First post, by flupke11
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At the end of 2002, I spent my hard earned pounds on the best motherboard available in the UK: the Asus P4T533(R).
It uses 32-bit RDRAM, which only came in 256 MB strips, which meant that you maxed out on 512 MB with the two slots available. Although this reminded me of the ram bottleneck I experienced on i815's, I still went ahead with my purchase, eager to burn the cash on the first system that would really put me on top of the charts. Coupled with a Radeon 9700, which back then you could still get directly from Ati, it was a wonderful machine for the few months it lasted. The system was sold off, of course, since I needed to get back home, and the huge chieftec case didn't fit the car anymore. I don't want to think about what I lost on that setup (and less so on what I had to do to earn it), but you all know the way nostalgia works. 14 years later, I'm trying to resurrect that illustrious setup.
The P4T533R was not popular at all outside the pc magazines, so I'm wondering if some of you had experience with this board, or with another board that uses 32-bit 232-pins RDRAM (if another firm ever released one). Although I agree with most of you that Pentium 4's are as interesting as a dead fly, this setup does tickle me just for the sheer lunacy of 32-bit rdram.
Pictures will follow, once all the components are in and checked.
