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Old 08-24-2004, 01:28 AM   #9 (permalink)
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Glad I could help (yes I meant Toronto). I would suggest a few things however:
- Get a P4C (NorthwoodC) ... much cheaper than the P4E (Prescott) and without the hassle. The Prescotts wont really start pulling away from the Nortwoods until the 4Ghz barrier has cleanly been breached as the Prescotts are inheirently much less efficient chips.
- Grab an i865PE/i875 based board as opposed to a i915/i925 board because (a) DDR2 has yet to mature and (b) you'll be paying a goddamn premium for it and (c) the REAL (as opposed to theoretical) performance difference is not earth shattering
- The money saved here can allow you to get a very nice video/storage subsystems
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