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The question is do you want a specific Dell series or do you want a specific
chipset/MB?

"Tom Scales" <tomtoo@softhome.net> wrote in message
news:Mcmra.3563$P%6.2889@fe03.atl2.webusenet.com...
> What is there, the XPS with 800FSB or the 8300.  I think we all knew about
> the XPS. The question is whether the 8300 is available with the 800FSB.
>
> Tom
> "Count Blah" <nochance4spammers@server.com> wrote in message
> news:ifmra.662950$L1.188935@sccrnsc02...
> > It is there. Check out new series of XPS:
> > 3.0 Ghz P4, 800Mhz FSB, 4 fans, 450Watts power...
> >
> >
> > "Robert Johnson" <robertjohnson999@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:01c30da7$333de620$32f1fecd@micron...
> > > Currently the 8300 has the 530 FSB. I am waiting for the 800 FSB.
> > >
> > > Count Blah <nochance4spammers@server.com> wrote in article
> > > <WDcra.675627$S_4.726350@rwcrnsc53>...
> > > > I'm with you Marcos. I've placed my order on the discounted 8250
with
> > > 2.8Ghz
> > > > on few days ago and cancelled it. Although it had a very good price
I
> > > found
> > > > the following reasons to lean towards 8300:
> > > >
> > > > - RDRAM is twice more expensive and has to be installed in pairs (so
I
> > > will
> > > > have only ONE expensive upgrade in the future);
> > > > - RDRAM will probably be abandoned in the future because newest
Intel
> > > > chipsets support DC DDR SDRAM;
> > > > - Video slot is 8X AGP on 8300 vs. 4X on 8250. Which means that best
> > > video
> > > > cards will not be used to their full potential on 8250 in the
future.
> > > > - 3.06 GHz with HT;
> > > >
> > > > I'm still not sure if the 8300 has 530Mhz or 800 Mhz front side bus
> > > speed.
> > > > Any info on that?
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > "Marcos M. Zattar" <zattar@t-online.de> wrote in message
> > > > news:b7hv2l$bga$00$1@news.t-online.com...
> > > > > Hello!
> > > > >
> > > > > I am planning to buy a desktop from DELL and until yesterday I
> didn't
> > > > > have any doubt, I was up to the Dimension 8250. But then Dell
> launched
> > > > > a new model here in Germany, the 8300. It claims to be faster
> because
> > > > > it has the chipset 875P and 533/800 Mhz PSB. Besides, the RDRAM
was
> > > > > replaced by the DDR. To make the choice more complicated, the 8300
> is
> > > > > offered here in Germany with a regular hard-disk or optionally
with
> a
> > > > > RAID couple instead (stripe or mirror, you choose). So here my
> > > > > questions:
> > > > >
> > > > > - How much is the increase in performance with the new chipset and
> RAM
> > > > > type? Is it worth spending those extra bucks for the newer
version?
> > > > > - What are the advantages of a Serial-ATA harddisk compared to a
> > > > > regular EIDE harddisk?
> > > > > - It is said that RAID 1 (mirror) is safer regarding a possible
disk
> > > > > failure and RAID 0 (stripe) is faster. How safer is RAID 1 and how
> > > > > faster is RAID 0? Is there really a considerable chance that in a
> RAID
> > > > > 0 system one of the disks fails, breaks or has a malfunction? In
> this
> > > > > case, is it true that you lose all your data?
> > > > >
> > > > > I would appreciate any comments that would help me decide which
one
> to
> > > > > get.
> > > > >
> > > > > Bye!
> > > > > Marcos
> > > > >
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