[ale] OT: motherboard/processor recommendations

[Steve Long]

I read the reviews and the 4400 is $50 more and out 
of my budget.  The 4200 was $209.  and tweaked out like they have it 
at www.ocsystem.com it out performs the 
MSI 4600 and the Lead 4400.
 
 
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  Kilroy, 
  Chris 
  To: <A title=ale at ale.org 
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  Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:32 
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  Subject: RE: [ale] OT: 
  motherboard/processor recommendations
  
  ->-----Original Message----- <FONT 
  size=2>->From: Steve Long [<A 
  href="mailto:stl2 at mindspring.com">mailto:stl2 at mindspring.com] 
  ->Sent: Thursday, August 15, 2002 3:30 PM <FONT 
  size=2>->To: ale at ale.org <FONT 
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  recommendations -> <FONT 
  size=2>-> ->The fastest Athalon is the Athalon 
  XP 2200+ running at 1.8 ->GHz  Cost 
  around From what i've read the 4400 may be the way to 
  go, since it overclockable to the same performance as the 4600. 
  my memory may be deceiving me on that, but something you might 
  want to look into if you order is still pending. 
  -> ->I have yet to crank it up 
  as I am waiting on the Video card.  ->A 
  GeForce 4200 ->from OCsystems. <FONT 
  size=2>-> ->Check out <A target=_blank 
  href="http://www.ocsystem.com">http://www.ocsystem.com <FONT 
  size=2>-> ->They also have systems that are very 
  fast. -> -> 
  -> ->However, the AMD chip is 
  still slower than the fastest ->Pentium even 
  with ->overclocking and the architecture advantage 
  AMD has. -> ->Intel's 
  sheer speed advantage is a little over the top of AMD but the <FONT 
  size=2>->Athalon is much cheaper. -> 
  ->AMD also wants more power for the 2200+ and copper 
  cooling.  ->Be sure what <FONT 
  size=2>->you buy is on the list from AMD. <FONT 
  size=2>-> ->Take a look at <A target=_blank 
  href="http://www.tomshardware.com">http://www.tomshardware.com and read 
  what he ->has to say about <FONT 
  size=2>->the mother boards. -> <FONT 
  size=2>->Tom gets a good look at the new ones. <FONT 
  size=2>-> ->The DDR stands for Double Data Rate 
  (Synchronous RAM) -> <FONT 
  size=2>->It does two data operations in one cycle.. <FONT 
  size=2>-> ->It will not act like more RAM but it 
  will process the data faster. -> <FONT 
  size=2>-><A target=_blank 
  href="Http://www.kingston.com/tools/bits/bit33.asp">Http://www.kingston.com/tools/bits/bit33.asp 
  -> -> <FONT 
  size=2>->Dollars for bytes, AMD is better.  Sheer speed, Intel has the 
  ->edge...  For <FONT 
  size=2>->now. -> <FONT 
  size=2>->Unless AMD comes out with something faster soon, Intel will 
  ->best them again. <FONT 
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  Original Message ----- ->From: "John Wells" 
  <jb at sourceillustrated.com> ->To: 
  <ale at ale.org> ->Sent: Thursday, August 15, 
  2002 2:05 PM ->Subject: [ale] OT: 
  motherboard/processor recommendations -> 
  -> ->> I typically build my 
  own pcs from web-order parts, but have ->had no 
  need to ->> keep up with hardware trends since 
  two years ago, when I ->assembled my 
  ->> current 900mhz athlon. <FONT 
  size=2>->> ->> I'm looking to upgrade the 
  motherboard and processor, but ->don't know 
  what ->> my best options are.  Is the 
  Athlon still outperforming the ->equivalent 
  ->> pentium?  If I stick with the Athlon, what are 
  some good ->mbs to take a <FONT 
  size=2>->> look at?  I'd like to go top of the line as far a 
  processor ->speed goes.  I <FONT 
  size=2>->> currently run an Abit KA7 and have been very pleased with 
  ->performance. <FONT 
  size=2>->> ->> An additional question: is 
  DDR practically (as opposed to only ->> 
  theoretically) equivalent to 2xSDRAM? ->> 
  ->> Thanks! ->> 
  ->> John ->> 
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