Opinion on this set-up

[NJEnviroguy]

I figured this would be a good place to drop this list and get some feedback. Any comments are welcome.

ASUS P4S533
Intel P4 2.26 Retail Box <---- Is the factory heatsink and fan worth it or go aftermarket?
Corsair XMS PC2700 512MB
WD "Special Edition" 80GB
Gainward GeForce 4Ti4200 64MB
ENERMAX EG465P-VE(FMA) 431W PSU
Sky Hawk MSR4610 Case
(Gonna hold off on a DVD unit, scavenging a CDROM from old comp)

There was a lot of back and forth with the P4S533 and the P4B533, but decided to give this SiS chipset a run. Thanks peeps.

[BipolarBill]

The standard Intel HSF is all you'll ever need - it rocks.

Before you settle on the SiS, compare features carefully.

Looks good! :)

[$1500-P4 gamer]

The only thing I would consider is the fact that its ddr. The p4 is very bandwidth hungry and it gets worse as the chips go faster. In the long run that board will be starving any future cpu upgrades to death! I dont even wanna think about a 3gig at 533fsb on that slower ddr! They will be moving into ddrII real soon-its the only solution to this. Maybe even dual ddr! I would highly consider useing a rdram solution myself. (thats what I got and there is a huge dif.) The P4 cpu is even faster at the rdram level by quit a bit. Being that its 533mhz fsb I would go with rdram pc1066 or rimm4200- but match the mobo to the ram if going rimm4200 as its new stuff.;) :t

As for the chipset-no comment. I think everyone here knows I'm a Intel chipset only kinda guy after being scruged by SIS and Via both more times than I can count.:rolleyes: :t

[Joe Bronie]

If you want top performance and if you could stand to spend a little more, then by all means go with a rdram setup. A ddr setup is a cost-effective solution for the P4 but if you want to get the most out of that chip then rdram is the way to go.

[NJEnviroguy]

Could anyone recommend a MB for the rdram? I was so dead set on DDR that I never bothered looking into it further. I have seen some that support 600/800, but if I went to 1066, those wouldn't make any use of it?

[BipolarBill]

The Asus P4T boards are excellent.

[NJEnviroguy]

Are there any Asus P4B boards that take RDRAM? I've only seen the P5T boards that will take it.

[NJEnviroguy]

Scratch that....P4T not P"5"T....Wow, now I'm creating new processors.

[BipolarBill]

Hehe...see how hard it is to keep the numbers straight?

[jmichna]

Originally posted by NJEnviroguy
I figured this would be a good place to drop this list and get some feedback. Any comments are welcome.

ASUS P4S533
Intel P4 2.26 Retail Box <---- Is the factory heatsink and fan worth it or go aftermarket?
Corsair XMS PC2700 512MB
WD "Special Edition" 80GB
Gainward GeForce 4Ti4200 64MB
ENERMAX EG465P-VE(FMA) 431W PSU
Sky Hawk MSR4610 Case
(Gonna hold off on a DVD unit, scavenging a CDROM from old comp)

There was a lot of back and forth with the P4S533 and the P4B533, but decided to give this SiS chipset a run. Thanks peeps. I used the P4S533 for my wife's pc; so far it's been a good, solid board. I don't know if you are planning to OC the 2.26, but if all your looking for is 2.26 performance, you can get away with the 1.6A OC'ed to 2.134 by changing the fsb from 100 to 133mHz. This was the easiest OC I've ever done... just switched fsb speed, kept vcore same, no need to change the stock HS/F that came with the cpu. She's running DDR2100 ram, but when we get some $$$ I'll probably go with the DDR2700 like you are planning.

Of course, you'll probably take the 2.26 and see what OC you can get with that.... :x