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Motherboard for P4 HT

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dhanusaud
dhanusaud Original post #1
Feb 19, 2008 at 7:57 PM
Hi Everybody,

I wanna buy a motherboard which supports XFX 7300GT 512MB which is in 16x interface, DDR2, Pentium 4HT, Core 2 DUO, Pentium D and capable for windows vista. I have already purchased Intel Pentium 4 HT. Can anybody suggest me? The brand available herein moradabad are ASRock or MSI.
topgear
topgear #2
Feb 19, 2008 at 8:45 PM
ask ur dealer for msi intel p35 chipset based motherboard. One is MSI p35 neo -f & price is around Rs.6000 I think. though I am not sure.

Why did ya purchased a outdated processor like p4-ht. U should have go with core2duo e2160 or e2140. ( Value wise ).

Also if u haven't bought ur graphics card yet I'll suggest U to go with the nvidia 8400,8500 or 8600 chip based graphics card.

Also to run vista smoothly u will require 2GB of ram. Look for ddr2 800 Mhz.
keith_j_snyder2
keith_j_snyder2 #3
Feb 19, 2008 at 10:33 PM
Yeah dude! U can get easily a E2140,2160 with better performance compared to HT. Besides P4HT is Single core and E2140,60 are dual cores and also consumes less power than P4HT!
dhanusaud
dhanusaud #4
Feb 20, 2008 at 9:25 AM
keith_j_snyder2 said:
Yeah dude! U can get easily a E2140,2160 with better performance compared to HT. Besides P4HT is Single core and E2140,60 are dual cores and also consumes less power than P4HT!
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I am sorry, when I execute Task Manager (Ctrl+Alt+Del), it shows dual cores. I think it is not in single core instead dual core.:rolleyes:
topgear
topgear #5
Feb 20, 2008 at 8:29 PM
^^ That what ht technology does. It makes the OS to think that there is two processors. But there is no physical exisistence of two processors cores.
But latest c2d's are really two processor cores punched into one die.
keith_j_snyder2
keith_j_snyder2 #6
Feb 20, 2008 at 10:35 PM
There was nothing like P4HT in Dual core...the first dual core that came before C2D was Pentium D (830,920 etc.)
dhanusaud
dhanusaud #7
Feb 22, 2008 at 6:00 PM
keith_j_snyder2 said:
There was nothing like P4HT in Dual core...the first dual core that came before C2D was Pentium D (830,920 etc.)
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Hummm,:cool: understand. So, I must kick dis processor also and go for Core 2 Duo. Okay I m going for da same.:rolleyes:
topgear
topgear #8
Feb 23, 2008 at 7:05 PM
Yeah! For good Go for C2d :) like e8400 ( latest is wolfdale ) & for best go for Quad Core ( Yorkfield ) :D like q9650
keith_j_snyder2
keith_j_snyder2 #9
Feb 23, 2008 at 7:37 PM
Yeah buy atleast 8200!
Else go for Quad core Q9450,Q9300 when they are available!