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Hi,
As you may have guessed, i'm completely new to the world of computer building and overclocking (the most complicated thing i've ever done is change a gfx/sound card, although i do have a reasonable knowledge of the current computer tech), but I am planning on building a quad-core/ddr3 gaming machine over the summer to replace my current setup. Obviously this wont come cheap, and i really dont want to risk damaging expensive parts due to inexperience.
Whilst i know people who i'm sure would help, i would really like to learn the ropes myself, so was thinking of a practice build/overclock to begin with. I'm not sure what you guys think of this, and whether or not it would be better to just get some help and launch into a build, but i was thinking of putting together a pretty cheap system that would let me overclock/try a RAID array etc, that could then be used as a linux based, or perhaps media pc.
I was thinking of something along these lines for the system spec (from OcUK):
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail (£54.04)
Mobo: Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£76.36) OR OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£70.49)
Memory: OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (£28.19)
HDD: 2 x Hitachi Deskstar (size not too important) for RAID array
Drives: SATA DVD drive
gfx: Have two 7600GS replaced by 8800GT
PSU: Something like OCZ StealthXStream 500 watt PSU
Obviously any input on spec would be helpful, but is this a good basis to learn the dark art of overclocking??
Thanks very much for any help,
Chris
As you may have guessed, i'm completely new to the world of computer building and overclocking (the most complicated thing i've ever done is change a gfx/sound card, although i do have a reasonable knowledge of the current computer tech), but I am planning on building a quad-core/ddr3 gaming machine over the summer to replace my current setup. Obviously this wont come cheap, and i really dont want to risk damaging expensive parts due to inexperience.
Whilst i know people who i'm sure would help, i would really like to learn the ropes myself, so was thinking of a practice build/overclock to begin with. I'm not sure what you guys think of this, and whether or not it would be better to just get some help and launch into a build, but i was thinking of putting together a pretty cheap system that would let me overclock/try a RAID array etc, that could then be used as a linux based, or perhaps media pc.
I was thinking of something along these lines for the system spec (from OcUK):
Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E2180 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail (£54.04)
Mobo: Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£76.36) OR OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (£70.49)
Memory: OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (£28.19)
HDD: 2 x Hitachi Deskstar (size not too important) for RAID array
Drives: SATA DVD drive
gfx: Have two 7600GS replaced by 8800GT
PSU: Something like OCZ StealthXStream 500 watt PSU
Obviously any input on spec would be helpful, but is this a good basis to learn the dark art of overclocking??
Thanks very much for any help,
Chris
