build another pc for p99 only

[blondeattk]

thinking of making a pc, specifically for p99.

atmo my thoughts are of building it around a P4 processor(single core)

BUt am wondering IF its possible to get a mother board that has 4 sdram (ddr2)slots for a socket 775 processor? Ive never seen one, so am guessing no....

Just i have some p4 chips sitting about, and i dont want to thro alot of money at this project.

DO these boards exist? or is there an amd eqivalent.

After as much ram as possible so I can try making a ram drive....although someone is gonna tell me i only need an ssd arent they ....[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

thoughts plz)

ps- i am insane, dont need to remind me.

[Ldarax]

Gigabyte still have some 775 boards, this for example http://www.gigabyte.com/products/pro...d=2842&dl=1#ov

[Thulack]

Your probably gonna end up to point where boards only have 4-6 GB limit for RAM on those older boards.

[whitebandit]

i have found the SSD to be huge on zoning times on my newly built PC!

[blondeattk]

Originally Posted by Thulack [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

Your probably gonna end up to point where boards only have 4-6 GB limit for RAM on those older boards.

i have a win7 32bit cd.....so 8gig is the max memory for that OS anyway ?? I vaguely recall....

[blondeattk]

http://www.gigabyte.com/support-down....aspx?pid=2842

I assume its the single core cpus on that list that will run p99 without bugs?

think someone said that quad cores run p99 better than dual core cpus....which is real irish logic :P

which is the best processor on that list (bang for bucks) that will run p99 smoothly? I happen to have a pentium D cpu in the house.....also 3 or 4 pentium 4s, but tbh they getting bit old now!

[kunark_lizzie]

actually, i think the physical memory limit for x86 win 7 is only 4gb across all versions but win 7 starter which is only 2gb.

been a while so you prolly should fact check this but thats my recollection.

[Thulack]

Your limit is 4gb with a 32bit win7. Also just use the fastest speed processor you have. So working with 4gb RAM you only need a 2 Ram slot board. Should open up plenty of options. Use your highest speed CPU. buy a cheap 2 slot board. get 2x 2GB of ram for the board and just spend the 40 bucks and get a 40-50gb SSD to use. Can buy a video card off ebay for 20-30 bucks that should work and your set.

[blondeattk]

`Your limit is 4gb with a 32bit win7`

damn(

Isnt the max memory on xp 4gig too? There some sort of techy barrier here?

DOnt have a copy of win7 64bit. ALso not clear on which cpus I would need to run that.
Pent D and pentium 4 are 32 bit cpus ??

On win 64, P99 has to be runin xp compatability mode right?

tbh look too faffy to bother with any ramdisk experiments now[You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

AM assuming that the ram disk software, can only see the same amount of ram that windows can.....or can it see the same ram that the bios sees. AM guessing it access the ram through a layer on the operating system; the kernel or whatever tis called.

*bangs head off wall*

[odiecat99]

I run as admin,

have 4 cores..

no issues..

win8 64bit