Pentium 4

fartface · Post by **fartface** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:02 pm

IF i bought a pentium 4 processor, what else would i have to upgrade?

Jon · Post by **Jon** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:11 pm

well that would depend on what you currently have?

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:16 pm

I you get the latest motherboards with total support to the SDRAM , you will need only one motherboard .

aagiants · Post by **aagiants** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:17 pm

u need a mobo to match if u dont already have onne.. U cant mix and match a celeron mobo with a pen 4 mobo

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:19 pm

Originally posted by syncmaster
I you get the latest motherboards with total support to the SDRAM , you will need only one motherboard .

ugh...
you can also get a honda civic body and put a Corvette engine in it..

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:27 pm

Originally posted by BaLa

ugh...
you can also get a honda civic body and put a Corvette engine in it..

My PIII 1000 kicks the A!SS of the P4-1400 .

And i am asking who is the CIVIC here and who is the CORVETTE .

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:29 pm

His point was if you are going to get a Pentium 4 do not bottleneck it with SDRAM, you will want to combine it with RDRAM or DDR, DDR is the better option IMO

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:32 pm

Originally posted by syncmaster

My PIII 1000 kicks the A!SS of the P4-1400 .

And i am asking who is the CIVIC here and who is the CORVETTE .

lol
you didn't get it..
what I said meant, that it would be ridiculous to get a P4 with SDRAM
cause SDRAM would be a major bottleneck..

lol why not get a P4 2ghz w/SDRAM
LMAO
P4 + SDRAM is a dumb idea which will take of only becayse it's cheaper, but the performance will blow..

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:41 pm

The numbers in the benchmarks its something that i like to watch too .

But how stupid could it be the INTEL ,that goes back to the SDRAM as one mature solution for stability .

There many factors that counts , i ven above the numbers in Sandra .

I am open head enough , to not saying anything bad about DDR , but still , we have to help the people to save some money wen they make small upgrades .

At the bottom line , he can use, the SDRAM that he all ready haves .

Saving that money for the DDR , he can get a faster video card or something .

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 8:49 pm

I am open head enough , to not saying anything bad about DDR , but still , we have to help the people to save some money wen they make small upgrades .

yeah....
I didn't say NOT to get either DDR, SDRAM or RDRAM.
I was just saying it would be stupid to get a P4 w/SDRAM
anyhow, lets get back on topic..

fartface:
we really need some more info to be able to give you a good answer how much money do you have/want to spend?

and what do you have now?

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 9:13 pm

The man haves, one PIII 800 - Gateway Box - with GeForce 2 and he is running windows ME .

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 9:32 pm

sigh
just motherboard, and proc...
depends on the chipset you could have RDRAM in your current setup...
if your content/happy with everything else that is..
I would suggest a new case, since your gateway is prolly in a nonproprietory case.
if it is not, then you'd still need a new PSU
(correct me if I'm wrong here guys) noty sure if the p4's REQUIRE a P4 PSU

fartface · Post by **fartface** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 9:36 pm

syncmaster knows

800mHz p3 - Gateway Built
128 SDRAM
WIndows ME
Geforce 2 GTS -But getting geforce 3 in a month

would i even need a pentium 4 or is a 800mHz p3 good enough? games are already getting choppy for me, so will that GeForce 3 help any. i would like to spend around $500, if it is even worth upgrading

Brent · Post by **Brent** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 9:38 pm

it needs a new PSU because of the extra power cord besides the standard ATX connector you have to plug into the Mobo

and he may need a new case because the mounting holes for the HSF go through to the case mobo backing, usually a new case is in order, have to check out the specs on yoru case with the mobo your getting to make sure it matches up good....

BaLa · Post by **BaLa** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 9:45 pm

expect to pay about $250-300 for a mobo with a proc
around 1.5-1.7ghz
If you end up getting a P4 get a Socket 478 Pin not 423 (right?)

that would leave about $200

http://www.pricewatch.com/1/306/3768-1.htm

syncmaster · Post by **syncmaster** » Sat Oct 27, 2001 10:00 pm

Originally posted by fartface
syncmaster knows

800mHz p3 - Gateway Built
128 SDRAM
WIndows ME
Geforce 2 GTS -But getting geforce 3 in a month

would i even need a pentium 4 or is a 800mHz p3 good enough? games are already getting choppy for me, so will that GeForce 3 help any. i would like to spend around $500, if it is even worth upgrading

hahahaha My crystal ball never lies

specialy if its a SONY G420 ..

fartface · Post by **fartface** » Sun Oct 28, 2001 3:28 am

So can i put DDR ram on any P4 board that says RD ram or are they two different types of Ram?

YARDofSTUF · Post by **YARDofSTUF** » Sun Oct 28, 2001 4:32 am

FF, if ur gonna go P4 wait for the ddr mobo, and get a ddr socket 478 adna 2ghz P4

one thing that pissed me off is this 400mhz system bus, its really 100mhz with 4 pipelines!!!

loop2kil · Post by **loop2kil** » Sun Oct 28, 2001 7:03 am

here's a link to the p4(478 pin) board with ddr....hmmm only $100. am i missing something here?

http://www.pcdynamic.com/productdetail.asp?id=2085

MagicMikey · Post by **MagicMikey** » Sun Oct 28, 2001 10:30 am

Whoa! RAID and everything for 100$...wow...ughhh.....*faints*

HongKongPolice · Post by **HongKongPolice** » Sun Oct 28, 2001 11:15 am

Originally posted by fartface
IF i bought a pentium 4 processor, what else would i have to upgrade?

If you buy a P4, you'll be considered a newbie retard, and have to be kicked off this forum

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