Go or hold-off?

Roduga · 26 Feb 2006 at 23:26

Explicit said:
lol, that's what we're here for!

Seriously, there's nothing hard about it. Installing the processor onto the mobo is a piece of cake and overclocking is simple once you've read the stickies on various forums. It's all down to buying the right parts that will give you an optimum overclock.

I can do the installation with my eyes closed, overclocking is new to me. I guess I'll have to read up on the subject.

Explicit · 26 Feb 2006 at 23:31

http://forum.overclockersonline.com...74&start=0&S=a28b674848e02cdd6eb4c12eefb1f3d5
http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread.php?t=20823 (site down atm)

That shoud cover it.

ACESHIGH · 26 Feb 2006 at 23:44

Monstermunch said:
Hows about something like this:

CP-153-AM AMD Opteron UP 175 Dual Core San Diego 2.2GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-153-AM)
£334.95 £334.95
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 £79.95
GX-046-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3055) (GX-046-CO)
£324.95 £324.95
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD)
£79.95 £79.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.50 £14.50
CA-012-TT Thermaltake VA3000BNA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-012-TT)
£67.95 £67.95
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£63.95 £63.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£134.95 £134.95
Subtotal £1,129.10
VAT £197.60
Total £1,326.70

With that ram, cpu, mobo & cooler you'll be able to seriously clock that opty, probably to around 3ghz

Thats a good spec, you have the cash... go for it... it will be a great upgrade!

Roduga · 27 Feb 2006 at 20:55

ACESHIGH said:
Thats a good spec, you have the cash... go for it... it will be a great upgrade!

Sounds like a plan. See you in one month...

AWPC · 27 Feb 2006 at 21:24

Dont believe everything you hear about DDR2 Ram. Check this out and see the insane FSB speeds even DDR2-533 can hit then tell me its not as quick as DDR1 (up to 15% quicker even with basic value Ram according to artificial benchmarks which measure mem bandwidth).

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/27/in_search_of_true_ddr2_bleeding_edge_memory/

Roduga · 27 Feb 2006 at 21:49

AWPC said:
Dont believe everything you here about DDR2 Ram. Check this out and see the insane FSB speeds even DDR2-533 can hit then tell me its not as quick as DDR1 (up to 15% quicker even with basic value Ram according to artificial benchmarks which measure mem bandwidth).

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/27/in_search_of_true_ddr2_bleeding_edge_memory/

Actually I've based my move on the release of a certain game. *AND* that lot will cost a fortune.

gary996 · 28 Feb 2006 at 01:01

Also remember Intel Conroe will be out so it might be worth the wait to compare.

Roduga · 2 Mar 2006 at 21:29

Monstermunch said:
Hows about something like this:

CP-153-AM AMD Opteron UP 175 Dual Core San Diego 2.2GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-153-AM)
£334.95 £334.95
MB-014-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 Ultra-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-014-DF)
£79.95 £79.95
GX-046-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT-X 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3055) (GX-046-CO)
£324.95 £324.95
HD-070-WD Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-070-WD)
£79.95 £79.95
CD-026-NE NEC ND4551 16x16 DVD±RW Dual Layer LabelFlash ReWriter (Black) - OEM (CD-026-NE)
£27.95 £27.95
FG-000-AR Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)
£14.50 £14.50
CA-012-TT Thermaltake VA3000BNA Tsunami Dream SuperMidi Aluminium Tower - Black (CA-012-TT)
£67.95 £67.95
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£63.95 £63.95
MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£134.95 £134.95
Subtotal £1,129.10
VAT £197.60
Total £1,326.70

With that ram, cpu, mobo & cooler you'll be able to seriously clock that opty, probably to around 3ghz

Proper job. I am leaning towards the CoolerMaster Praetorian 732, good/bad? Also unsure of the PSU, unless it's highly thought of?

ACESHIGH · 3 Mar 2006 at 02:39

The Enermax Liberty 500W is a good PSU !
As far as i know the CoolerMaster Praetorian 732 is a good case, so go for it if thats what you like.