Cheers David. I'd love a newer processor but I still have the 2.4GHz left over from the death of my old Mobo, and I'm not exactly made of money. I survived with a PII 450 until a couple of months ago so I'm not quite ready to bin the new processor yet. I've ordered an Asus P4P800/Deluxe. Hopefully the old CPU will die on me and I'll be forced to buy a whizzy new one. Joe On Monday 19 January 2004 21:51, davidrclark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: > Joe, > > I just built a new machine a week ago, so I'm somewhat current > on what's out there. My first question is: Why 2.4 GHz? Is this an > old processor that you're putting into a new mobo? For music, especially > for real-time, you need balanced speed (speed everywhere). As far as > I could determine, the 2.4 GHz processor has a 400/533 MHz FSB whereas > the 2.6 GHz processor has 400/533/800. The 800 MHz FSB requires two > sticks of memory (inserted properly), but it would be significantly > faster than what you are considering, not because of the 0.2 Hz clock > speed increase, but due to the FSB speed. The 2.6 GHz processor can also > use the 865PE or 875P chipset-based mobo's to full advantage. If you > can do it, I would highly recommend that you reconsider choice of > processor if at all possible (and assuming that you're serious about > music apps --- or gaming or anything that requires speed). > > The reason I mention this is that you brought up dual-CPU mobo's. You > can almost get that performance increase compared to what you are asking > about by reconsidering the processor and memory. If you need to stick with > the processor, then I'll have to let someone else help out, not being > familiar with other combinations. > > Good luck! > > Dave.
