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by ogie_2001 1 view

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A friend of mine has the P4 Intel D850GB motherboard, socket 423, with an Intel 1.7GHz processor, socket 423, that runs slower than my P3 450MHz. He?s done everything Intel said to and it still runs bad. They now say it?s a problem caused by one of his components.

I plan to build my own P4 system with the parts listed below and want to ensure that I don?t have similar problems after spending the kind of money that will be required.

I would appreciate any comments from people with the same motherboard, processor combination that I plan to use or anyone that notices any problems on the horizon for this system. Are the monitor and speakers up to the standards of the rest of the system?

Case Antec P4 full tower SX1240
Power Supply 400W
Fans 3 plus power supply
Motherboard Intel D850MV socket 478
Processor Intel 1.7GHz socket 478
NIC 3Com 3C905C-TX-M
Ram 2 x 128 PC 800 RD RAM
Hard Drive Maxtor 30G ATA 100 7200 RPM
Video Card Asus V8200Gforce 3 Deluxe
Sound Card SB Audigy Platinum
Speakers Creative Inspire 5.1 5300
CD ROM Acer 52X
Burner Plextor 24/10/40A
Monitor Future Power 21? 21DB05

Thanks for any comments provided.

Dan

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by joe mcglubglub

Check with the MB maker. You may have a problem within the BIOS setup.
Check on the compatibility of the GForce card.
Check to see if the memory is displayed properly in the BIOS.

On another note, why Intel? AMD rocks...

by @lberto

This is a very nice configuration, It will work just fine. Stay with Intel, AMD doesn't rock, it sucks ...
Your friend could be experiencing some configuration problems, I had that problem once and it happens to be a problems with Windows 2000 andP-III and P-IV configurations problems. The workaround was full clean Windows Installation and so far no problem, the speed is just great and I am running Windows 2000 Advanced Server which is huge but so far I am very happy.
So, ask your friend for a new installation and good luck with your new system.

@lberto

by joe mcglubglub

@lberto is obviously sorry he purchased an Intel system. He needs to read up on the current bench marks between AMD and Intel.

I am sorry for you @lberto. Maybe next time you will get it right.

Cheers! ;)

by dcosgrove

All you hardware seems good, your friends trouble may be related to his hard drive. I haven't worked on too many P4 systems, so I dont know the quirks yet. I would offer two possible suggestions. Look at the Asus boards, they have historically out preformed intel boards and if you spent that much dinero on a system, check out Klipsh speakers. You will be mystified by the sound and they are priced rather nicely. Also, ensure your friend doesn't have his hard drive and CD device on the same ide channel.

by bohicam1

I work for a company that does 3-D mechanical design. the processing requirements can get huge on these systems. We have just received 3 workstations from XXXX company with 1.7 GB processors and 768MB 800pc RDRAM. Ya know what? Our 1GB processors with cheapo sdram blow them away. I think it is all the overhead associated with rdram. Wait until intel boards are out with ddr ram or sdram and get one of those, if you can't wait, my advice is to stick with a P-3...you will get much better performance.
Good luck!

Mike

by otl

ME DUMB! Tried PII thought great for 6 months, then toubles. Build system PII 166 works great, son kills (deleted OS). Dump PII for AMD, minor problems, Get PIII at work, seems great so far (1 Week).

To build my own and _ _ _ _ the rest is still a dream.

Put minimum required parts in, ensure works fine. And on each addition and reboot verify minimal loss of preformance, any major loss change component. Same result find a suitable peer component, slow and easy to keep your hair!!!!!!!!!!

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