check mi final spec

Xionic · 24 Feb 2006 at 23:54

whats everyone think, planning on clocking the 175 to about 2.6 on air/stock volts, gunna see what i get on stock cooling first then go for some aftermarket.

any additions/changes that any recomends, pc will be used for serious gaming... and thats about it

Explicit · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:00

Looks solid mate, but I would avoid the Maxtor as the 10 series have been troublesome & noisy. Something like a WD, Seagate or Hitachi would be a fine choice. Seagates come with 5 yr warranty, others are 3 yr.

Even if your planning to use the stock cooler (it's actually quite good), i'd still buy a fresh tube of arctic silver 5 for £6.

Xionic · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:02

went with the maxtor for 16MB cache, was gunna go with hitachi of same size but only has 8MB

will def get some Arctic Silver 5. knew i forgot sumat :/

Xionic · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:09

also a quick question about the Ultra-D, does it support SATA-II (i know its supports standard SATA, but cant find wether it supports SATA-II)

Explicit · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:18

Xionic said:
also a quick question about the Ultra-D, does it support SATA-II (i know its supports standard SATA, but cant find wether it supports SATA-II)

"- nF4 chipset supported Serial ATA(3Gb/s)"

Yup, that's Sata-II.

The Western Digital 250GB has 16Mb cache too, and is used in the top OcUK pre-built systems

Xionic · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:21

cheers, whats the price dif with the WD?

EDIT: £2 lol i can afford that

Explicit · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:25

lol

Otherwise, a very nice spec & should overclock like a dream

Xionic · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:26

Explicit said:
lol

Otherwise, a very nice spec & should overclock like a dream

i hope so, hope this 175 clocks as good as the 170's

Explicit · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:31

Xionic said:
i hope so, hope this 175 clocks as good as the 170's

Since they just arrived today, you can be the guinea pig that takes them for a test-drive and then let us know what they can do

Xionic · 25 Feb 2006 at 00:36

since ive never overclocked before, that should be fun

Xionic · 26 Feb 2006 at 00:06

UPDATE, HERES MY FINAL (I HOPE) SPEC

Monstermunch · 26 Feb 2006 at 00:52

I would definately change the maxtor for WD or similar, but also consider going OCZ Gold series 4000 for the ram. Just as good and save you another £10+

Explicit · 26 Feb 2006 at 00:56

Looks perfect to me, quality rig!

Re: OCZ Gold, it's actually more expensive and out of stock

Xionic · 26 Feb 2006 at 01:10

how do you rate the case... looks cool, orgionally was gunna go with the saprano but the Ammo looks cool and is cheap. plus the handle for lans is a good feature

Monstermunch · 26 Feb 2006 at 01:13

Explicit said:
Looks perfect to me, quality rig!

Re: OCZ Gold, it's actually more expensive and out of stock

Oh yea, it's on the weekly offer I forgot. Normally more though

ACESHIGH · 26 Feb 2006 at 04:25

Case should be good, especially those LAN parties. Everything else is ace!

iraiguana · 26 Feb 2006 at 11:00

all looks good, you should totally report back with how well that 175 oc's!

Paul11 · 26 Feb 2006 at 12:35

very nice spec...