Marciff Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 I am planning to get a P4 but haven't decided on DDR or RDRAM. I am looking at 2 asus motherboards, the P4B533-V with the 845G with PC2700 DDR or the P4T533-C with 1066 RDRAM. Is it worth paying double for the RDRAM? I am in Canada, and it is expensive and very limited. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thingsforjason Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 what are you planning on doing w/ your computer? do you have the extra money to spend on the ram? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Intrabyte Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 lately there are some interesting ddr333 mobo's where performance kills the one of rdram... choice is yours though at tom's hardware... ddr333 p4mobo's roundup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swat Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 Take DDR :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LilSnoop40 Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 go with the P4T533-C. i just built a pc with a 2.4ghz p4 with 1.0gig of PC 800rambus and it kicks ass. can't go wrong Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marciff Posted July 24, 2002 Author Share Posted July 24, 2002 I won't be doing anything extreme. The price difference of the ram is the same as the price difference between the P4 2.26 and the 2.4B. P4 2.26 with 1066 RDRAM or P4 2.4B with DDR will cost roughly the same price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ElGato Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 I'm starting to seriously think P4, so what about the ABIT IT7 peeps?, (ShoTTa35 should kick in here :)). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bling3k12 Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 from what i've heard, DDR all the way! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72001 Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 asus p4t533 with 512 rimm4200 winxp boots in 12 seconds to desktop. all video and dvd burning apps have no effects what so ever and the cpu is the 2.26B @ 2.55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
72001 Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 asus p4t533 with 512 rimm4200 winxp boots in 12 seconds to desktop. all video and dvd burning apps have no effects what so ever and the cpu is the 2.26B @ 2.55 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 heh DDR doesn't beat RDRAM. I'd rather believe in Max. Pc then TomsHardware :), they did a lil review and the rdram boards came out on top, its a shame Intel wants to get rid of RDRAM now :ermm: since it is much faster than DDR, if I were you get RDRAM and get the 2.2Ghz P4, Since u won't be doin much it shouldn't really matter what speed as long as its 2Ghz like mine :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger H. Veteran Posted July 24, 2002 Veteran Share Posted July 24, 2002 Originally posted by ElGato I'm starting to seriously think P4, so what about the ABIT IT7 peeps?, (ShoTTa35 should kick in here :)). hehe, i don't have the IT7, i got the AT7 which is the the Athlon version. I love this thing tho and i hear good things about the IT7 too. I still wont go Intel tho, to me AMD is just king right now. oh and DDR400 kills RDRAM (PC-800). THG has the results :) PC-1000* is the boss right now but it should be.. It's so much faster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JnCoKiLLa Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 go for PC 800 only beacsue you can get the 533fsb out of it....and and a true 400 too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
uniacid Posted July 24, 2002 Share Posted July 24, 2002 heh I don't see DDR400 yet :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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