I am going to be building a Pentium 4 3.06 GHz system. I have some questions.

1. What is the best type of RAM to get? Should I go with RDRAM (800 MHz, 1066 MHz) or DDR SDRAM PC3200(266 MHz, 333 MHz, 400 MHz)? What would be the best brands for RAM?- Samsung, Micron Technologies, Kingston, PNY, and/or any other brands you know about? What should I stay away from? What about the CL number for DDR SDRAM?- CL=2, CL=2.5, CL=3, and etc...?

2. What about FSB speed relating to the CPU and RAM type?

3. What is the best motherboard brand and chipset for a P4 3.06 GHz based on my previous questions?

This belongs in comusumer opinion. As for my opinion......

1. Get the pc37000 ram, if your overclocking, If not go for the bare minimum which is pc3200, but make sure you buy it from a good location. Alot of online site will just sell you pc2700 ram with a pc3200 sticker on it. And I'd preferer Corsair, they seem to be able to acheive the most agresive timings (CL=2).

2. Get the 800 Mhz FSB P4.....

3.Best mobo would be the Aopen ( I forgot the model name) or the Asus (PC800, I think...?). For those of you that noticed that im usually an abit guy, but wondering why I havent recomended an abit board is cause their canterwood boards have sensor problems...:furious:

for an extra £10 you can get a retail P4 with 3 year warranty, no contest with an OEM