I played around with the Intel stuff below but I’ve decided to go back to AMD after finding out I will need faster memory and a more overclocking friendly motherboard to realize the potential of the P4 2.4C. I'm sure it will clock to 3.0ghz and above but I don't want to go through the effot to try with a different motherboard. Stupid me, I even forgot that Intel locks their CPUs because the AMDs are so easy for me to work with. So I’m replacing the stuff below with another NF2 board (DFI Ultra Infinity) and will continue using my Barton 2500 @ 3200.
i865PE Motherboard - $25.00 Shipped
Soyo SY-P4I865PE Plus DRAGON 2 V1.0
If I get the rebates back, this will have been free for me. It is only a few days old.
The board works great, it just isn’t an overclocker’s dream. I just installed the latest BIOS and it is currently processing work units with the P4 listed below.
Intel Pentium 4 2.4C (Socket 478 Northwood with HT, 800Mhz FSB)) - $125 Shipped
Retail Box with Intel cooler (remarkably quiet, IMO). Again, just a day or two old and crunching work units as I type.
Audigy 2 ZS PCI - $50 Shipped
In perfect condition. I just don’t need it because my new board has SoundStorm.
i865PE Motherboard - $25.00 Shipped
Soyo SY-P4I865PE Plus DRAGON 2 V1.0
If I get the rebates back, this will have been free for me. It is only a few days old.
The board works great, it just isn’t an overclocker’s dream. I just installed the latest BIOS and it is currently processing work units with the P4 listed below.
Intel Pentium 4 2.4C (Socket 478 Northwood with HT, 800Mhz FSB)) - $125 Shipped
Retail Box with Intel cooler (remarkably quiet, IMO). Again, just a day or two old and crunching work units as I type.
Audigy 2 ZS PCI - $50 Shipped
In perfect condition. I just don’t need it because my new board has SoundStorm.