ASUS P4B533

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Do you think this board is gonna work fine with the Intel Pentium 4 2.53GHZ processor? And could you suggest a good RAM to go with it? I want 512MB. Thanks

[BipolarBill]

Want the best? Choose from here:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=147&manufactory=1687&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1

Want darned good and cheaper? Get 2 256MB Crucials:

http://www.crucial.com/store/listmodule.asp?module=DDR+PC2700&Attrib=Package&cat=RAM

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Thank you Bill but can you tell me what do you think of this board and if is gonna work fine with that processor? I will be playing games, browsing the internet, downloading mp3 and programming most of the time.

[BipolarBill]

Hey! The CPU and the board both ROCK. No Athlon can beat it. It's the fastest setup you can get (next to RDRAM - the P4T533) and is more than up to the task. You ain't gonna strain that setup doing those things! :cool:

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I got more questions :rolleyes:

1) how will I get the 2gb of ram if the board has only 3 slots for ram?

2)I was reading a review about this board http://www.overclockers.co.nz/ocnz/mobo/intel/i845e/p4b533/1.shtml and there is this paragraph:

There is no legacy AGP card support (and don't dare try to install it otherwise you might burn your motherboard) and only a maximum of 4 banks of memory is supported. In layman's term, you can only install two double-sided DDR RAMs. Dimm 1 uses two banks and dimm 2 and dimm 3 shares another two banks. If you have two sticks of doubled sided DDR RAM, do not install them on dimm 2 and 3. It might cause system instability or the system couldn't recognize one of the RAMs. The rule can apply to other I845E motherboards with 3 dimm slots as well. Users have only single sided DDR RAM do not have such restriction.

What do they mean by that?

Thanks again Bill

[BipolarBill]

First off, you'll need:

1 1GB Stick and 2 512MB sticks

or

2 1GB sticks

Secondly, you don't need 2GB of RAM! Spend your money on something you do need. 512MB-1GB is more than the intensive user needs.

They are saying that old (pre-Radeon and GeForce) AGP cards won't work.

Now, let's waste some more time. They mean that sticks of ram with chips on both sides need to be in slots 1 and 2 only. I thought that was pretty clear.

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where would you buy that board and the RAM?

[Direct1]

New Egg (http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=280&manufactory=1315&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1) has the mobo for $108 with free FedEx S/H. You could get it there and the RAM BipolarBill suggested.

Good Luck! :t

[BipolarBill]

Here:

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=147&manufactory=1687&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProduct.asp?submit=manufactory&catalog=280&manufactory=1315&DEPA=1&sortby=14&order=1

As you can see, 1GB sticks are rare. When you find them, they cost about $1000. :eek: