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I am taking the advice from this group and getting a cheaper ($2k ish) new
system (to be upgraded sooner) than a more expensive ($3k ish) one to be
upgraded later.
Motherboard: Nvidia Nforce 2 or Via KT400/8235?
RAM: 400mhz PC3200, 333mhz PC2700, or 266mhz PC2100?
Processor: XP 2400, 2500, or 2600?
Other specs are Quadro 4 750XGL and 80GB 7200 RPM HD.
Working with 200 parts assemblies (machined parts, simple geometry)
Any advice or changes I should make? (Looking for the best bang for my buck)
I would stay away from VIA. Over time too many driver incompatibility issues arise etc. Match the ram with your processor, presumably the XP2600 333MHz FSB and the PC2700 would be good. A dual channel arrangement would be fantastic but double your ram costs. ASUS makes the best mobo with the nforce chipset from what I've read.
I agree with Rich. The NForce2 boards with dual channel memory will give better speed. RAM must be in two sticks, but if you need, for example 1 gb, you can put in two 512 sticks and it works out very well. An XP2500 gets you into the latest type of chip (Barton core), so that should be the minimum. Looks good. I'm plotting a similar upgrade for my home system.
I have been looking at the asus A7N8X and have been stumped by how one should configure the dual channel memory arrangement that has 3 slots for some reason. Does one put in 2- 1G sticks? (this seems to be the slowest available memory for the most money) Does one put in 3 512M sticks? (Available a little faster, but how does that work with dual channels?)
The fastest memory I have found is only 256M sticks. If someone could please point me in the right direction and how well would the slower memory work? thanks
AZZO has DDR400 512 sticks for $113 (USD) online. Didn't see anything bigger than that. I'm guessing that the three banks are for people who need a lot of memory, but they lose the dual channel speed. Back on topic, we've had good luck with Xi computers. Their prices are much better than Dell, and they seem to be more flexible. Tom
DDR333 CAS 2 should be sufficient and is preferable to DDR400 CAS 2.5 which until very recently was all that was available. DDR400 CAS 2 isn't so easy to find.
The asus Nforce board board is the best (nothing
worng with the via I have it and is rock solid but not as fast as dual channel).
The Asus board will use dual channel ram anytime you have more than 1 chip (2 OR
3).
BUT if you use the NForce DO NOT BUY CHEAP GENERIC
RAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It is a great stable board with excellent
performance but it does not like cheap flaky ram.
I HIGHLY reccomend this ram by corsair as it is
specifically matched together and then tested in the Asus Nforce board so you
will have a pleasn't expreience with it.
DDR333
CAS 2 should be sufficient and is preferable to DDR400 CAS 2.5 which until
very recently was all that was available. DDR400 CAS 2 isn't so easy to
find.
they say it just works, whatever the memory setup
http://www.nvidia.com/docs/IO/12/ATT/nForce_TwinBank_Memory_Architecture_Tech_Brief.pdf
this is for the nforce, but one assumes also the nforce2.
They are not suggesting cheap RAM, but they are saying one can mix different sizes and non matched memory.
Can and should are miles apart when dealing with programs that will tax
CPU and RAM with every operation. If you watch this NG for even a short
period of time you will notice that hardware shortcuts tend to account
for a significant number of problems. Some users talk about overkill
when describing hardware platforms for IV. Personally I don't believe
you can have too much computer for IV regardless of what you are working
on.
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