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Originally posted by hahaha
Hey I've got about $300-350 for a mobo and processor. I would like to get a pentium4 2.4c or 2.6c and do some mild overclocking, but I don't know what motherboard will make this the easiest. I don't need onboard video, but I want 800mhx fsb. I haven't done any overclocking yet, but I don't think Ill have much trouble doing it. What should I get? Would I be better off buying AMD? I want to be able to play HL2 in its glory, after upgrading my video card once the 9800s come down in price.
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I have an Abit IS7 and I definately agree, it works great. The standard IS7 will run you about $109 and the 2.4c will run you about $171 for the retail box (which I prefer because of the 3 year warranty), but its up to you. Also might I recomend that you get some very high quality DDR since that is a big factor when overclocking. If you want to keep a 1:1 ratio for your RAM then you will need DDR433 or DDR466 depending on how little or how much you want to overclock. And also think about getting two smaller DDR's versus one larger DDR stick, so that you can run them Dual-Channel. Well good luck, and post if you have any other questions.
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