs of HD space?

2 Gigs of HD space?? why so little.
Yeah, it will support a RADEON 7200 as most new distros of linux will. If you're going gentoo be prepared for a more difficult install, but much much better gaming system. You can d/l a build specifically for your processor; in return, everything is automatically tweaked. If it is your first time compiling and doing everything manually I would suggest using the 2 CD set (read more on www.gentoo.org ). They have great documentation and the community is great! Would highly recommend.

Wade777 · February 19, 2004, 20:09 hrs

oh yeah, use:
gaming-sources
... also first time use the Stage 3 Tarball
(If you dont know what I'm talking about, once you read thru the documentation you will)

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