Motherboards

[pcgamer29]

I am building a new PC this is the first time I have built my own I usually had just purchased an assembled pc in a store. However I wanted to build a good gaming system and I am trying to think from the ground up.On the motherboard I thought I would go with the one that supports pentium 4 3.2 ghz 800 FSB. I was wondering if I should pay any consideration to what memory the board uses. The reason why is I noticed that memory has different speed and I don't know much about that I am a software guy. I want my system be fast as can be. I am looking at two boards right now both have pci express which I need three pci slots. One uses something like ddr2 PC 3200 the other one uses pc 4200. And then I noticed something like ddr2 standard 533 listed here is a link to one of them

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...T=Motherboards

can someone help with understanding this and is there anything else I should consider on a board before I order one. I just wanna make sure I consider everything because the motherboard determines so many things. Iw ould appreciate any help tips advice etc. Thanks

[Two|Bit]

Wow thanks a lot... you just saved me a lot of work. That motherboard is almost perfect for me .

Im not quite sure what you are trying to ask though... Sorry I don't want to give unaccurate information...I am building a gaming pc and this looks like a great board with a great price

[Cricket]

Originally Posted by pcgamer29 I am building a new PC this is the first time I have built my own I usually had just purchased an assembled pc in a store. However I wanted to build a good gaming system and I am trying to think from the ground up.On the motherboard I thought I would go with the one that supports pentium 4 3.2 ghz 800 FSB. I was wondering if I should pay any consideration to what memory the board uses. The reason why is I noticed that memory has different speed and I don't know much about that I am a software guy. I want my system be fast as can be. I am looking at two boards right now both have pci express which I need three pci slots. One uses something like ddr2 PC 3200 the other one uses pc 4200. And then I noticed something like ddr2 standard 533 listed here is a link to one of them http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...T=Motherboards can someone help with understanding this and is there anything else I should consider on a board before I order one. I just wanna make sure I consider everything because the motherboard determines so many things. Iw ould appreciate any help tips advice etc. Thanks

First of all, you don't want to use a ECS motherboard...that manufacturer concentrates on low budget motherboards and they aren't the most reliable out there. Look at motherboards from ASUS, ABIT, DFI and INTEL instead.

As far as the RAM goes, if you don't plan to overclock just get value oriented RAM that matches the motherboard/CPU FSB speed. But if you are going to overclock then you'll want premium RAM that is rated faster than motherboard/CPU FSB speed.

Cricket

[pcgamer29]

What about maybe this one? I like that is has PCI Express and four PCI slots.


http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicati...981563&CatId=0


I looked at a few Asus but they were kinda high priced

[glc]

Intel motherboards are high quality.

By the way, there's a good reason Asus boards are expensive - you get what you pay for.