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Pentium 4's over 3ghz

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Have a read of this:

http://www.neoseeker.com/news/articles/headlines/Hardware/1852/

 

Now tell me, since this was in august. Would mobo makers have changed their designs by now?

Its becuase I am looking to build myself a system, and i want a futureproof (Hyperthreading support and 3ghz+), USB 2, AGP 8X mobo with DDR-RAM.

I dont mind the chipset being VIA or SiS, but i just want it to be damned futureproof.

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With PCs, no matter how hard you try, "future proof" is impossible.

 

If I were even remotely interested in the P4 I wouldn't touch DDR with a 10 foot barge pole. With the P4, RDRAM == teh win.

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yes but how about hte power regulator needed for p4's over 3Ghz? They need 70 watts, instead of the normal 60watts.

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Yes, maybe not u, but us cost concious peeps do care. Its just i want an all in one goood mobo!

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Wait till later this month and get the 845PE boards.

 

THey have all of what you need.

 

Asus features them on thier home page.

 

They're

cheap too, and use DDR

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According to that link it doesnt have AGP 8x, and thats one of the core things i want. i dont know why intel, who have made the AGP 3.0 spec, wont put it onto their chipsets.

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If I were you I would wait till the chip is actually out, and then you can make a decision and know that it will all work, and have the features you want.

 

Looks like im gonna have to finally get rid of the TH7-II if i want Hyperthreading frown as i doubt they will enable it for an 850 based board, if thats even possible smile

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I think that the recent intel chipsets can be upgraded to hyperthread support with a simple BIOS update.

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Yes but i didnt see any mention of the 850, only the 850E, the 1 with official 133mhz support.

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Its a new enough chipset aint it? or is it the mobo manufacturers that put that voltage thingy on?

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I doubt the extra power (connection?) will be present until the new chips are officially released, buy again, that's strictly opinion.

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