First post, by britain4
I’m making a Voodoo5 build at the moment and have 2 board/CPU combinations to choose from, both from around 2001-2002.
The first combo is an ECS P6IPAT board and 1.4ghz Tualatin combo - runs great at 1.58ghz but doesn’t have the option to go any higher than 150FSB. PC133 RAM.
Second combo is an ASUS A7A266 board which was quite highly regarded from what I can gather - supports DDR RAM, adjustable CPU voltage, 1.4ghz T-bird fitted.
Any suggestions welcome on which of these would be faster/more suitable - I’m thinking the T-bird would be faster if I can get a decent overclock out of it due to the DDR ram and potential for higher clock speeds. I’ve seen benchmarks showing the two CPUs just about neck and neck but I wonder if the DDR and (maybe slightly) higher clock speed on the T-bird would clinch it. Of course the PIII runs nice and cool whereas the T-bird... doesn’t. So if there’s not much in it I’ll stick with the PIII.
I don’t want to go any newer than these really 😀
- P-MMX 200MHZ, PCChips M598LMR, Voodoo
- P-MMX 233MHz, FIC PA2013, S3 ViRGE + Voodoo
- PII 400MHz, MSI MS6119, ATI Rage Pro Turbo + Voodoo2 SLI
- PIII 1400MHz, ECS P6IPAT, Voodoo5 5500
- Toshiba Libretto 110CT, 300MHz, 96MB RAM