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| Thread ID: 43683 | 2004-03-23 13:13:00 | A little upgrade advice needed.... | Carnie (3350) | Press F1 |
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| 224641 | 2004-03-23 13:13:00 | im looking at upgrading and am stuck on the same old point of AMD or Intel. Im aiming at a quiter system than my current althlon one, so im considering a P4 2.8Ghz, ive heard they are quieter out of the box than an athlon?? Or would i be better of spending the difference on a solid case and a silent psu?? Also, any recommendations for a P4 mobo around the $200 - $250 mark? Im considering a gigabyte model based on 865PE chipset. GA-8IPE1000 Pro2 i think. Any help, ideas, suggestion will be greatly apreaciated. Same goes for case aswell, but i want to stick to a tower. |
Carnie (3350) | ||
| 224642 | 2004-03-24 08:54:00 | P4s (in my opinion) run cooler, and therefore quieter as you don't need such a good fan. P4s are also currently cheaper than Athlons. Asus make very good motherboards. Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 224643 | 2004-03-24 08:55:00 | > as you don't need such a good fan. meaning power/blowiness/speed, not quality :D Mike. |
Mike (15) | ||
| 224644 | 2004-03-24 09:22:00 | Asus P4P 800 about 210-220 dollars nice board, nice features and very stable even when overclocked. Lots of good reviews of this board just do a google search. GA-8IPE1000 Pro2 is also a good board, I just prefer Asus. Any of these boards combined with a P4 2800 and stock fan and you'll have a quiet system. A thread on decent cases was posted recently. |
the highlander (245) | ||
| 224645 | 2004-03-24 09:35:00 | Get a new Intel Pentium 4 2.6 Ghz Prescott ($287.66+GST) With this, get a Asus P4S800MX Motherboard ($89+GST) And you'll be blown away. Expensive does not mean good. I'm looking at getting this combo myself :D Waiting for the financial support... :p |
~~~~~ s y ~~~~~ (2054) | ||
| 224646 | 2004-03-24 10:10:00 | The fans on the Prescott chips are WAAAAAY noisy... I wasn't impressed when I heard one. And I am an unashamed Intel fanboy too. Lo. |
Lohsing (219) | ||
| 224647 | 2004-03-24 12:06:00 | don't get a P4 EE unless u want ur house on fire, they have serious heating problem. P4P 800 is a good board, the newer one even comes with wireless LAN : ) When u get a P4 make sure u get a 800 MHz FSB one. If u want quiet cooling, nothing can compete with water cooling ^^, but if thats too much I guess u ll just have to find one of those silent fans. |
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