MAVERICKS CHOICE Posted December 20, 2005 Share Posted December 20, 2005 Just about to upgrade my existing P4 2.53Ghz Gigabyte Mobo with raid, 1 gig of ram.Pls anyone comment & advise, I had a quote from my local comp guy who is generally pretty good on the following machineIntel P4-3.0GhzASUS P5P800 MoboGeCube 256mbATI Radeon 9600Pro video4 off 512DDR400 Ram2 off WD 300Gb Sata Hdd400W ATX CaseRuns out @ approx $1,200 Aus As far as the raid goes not familar with the Sata units is there a decent site where I can read up on this to have a better idea whats going on.All comments appreciated.CheersMC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldwolf Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Hey MAVERICK, what state you in??Is this for gaming?? If so I would change the vid card for a 6600gt, or whatever is the equivalent in ATI.Also have a look at AMD, they have some good stuff that is better suited to gaming.Otherwise its not bad, although I would get a better PSU than the one that comes with your case.oldwolf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nmX.Memnoch Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 That motherboard doesn't have integrated RAID. It has SATA, just not RAID. I'm looking at either that same motherboard or the SE variant because I just acquired a Socket775 P4 3.4EE and don't want to replace my 4GB of Ballistix or my BFG 6800GT just yet...but I also don't want to give up a P4EE either.Personally, I'm leaning towards the SE variant because the onboard NIC is Intel, where on the non-SE model it's Marvell. I had an Intel NIC before, but now have a Marvell NIC on my current P4P800-E Deluxe. I like the Intel NICs a lot better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAVERICKS CHOICE Posted December 21, 2005 Author Share Posted December 21, 2005 (edited) @ oldwolfCheers @ Syd/NSWNot for gaming neccessarily.Thanks for the advice will look into it.RegardsMC.That motherboard doesn't have integrated RAID. It has SATA, just not RAID. I'm looking at either that same motherboard or the SE variant because I just acquired a Socket775 P4 3.4EE and don't want to replace my 4GB of Ballistix or my BFG 6800GT just yet...but I also don't want to give up a P4EE either.Personally, I'm leaning towards the SE variant because the onboard NIC is Intel, where on the non-SE model it's Marvell. I had an Intel NIC before, but now have a Marvell NIC on my current P4P800-E Deluxe. I like the Intel NICs a lot better.Thats the advice I need, Thanks man. Edited December 21, 2005 by MAVERICKS CHOICE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suryad Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 Go with an AMD you would save money and at the same time get a better performance in anything else besides gaming as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ripken204 Posted December 21, 2005 Share Posted December 21, 2005 go amd dual core! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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