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best MOBO w/ these items

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option141

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ok. i'm revamping my gaming PC a little bit, and i'm not really familiar with Intel compnonents. I was wondering what the best motherboard (fastest) would be w/ the combo below:

-Intel Pentium 4/ 2.8E GHz 800MHz FSB, 1MB L2 Cache, Hyper Threading Technology - Retail (Prescott)
-1 GIG Corsair DDR 2700 RAM
-ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128 MB

thanks for the help,
seth

P.S. Prescott or Northwood?
 
brief overview of...the difference between each?

i understand one is better for stock, and one is better for OCing - i'm not looking to OC though...atleast i dont think =p
 
I like the Gigabyte 8IK1100 myself. Excellent board, tons of features, overclocks like a dream...
 
I wouldn't say the IS7 is the "non-overclockers board" by any means, my 2.4c@3.1 says otherwise. :cool: I do have an early production model so they could be somehow crippled now..
 
joemama said:
I wouldn't say the IS7 is the "non-overclockers board" by any means, my 2.4c@3.1 says otherwise. :cool: I do have an early production model so they could be somehow crippled now..
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Mine is a dog. It is the worst board I've ever used for OCing. This might just be my particular board, but I still wouldn't recommend it to anyone...
 
even though i'm most likely not going to OC....IC7 sounds like it has less problems for people than the IS7.

Can anyone tell me what ''model'' of IC7 they'd recommend, because i'm lookin' at newegg and i see a whole bunch of different kinds (IC7-G, IC7-MAX3).

thanks - your help is really appreciated :)

-seth
 
option141 said:
even though i'm most likely not going to OC....IC7 sounds like it has less problems for people than the IS7.

Can anyone tell me what ''model'' of IC7 they'd recommend, because i'm lookin' at newegg and i see a whole bunch of different kinds (IC7-G, IC7-MAX3).

thanks - your help is really appreciated :)

-seth
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The biggest difference is the SATA Raid, the peripherals, The OATES on the MAX3. The extreme OCing of the Max3 doesn't work properly because of a voltage problem unless you mod the board yourself.

IC7-G
2nd Serial ATA RAID
- 2 channel Serial ATA 150MB/s data transfer rate with RAID function (0) via South Bridge
- 2 channel Serial ATA 150MB/s data transfer rate with RAID function (0/1) via Silicon Image PCI Chip

IC7
Serial ATA RAID
- On board 2 channels Serial ATA 150MB/s data transfer rate
- Supports RAID 0

IC7-MAX3
Dual SATA RAID
- 2 channel SATA 150MB/s data transfer rate with RAID function (0/1) via South Bridge
- 4 channel SATA 150MB/s data transfer rate with RAID function (0/1/0+1) via Silicon Image PCI Chip

Personally I would get the IC7-G MAXII Advance since it comes with a Serillel2 adapter which will work with either a HHD or an Optical drive. If you get one seperately it won't be cheap.
 
My IS7 board was the best board i ever had 315 fsb with a 2.4c. Early "pat" version. Sisoft scores @ 6.9k. with a volt mod. i could take the memory to 3.5 if needed.

The IC7max sucks, Stick with a vmodded IC7
 
Tedinde said:
My IS7 board was the best board i ever had 315 fsb with a 2.4c. Early "pat" version. Sisoft scores @ 6.9k. with a volt mod. i could take the memory to 3.5 if needed.

The IC7max sucks, Stick with a vmodded IC7
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You wouldn't happen to have a link that explains how to do the volt mod would you? More RAM voltage = OMGWTF oober overclock. Thanks in advance.
 
no, he's talking to me - thanks for hijackin my thread ;)

the reason i'm sticking w/ my corsair XMS 2700 DDR is because i can't really afford new ram, and i hear the XMS low laitency stuff is just fine =/

i'm still confused as hell what to get. :confused:
 
ok, as i looked at the IC7-G i start to like it more and more.

it has gigabit onboard LAN - does this allow for 100MB/S also?
 
P4C800-E Deluxe i875P chipset. Better quality than the Abit IMO.
P4P800-E Deluxe i865PE chipset.

i875P=ECC Support, true PAT enabled.
i865PE=None of the above.

Typically i875P's overclock better than i865PE's do. This is due to the fact that the i875P's probably come from better bins during the manufacturing process.
 
i think i'm gonna go w/ the

IC7-G

speak now or forever hold.....my peace o_O

if anybody really has problems with this board please let me know.
 
I like my board I bought it because it had the intel csa ethernet and ide raid even though I dont use it any more I lost all my info doing raid 0 the drive was only 2 months old and died any I use the other for backup
 
I love my board. IC7-MAX3. Extra addons up the whazoo. Overclocks really well also.
 
Sir-Fragalot said:
P4C800-E Deluxe i875P chipset. Better quality than the Abit IMO.
P4P800-E Deluxe i865PE chipset.

i875P=ECC Support, true PAT enabled.
i865PE=None of the above.

Typically i875P's overclock better than i865PE's do. This is due to the fact that the i875P's probably come from better bins during the manufacturing process.
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ditto... im very happy with mine..
 
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