Is this Mobo allright
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Name: nuffja
Date: March 10, 2004 at 08:27:41 Pacific
Subject: Is this Mobo allright
OS: 98se
CPU/Ram: 490/192
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Comment: Is the Asus P4S333-FX Mobo any good. Would this be a good choice for an upgrade, my current board is an asus mew-aml. I am currently doing alot of video encoding and my poor celeron isnt up to it. I can get this board for $55 Australian, should I buy? Will I need a new power suply? Also is this board any good to overclock with?
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Response Number 1
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Name: jam
Date: March 10, 2004 at 08:50:27 Pacific
Subject: Is this Mobo allright |
Reply: (edit)I hope you realize this upgrade is probably gonna cost a fair chunk of change? Not only will you need a new power supply, you'll need a new CPU & heatsink/fan, DDR RAM & possibly a new videocard as well. If you have any ISA devices, they'll need to be replaced with PCI devices, since ISA slots have been phased out. A new case may be required as well...it all depends on what you have now. Also, that board is a micro ATX board...it has an AGP slot for video, but only has 2 PCI slots...keep that in mind
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Response Number 2
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Name: angrymen2001
Date: March 10, 2004 at 09:56:03 Pacific
Subject: Is this Mobo allright |
Reply: (edit)as jam states, you will need DDR Ram.
What power is your current power supply. If you have a 350 Watt supply, and are not running a lot of peripherals, you should be ok.
As fas as overclocking, I personally don't believe in it, so I can't answer that.
I know it is said that micros are under rated so they can be overclocked, but If I have a 2 gig processor, what difference does a few megs make? Just my opinion, I know a lot of people who believe in overclocking so they can help you in that category. If it ain't broke upgrade it!!!
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Response Number 3
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Name: Jimi_l
Date: March 10, 2004 at 14:55:18 Pacific
Subject: Is this Mobo allright |
Reply: (edit)Actually processors are not underrated, they are averaged. For example say a "batch" of chips is made at the factory. Even the Mfg does not know for 100% certainty what speed these chips will perform best at (but they have a pretty good idea). They clock all the chips in the batch and what the majority of them are stable at is how they will be branded. Some of the chips may be stable well over that magic number and others may be barely stable at the rated speed. This is how it was explained to me from an Intel employee anyway. Your milage may vary :) Jimi_l
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