Finishing Off My Rig

mjones1 · 26 Apr 2009 at 12:17

Would this ram be good OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel?

Vidar · 26 Apr 2009 at 14:43

25 here.... now I do feel old

mjones1 · 26 Apr 2009 at 15:09

Which cpu cooler?
Gelid Silent Spirit CPU Cooler CPU Cooler
OR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

Silenced · 26 Apr 2009 at 18:16

NW_SKINHEAD said:
25 here.... now I do feel old

Lol, oldy xD

mjones1 said:
Which cpu cooler?
Gelid Silent Spirit CPU Cooler CPU Cooler
OR Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

Hmm, they're both good, Arctic Cooler has faster fan speed though.

Cristian · 26 Apr 2009 at 18:48

Fledge said:
I've seen that DDR3 makes very LITTLE difference - and another +1 for the 9600gt.

my bad, I was refering to the ddr3 instead of ddr2 on the video card.(9600gt vs 9500gt)

mjones1 · 26 Apr 2009 at 18:50

Hmm, they're both good, Arctic Cooler has faster fan speed though.[/QUOTE]

I need quietness more than speed.

Silenced · 26 Apr 2009 at 19:00

mjones1 said:
I need quietness more than speed.

Well, the Gelid one is 10.0 - 25.8 dB and the Arctic one is 0.9 Sone, which is 30 dB, so the Gelid one is better for quietness.

r2d2 · 26 Apr 2009 at 19:10

Get a better graphics card if you can afford to.

Silenced · 26 Apr 2009 at 20:03

r2d2 said:
Get a better graphics card if you can afford to.

Very true, the graphics card will be the thing that will be the best you can afford now, after you've got the other stuff.

D D Danneh · 26 Apr 2009 at 20:30

Silenced said:
No problem. And lol ok, do you know what you're doing xD Because if you don't, I have a tip, don't break it. You made any other builds before/messed about with your PC's inners?

I'm only 15 and I've just ordered an i7 rig

I sure hope to god I don't break it. I've only ever owned 2 computers, one of which was an ancient 10-12 year old tower that has a beige case bigger than the biggest case you can buy today (it's about 80cm tall

), and the other is a 6 year old laptop. I'm finally getting a decent computer

I was under the assumption that most people here were 20-25+. Nice to see some younger folk.

Fledge · 26 Apr 2009 at 20:42

cristi said:
my bad, I was refering to the ddr3 instead of ddr2 on the video card.(9600gt vs 9500gt)

Oh MY bad, I knew it wasn't X58 so I don't know why I thought of RAM :rolleyes:

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Yeah, the DDR3 on a graphics card will make much of an improvement in comparison to DDR2

Silenced · 26 Apr 2009 at 21:00

D D Danneh said:
I'm only 15 and I've just ordered an i7 rig I sure hope to god I don't break it. I've only ever owned 2 computers, one of which was an ancient 10-12 year old tower that has a beige case bigger than the biggest case you can buy today (it's about 80cm tall ), and the other is a 6 year old laptop. I'm finally getting a decent computer

I was under the assumption that most people here were 20-25+. Nice to see some younger folk.

Wow, how did you ever get the money for that. I so want to upgrade my PC, currently I just want a better mobo so then I can get to it. And lol, my dad has a PC that is 10-11 years old, it is sooo slow.

naffers · 26 Apr 2009 at 21:48

orange sata cable! awsome never even thought to look for something like that

Silenced · 26 Apr 2009 at 21:56

naffers said:
orange sata cable! awsome never even thought to look for something like that

I don't see the point in different colour ones, yea it looks different but who cares.

D D Danneh · 26 Apr 2009 at 22:33

Silenced said:
Wow, how did you ever get the money for that. I so want to upgrade my PC, currently I just want a better mobo so then I can get to it. And lol, my dad has a PC that is 10-11 years old, it is sooo slow.

I'e been saving for a long time. I was going to spend about £600 on a Q6600 rig last year, then I got a 9-5 job over the 6 weeks summer holidays and saved some from birthday and christmas, and I have enough for an i7 rig with a good monitor now. About £1600, and if I ran it through my grandad's business for VAT off (cough), so about £1900 worth.

Silenced · 27 Apr 2009 at 07:49

D D Danneh said:
I'e been saving for a long time. I was going to spend about £600 on a Q6600 rig last year, then I got a 9-5 job over the 6 weeks summer holidays and saved some from birthday and christmas, and I have enough for an i7 rig with a good monitor now. About £1600, and if I ran it through my grandad's business for VAT off (cough), so about £1900 worth.

Wow, that's a lot of money. Good job, have fun with your PC.