Best P4 DDR 400 RAID Board?
I need a motherboard. What is the best board to get that has the following: Pentium 4 2. 53+ Support DDR 400MHz Support ATA 133 RAID Onboard I would prefer and Intel chipset but willing to look at SIS.
I need a motherboard. What is the best board to get that has the following:
Pentium 4 2.53+ Support
DDR 400MHz Support
ATA 133 RAID Onboard
I would prefer and Intel chipset but willing to look at SIS.
Thanks
P.S. Hurry, money is burning a hole in my pocket!!!
Pentium 4 2.53+ Support
DDR 400MHz Support
ATA 133 RAID Onboard
I would prefer and Intel chipset but willing to look at SIS.
Thanks
P.S. Hurry, money is burning a hole in my pocket!!!
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KT400 chipset? I have to have the memory running at 400MHz, as the chip will first be a P4 2.4GHz with 400MHz FSB.
The P4 doesn't need or use Dual-DDR of that spped.
The GB boards support dual-channel PC2100 DDR because that give the P4 the 4.2GB/Sec that it can use on a 133mhz FSB.
The memory is locked to the FSB, so if you increase your FSB you will also increase your memory speeds on a 1:1 ratio.
This has been shown with the latest SIS chipset, even when using DDR333 memory the increase in performance in basically non-existant as the P4 doesn't need that amount of bandwidth.
The GB boards support dual-channel PC2100 DDR because that give the P4 the 4.2GB/Sec that it can use on a 133mhz FSB.
The memory is locked to the FSB, so if you increase your FSB you will also increase your memory speeds on a 1:1 ratio.
This has been shown with the latest SIS chipset, even when using DDR333 memory the increase in performance in basically non-existant as the P4 doesn't need that amount of bandwidth.
Basically speaking yes.
With Granite Bay motherboards you need two memory modules and ideally they should be exactly the same as one another - same make, speed etc.
It is a bit like RDRAM in that you fill the first two banks and they operate in a dual-channel mode.
Although the board only officially supports PC2100 DDR you can obviously use faster stuff, this aids if you want to overclock or plan on using the memory in future systems.
DDR333 seems to offer the best price at the moment, DDR400 stuff is still rather expensive.
In my ASUS P4G8X (Granite Bay) board I have 2x 512MB Crucial PC2700 modules.
I'm not really an overclocker and am happy with my 2.53Ghz CPU, however I did test on 150Mhz FSB and it was very stable.
With Granite Bay motherboards you need two memory modules and ideally they should be exactly the same as one another - same make, speed etc.
It is a bit like RDRAM in that you fill the first two banks and they operate in a dual-channel mode.
Although the board only officially supports PC2100 DDR you can obviously use faster stuff, this aids if you want to overclock or plan on using the memory in future systems.
DDR333 seems to offer the best price at the moment, DDR400 stuff is still rather expensive.
In my ASUS P4G8X (Granite Bay) board I have 2x 512MB Crucial PC2700 modules.
I'm not really an overclocker and am happy with my 2.53Ghz CPU, however I did test on 150Mhz FSB and it was very stable.
If I had the money, I'd get that Gigabyte Granite Bay board. That thing is so sweet. Not to mention loaded. However, the price is a bit more than I'm willing to pay for a P4 board. I am looking at the GA 8PE667 Ultra---I am trying to get a definite yes on something about it though: Does the Promise ATA133 RAID controller support the use of drives in a non-RAID configuration---like being used like an extra IDE controller? I've tried d/lding the manual, but it's gotten corrupted both times.
This board looks good, but, I need to know about that Promise RAID controller.
This board looks good, but, I need to know about that Promise RAID controller.
Chaintech is certainly getting popular lately. I imagine I'll try them out sometime soon.
Quote:If I had the money, I'd get that Gigabyte Granite Bay board. That thing is so sweet. Not to mention loaded. However, the price is a bit more than I'm willing to pay for a P4 board. I am looking at the GA 8PE667 Ultra---I am trying to get a definite yes on something about it though: Does the Promise ATA133 RAID controller support the use of drives in a non-RAID configuration---like being used like an extra IDE controller? I've tried d/lding the manual, but it's gotten corrupted both times.
This board looks good, but, I need to know about that Promise RAID controller.
Good question. i have never tried that. but i'm using the raid and it's working. in the BIOS there is an option that you can choose the function for onboard raid (ATA / RAID). i don't know if that's what i should be look at to answer this question.
This board looks good, but, I need to know about that Promise RAID controller.
Good question. i have never tried that. but i'm using the raid and it's working. in the BIOS there is an option that you can choose the function for onboard raid (ATA / RAID). i don't know if that's what i should be look at to answer this question.
