Sat/Sun Special Compgeeks.com Intel D820LP MB New $29.00

[Slikkster]

Note: This requires RDRAM...will NOT use SDRAM!

Intel D820LP MB

 

[pinoy]

That means I need to spend more money on memory, doesn't it?

 

[Rosebud]

VERY expensive Ram

Two RDRAM (Rambus DRAM) RIMM slots for memory

 

[devilish]

Thanx for the info but I think people don't consider this a deal since the 820 chipset suxx bigtime! RDRAM is too expensive to be worthwhile and this chipset still has problems. If the chipset was any good the mobos wouldn't go for this cheap! Thanx again.

 

[DongTran]

Although rimms are pricey, I have played with this motherboard, and it is quite solid. Not slow either...

 

[Torchem]

My local computer store is selling 256 MB of PC133 for only $109 Canadian. That's like 70 american. This is a local computer store, remember and no rebates involved.
The moral of this story is, SDRAM is cheap, RDRAM is best avoided.

 

[GhostSoldier]

RDRAM has worse seek times than SDRAM, and will actually hinder a PIII's performance. The only reason Intel started making RDRAM boards for PIII's was to get the world used to it by the time the PIV's came out. Do not use RDRAM with a PIII, it will slow the system down over SDRAM, the PIII can't take advantage of the bandwidth and the seek times are a deal-breaker.

 

[vedder00]

GhostSoldier's observations on the RDRAM / PIII issue are COMPLETELY correct...