Which would you recommend?

irishguy

AMD Athlon XP 1800 (CP-011-AM) 182.95 €296.969
with one of these:
Abit KR7A-RAID (Socket A) (MB-009-AB) £148.05 €240.360
Asus A7V266-E RAID (Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron) (MB-006-AS £152.63 €247.786
I-Will KK266Plus-R(Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron) (MB-000-IW) £127.49 €206.972
Epox EP-8K7A+ DDR (Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron) (MB-003-EP) £125.73 €204.10
OR

Athlon XP 1900+ 1.6Ghz SoA £246.75 €400.600
With one of these:
Abit KR7A-RAID (Socket A) (MB-009-AB) £148.05 €240.360
Asus A7V266-E RAID (Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron) (MB-006-AS £152.63 €247.786
I-Will KK266Plus-R(Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron) (MB-000-IW) £127.49 €206.972
Epox EP-8K7A+ DDR (Socket A - AMD Thunderbird/Duron) (MB-003-EP) £125.73 €204.10


OR

Pentium 4 1.8GHz S478 Box £225.59 €366.228
or
Pentium 4 1.8GHz S423 Box £225.59 €366.228
with Abit BD7-RAID (Pentium 4 - Socket 478 motherboard) (MB-010-AB) £148.76 €241.501

Does anyone know the difference between the Pentium 4 1.8GHz S478 Box and the Pentium 4 1.8GHz S423 Box???
any help is appreaciated

Fidelis

I can't be of any help, but I assume those prices are ex. VAT ?

irishguy

no inclusive of vat but the £ symbol refers to GBP. also which would be more sutible for the above a 350watt etermax PSU or a 431watt PSU
£47.35 GBP for the 350watt
and
£73.79 GBP for the 431Watt

astrofool

i'd go for the XP 1800+ and the KR7a-Raid me self, best price performance there really

the socket 423 is the old p4 type, 423 is the new type they're using, the BD7-Raid is S478 only afaik

Lump

As I've said before, In my opinion Abit boards are crap and so is the company. I'm going to go into it again, but I have explained why I think this in many posts before. Therefore I would go with the ASUS board. Other then that I have no opinion on the rest.


John

Gerry

Yes, abits support is rather crap lump, but the real reason you are cheesed off is because you bought it in the states if I'm not m mistaken. I've had 2 abit boards go on me, but I got them both replaced with little hassle. They are good stable boards, and their quality, while suspect in the past, has improved greatly.

Irishguy, I would go for the KR7A raid and the 1800+ as well.

Get the 350watt psu, in fact the machine would run fine with a 300w psu.

bkehoe

XP1800 would be my choice too. Abits are good. They may take a bit more setting up, but are perfectly stable and great overclockers.
BTW, its worth saying that my Audigy was fried by my KR7A-Raid, and has happened a good few other people too, but a replacement card works fine, so some Audigys must have a fault that the KR7A uses to break them

Brendan

Jester

just curious, but where are u getting those prices from?

irishguy

i think i will go with the KR7a-Raid it would save me about 100 quid from my first estimate. i am getting them off OcUK thanx all