Comments on potential new rig please

TIMUH! · 6 Jun 2006 at 14:32

hello all

Been sometime since I browsed these forums with avengence. While my trusty NF7S-2/2500 rig is still going stong, thanks in large part to the wealth of knowledge and help on these forums. Its time for an update.

After looking around a little much has changed it seems! Anyway I was looking at the following as the base components for an upgrade.

Asus A8N32-Sli/Abit AN8-32x skt 939 mobo
AMD athlon 3700+ SD
Corsair 2gb xms3200c2pt

I'm looking to overclock but not to any huge extent. I would welcome any suggestions on the above, other components to consider, expected clocks etc. I'll probably be going with air cooling.

A.N.Other · 6 Jun 2006 at 14:37

I have that RAM and it's great. Nice tight timings as well.

As for expcected clocks, see here and here (no.2 to be taken with a pinch of salt).

ichabod crane · 6 Jun 2006 at 14:37

i can get 2.8 just about stable on my 3700. and im rubbish at overclocking

TIMUH! · 8 Jun 2006 at 10:55

thanks guys, what about the components themselves? Is what I'm thinking of a fairly good bundle?

ichabod crane · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:01

corsair memory is excellent, board wise people recommend dfi for hardcore overclocking. but on your list id go Asus over abit there more stable

Mikebert4 · 8 Jun 2006 at 11:56

I've got that RAM... it's fantastic

As for the MoBo, i've recently converted from ASUS to ABIT (kept breaking my A8N-SLi) And I have to say the ABIT (KN8-SLi) is miles better than the ASUS for the same price...

just my opinion, and i've heard some very good things about the A8N32

For overclocking, get a DFI, there's none to rival them

. The ABIT will have more options than the ASUS, but will be slightly less stable (and there's more to screw up)

Good choice of processor... the 3700+ is a nice little clocker, not quite the 3000+ in terms of % gain, but it's a faster core anyhow.

What GFX are you considering?

ajgoodfellow · 8 Jun 2006 at 12:10

That's a fine selection of components but I'd seriously consider an AM2 based PC if you're buying new memory as well as Socket 939 will be phased out

TIMUH! · 8 Jun 2006 at 12:37

GFX no idea but under £150

Decided to go with the Asus board and the rest as above.

Any links to O/C threads for this much appreciated in particular mem timings, volts etc.

Might even go watercooling this time, Swiftech H20-220 looks nice.

Thanks guys

ajgoodfellow · 8 Jun 2006 at 12:42

If you can stretch to £164 inc VAT get the X1800XT 256MB. Amazing card, amazing value

If not get a 7600GT/X1800GTO. I would seriously consider the extra £14 for the XT though as it's a fair bit quicker than either of those cards

Mikebert4 · 8 Jun 2006 at 21:17

ajgoodfellow said:
I would seriously consider the extra £14 for the XT though as it's a fair bit quicker than either of those cards

Second that!

TIMUH! · 9 Jun 2006 at 09:53

Mikebert4 said:
Second that!

Sold, I'll just sell one of my children for the extra cash

EDIT:

There is a great thread I've been reading on the A8N-SLI, does a lot of that information translate to the A8N32 board as they appear to be almost identical?

Also Coolmaster stacker 830 v Silverstone Temjin TJ07?