STABILITY FIRST, SPEED SECOND
I want a *stable* but fast system, without overclocking. I currently own the following hardware I would like to keep, and use with the Asus P4P800 Deluxe:
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Pair of 40 Gig IBM HDs ( forget the model number right now)
And I have an external Buslink 52x CDR and Buslink external USB2/Firewire drive for quick backups
I'm planning on purchasing:
Asus P4P800
a 2.8 GHz processor with 800 MHz FSB,
and two sticks of Corsair CMX512-3500C2 to give me a Gig of RAM (would rather have 2 [or 4!] GBs, but I understand that the board won't work with all 4 slots populated with 512 MB sticks).
Most of the posts I see here appear, to my non-techy-eyes, to involve overclocking. I don't want to do that. I just want a stable system that runs fast, without lots of tweaks and experimentation.
I am willing, however, to pay a few extra dollars to stuff that performs better 'out of the box' so to speak.
Two questions:
1) Is anyone running a Radeon 9800 Pro successfully with this mobo, and
2) Is this the right RAM to purchase for a non-overclocked system, or I am purchasing "overkill" for this setup?
I want a *stable* but fast system, without overclocking. I currently own the following hardware I would like to keep, and use with the Asus P4P800 Deluxe:
ATI Radeon 9800 Pro 128MB
Pair of 40 Gig IBM HDs ( forget the model number right now)
And I have an external Buslink 52x CDR and Buslink external USB2/Firewire drive for quick backups
I'm planning on purchasing:
Asus P4P800
a 2.8 GHz processor with 800 MHz FSB,
and two sticks of Corsair CMX512-3500C2 to give me a Gig of RAM (would rather have 2 [or 4!] GBs, but I understand that the board won't work with all 4 slots populated with 512 MB sticks).
Most of the posts I see here appear, to my non-techy-eyes, to involve overclocking. I don't want to do that. I just want a stable system that runs fast, without lots of tweaks and experimentation.
I am willing, however, to pay a few extra dollars to stuff that performs better 'out of the box' so to speak.
Two questions:
1) Is anyone running a Radeon 9800 Pro successfully with this mobo, and
2) Is this the right RAM to purchase for a non-overclocked system, or I am purchasing "overkill" for this setup?