Asus P4C800 - I want one...

[Nemesis]

Asus now have details of their Canterwood and Springdale boards here (http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4c800/overview.htm) and here (http://www.asus.com/products/mb/socket478/p4p800/overview.htm).

It seems that Intel are definitely targeting the nForce2 market with these boards, especially Canterwood. One of these and a 3Ghz P4/800 will do me just fine, thank you very much :D

[sbp]

I do too. http://home.earthlink.net/~sbp777/smilies/aningrin.gif

[raz1337]

dude, I was thinking about that before

it has DDR400 and DCDDR support, so why not slap 2 DDR400 modules in there to take advantage of the 800 mhz fsb? or am I thinking about this all wrong

[The Baron]

It makes me want a P4 and not an Athlon64... but feck dat, I'm waiting.

[Nemesis]

Originally posted by The Baron
It makes me want a P4 and not an Athlon64... but feck dat, I'm waiting.

Don't say that... I was waiting too, but this money in my pocket... it burns! And my T-Bird won't last out this year, UT2003 needs the speed.

I hate choice... ;)

[Nemesis]

Originally posted by raz1337
dude, I was thinking about that before

it has DDR400 and DCDDR support, so why not slap 2 DDR400 modules in there to take advantage of the 800 mhz fsb? or am I thinking about this all wrong

That's what you've got to do, that's the only way the memory bandwidth is going to match the 800MHz FSB. I'd personally go for 2 x Crucial XMS 3500 or equivalent, as the Canterwood is supposed to be a good overclocker, and that RAM will give you some headroom. 1000MHz FSB anyone? Oh yes...

For a 3GHz P4800, which must be 15 x 200MHz QDR, if you run that kind of memory at its stock speed, 217MHz DDR x 15 = 3255MHz. Rock and roll... :eek:

[Dazz]

Yeah thing it is just the E7205 with 200MHz FSB & dual 400MHz PC3200. Should still be decent but won't support the Prescott which is whats put me off Intel as they are always changing their sockets :(

[Nemesis]

Maybe, but maybe not. Have at look at this thread (http://www.nvnews.net/vbulletin/showthread.php?threadid=9300) - time will tell.