What would you buy?

[Hallowed]

After seeing P4C's tear everything a new ***hole I figured I should get one myself. Its hard being an AMD guy when you see a 6k sandra bench. :(

That said, what is the best setup as of now?

I'm trying to decide between a 2.8C or 2.6C because I wont have the cooling for 4GHz and would still like a very nice FSB. I don't have faith in getting a 2.4C that will hit 3600 MHz, as my Barton pretty much cans any 3500 MHz P4 CPU wise.

I also have no idea which mobo to get. Are springdales competitive with Canterwoods? Is the IC7 being left behind by the Asus boards?

Two more questions:

Whats the best aircooler for a P4?

and

My XMS3502 1.1 can hit 230 DC @ 5-2-2-2.0 with 3v actual on my NF7-S. What would be the general translation to FSB on an Intel board? I have faith the memory can go further but the NF7 wont push higher.

Thanks for any suggestions. :cool:

[Major]

Hey Hollowed going to make the switch to the dark side ! hehe

I haven't regreted it!:)

I think the Asus is King of the Hill right now, my second choice would be the Abit.

I'm able to run my XMS3500c2 at 240mhz with the Asus P4C800 @ 3.1v after vmod, so I would say that you would have no problem with 230+

I think the sweet spot is the 2.8c it would give you a good OC with 5:4 div and still be able to run good timing on the ram.

I don't know what everyone is using for hs, the retail P4c comes with a decent one so you might want to just try it out for a challenge.

Good luck ! keep us informed and may the force be with you (or is that the other side ?) lol

[karmakid]

the zalman cnps7000 is pretty nice too.
92mm 21dB fan.
but the best one is probably Thermalright 900U

[shogan191]

Hey Major, which way are you leaning today in the P4P vs. P4C quest? Just ordered a P4C. Should be here late tomorrow.

Does the SLK800 fit on inel chips?.huuummmm quess not, looks like the slk900 is for intel.

[Major]

I think the decision is really budget, if it means you can get a 2.8 with the p4p then that would be better (in my book) than a p4c with the 2.4 or 2.6, if budget isn't an issue the P4c and 2.8 would be very cool !

But the CW in the end will prevail with an advantage over the SD

[Hallowed]

Its constraints are merely what I can sell my NF7-S + 2500 + Thermalright AX7 for. First purchase is either a 5900Ultra or 9800Pro.