General Discussion

i have an ASUS P4T533-C RDRAM motherboard can i use any other type of RAM rather then the RD-RAM

Buy a new board!!!

I hate running into RIMMS when I'm doing some computer repairs.  The RAM is so expensive, because it is a few years old plus it wasn't widely used.  In it's time it was the fastest you could get, but DDR came out not long after it became a little more mainstream.

You would get out cheaper buying a new board and DDR than buying RIMMS.

Hell, you would probably get off better buying a board, DDR, and a CPU.  Well of course depending on how much RAM you were getting.

You can hardly find RDRAM anymore. I concur, buy a new board.

EDIT: If that's not an option then according to the MB manual it takes PC800 and PC1066 184pin RDRAM. Here's a few examples of PC800 from pricewatch.com

http://castle.pricewatch.com/s/search.asp?s=pc800+512MB&group1=1&sci=33&c=System+Memory&i=&srt=t&mi=0&m=&view=

If you want the PC1066, then don't bother. Just buy you a MB combo (with CPU) and some SDRAM memory.

thanks guys well whats a good cheap board i have a

INTEL PENTIUM 4 2.8 533FSB

SEAGATE BARRACUDA 80GB

 SOUNDBLASTER AUDIGY W/1394

please post links to some MOBO's

well if i get a combo what would be a good choice

thanks slippyC for the suggestion i am looking into it now

also thanks dreadlich im likeing that  board

www.newegg.com/Product/ProductList.aspx

I would go with the boards that take DDR2 though, if you aren't going to get a new CPU too.  That way you can use it in a future upgrade on another board.   Also DDR2 is slightly less than DDR now.  I'd prob go with that MSI board, because I like Intel chipsets better than VIA.

Go with the Socket T (or LGA775) MBs instead of the older Socket 478.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813128078

This one is highly rated and fairly cheap. Pick up some 240pin DDR2 800 memory and you're good to go. There's 2GB of Corsair combo'd with the board for $47.50 ($37.50 after rebate).

The reason I didn't suggest going with the newer sockets is because I had the feeling that he didn't want to buy a new processor.

Personally I would do what Dreadlich said, but it kind of seemed like they were trying to conserve money.  Actually, still the most bang for the buck is the AMD route.  Yea, you could get an Intel.  The deal is unless you are going to get a higher end Intel, like bleeding edge, why would you pay more for the same performance?

If you are not going to get Intel's top of the line offerings, you might as well go with AMD.

Run this, then ye shall know