Recommend me a motherboard for a P4 3Ghz?

[Caspar]

Ok, with your help I've decided on a monitor and a baseunit

Now I need a quality motherboard and RAM for the P4 3Ghz chip.

Any suggestions?

Go for an ASUS motherboard.

What features do you want on the board ?

This is one I bought about three months ago to build my latest PC > P4S800

[downquark1]

Originally Posted by Pem

Go for an ASUS motherboard.

What features do you want on the board ?

This is one I bought about three months ago to build my latest PC > P4S800

You beat me to it. The P4P800 is what I was going to say.

[Bifta]

Go for an Abit IC7

[ntluser]

One highly recommended board is the ASUS P4C800-E Deluxe. ASUS have published a list of recommended memory chips for it in a PDF file on their web site.

[punky]

You can't go much wrong with ASUS IMHO. Me and most of my mates who build computers swear by them. As for RAM, i'd go with Kingston (preferably) or Crucial if I had the money. They aren't cheap these days (unlike a while ago, sadly), but they are quality nonetheless.

[Ramrod]

'Course, the title of this thread appears to say : "Recommend me a good motherboar"
.....So the first thing I thought was that Cas wanted to breed wild pigs

[Caspar]

I've opted for the Asus P4C800-E Deluxe P4 i875P

Quick question about memory....

I'm confused on the type of memory I need for this board...I know it's DDR and I'm option for the supported PC3200, but...which would you choose from these:

(£81) - Corsair ® Value Select 512Mb DDR PC3200 (VS512MB400C3)
(£70) - 512MB DDR PC3200 400MHz + Alum. heat spreader (branded Geil)
(£78) - Samsung 512MB DDR400 PC3200 RAM (original)

I'm quoting these prices from Microdirect.co.uk.

Also do I have to buy two of each...or could I buy 3? Probably not stretch my budget to 4!


thanks

[Richard M]

The Samsung is the best of the lot, although if you can stretch to buying some Corsair XMS memory you'd have a faster machine.

EDIT: Oh and have a look at OCUK, I use them all the time and can't fault their prices or service.

[Caspar]

Yeah Cosair XMS is in my budget just! ...but not a clue which one to buy

Looking at OCUK there seems many to choose from!
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatalog/Corsair_XMS.html

Anyone have a review of Corsair memory types?

Also, what's the difference betweem normal DDR and Twinx DDR? Which is better?

[Caspar]

Well according to this PDF by Corsair:
http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/.../Asus-1203.pdf

This is the RAM to go for:
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 (MY-026-CS)

How nice they are to produce a compat chart


Tho, charging £205 is not nice! :pp

[Bifta]

Originally Posted by Richard M

EDIT: Oh and have a look at OCUK, I use them all the time and can't fault their prices or service.

I think there's a few people who could though I like their forums however, very helpful bunch of people.

[Caspar]

Originally Posted by Bifta

I think there's a few people who could though I like their forums however, very helpful bunch of people.

Microdirect.co.uk are only £5 more than OCUK (not inc delivery if OCUK charge that?).

I'd rather buy it locally with the rest of my components

[Richard M]

Originally Posted by Caspar

Well according to this PDF by Corsair:
http://www.corsairmicro.com/corsair/.../Asus-1203.pdf

This is the RAM to go for:
Corsair 1GB DDR XMS3200C2 Pro TwinX (2x512MB) CAS2 (MY-026-CS)

How nice they are to produce a compat chart


Tho, charging £205 is not nice! :pp

That is probably the best RAM you could buy at that speed, you could always get 512MB though which would be cheaper.

[Tezcatlipoca]

Originally Posted by Richard M

Oh and have a look at OCUK, I use them all the time and can't fault their prices or service.

LOL, I can