Help me check my specs

blueplayer · 14 Jan 2007 at 20:47

hi hope u guys will help me check my system new specs out please and give suggestions please .
i want to overclock to get a healthy 3 gig check it out and let me know.

Abit AW9D-MAX Intel 975X

Core 2 DUO E6400

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS 640MB GDDR3

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200KS SATA-II 16MB Cache

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler

Asus VW192S 19" Widescreen LCD Monitor

OCZ GameXStream 600w Silent SLI Ready ATX2 Power Supply

thanks in advance (p.s thought about giga ds3 or 4 but got scaerd off about em stopping working)

Trigger · 14 Jan 2007 at 21:14

I think you could do a lot better for your money- if you say what your budget is I'll try and do you a spec

EDIT: Please don't cross post - there is no need to post the same thread in two forums

FrostedNipple · 14 Jan 2007 at 21:17

save money oon the 6400 and go 6300 it easily clocks to 3gigz from what ive heard

and if your getting the 8800 get the gtx version

Trigger · 14 Jan 2007 at 21:24

I'd agree- get a E6300- don't bother with the 6400. If you're overclocking then get a board with a 965 chipset- the 975 boards clock badly and if you have the money then go for a 680 board which clocks even better. PSU wise, get a corsair 620W without question. Hard drives, bin the WD and get a Seagate. RAM wise, either stick with what you have specced or get some nice Cellshock stuff if you have the money

FrostedNipple · 14 Jan 2007 at 21:27

Trigger said:
I'd agree- get a E6300- don't bother with the 6400. If you're overclocking then get a board with a 965 chipset- the 975 boards clock badly and if you have the money then go for a 680 board which clocks even better. PSU wise, get a corsair 620W without question. Hard drives, bin the WD and get a Seagate. RAM wise, either stick with what you have specced or get some nice Cellshock stuff if you have the money

you could get a samsung hdd, all hdds are basically the same, just different priced, and for price atm samsung are better deal, just dont get maxtor they brake

Trigger · 14 Jan 2007 at 21:32

God I hate Maxtor HDDs :mad:

I've used Samsung hard drives for a while now after a few years with Maxtor- all of the Maxtor hard drives which I have had are now broken but I've heard that the Seagate 7200.10 drives are great at the moment. Then again, as long as it's not made by Maxtor or Hitatchi it'll be fine

furnace · 14 Jan 2007 at 22:12

If you can afford it, a better cooler too! ACF7 is good but still not great - go Tuniq tower, that's my next move :-)

Also, you should half expect to have to lap your CPU to get decent temperatures

But it's not nearly as scary as it sounds, don't worry - and the chances are that you will get a CPU that doesn't need lapping!

And don't forget the Arctic Silver 5 thermal grease.

I haven't heard about DS3/DS4's stop working? :confused:

Initially there were a few probs but BIOS updates have sorted most of it out AFAIK..?

blueplayer · 14 Jan 2007 at 23:33

sorry about double post and my budget is about 1100 pounds but i want to over clock and save some money as well if i can but need the 8800 gfx card

blueplayer · 15 Jan 2007 at 18:46

any more advice budget is £1100 please

masslac · 15 Jan 2007 at 18:47

Pasted from a txt file I made for a friend a couple of days ago:

Lian-Li PC-7 PLUS Aluminium Midi-Tower Case - Black
£58.74 inc VAT

Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK)
£70.49 inc VAT

Gigabyte GA_965P_S3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
£84.59 inc VAT

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
£111.61 inc VAT

Scythe Ninja Plus Rev.B Heatpipe CPU Cooler
£35.24 inc VAT

GeIL 1GB (2x512MB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX21GB6400UDC)
£93.99 inc VAT

8800GTS 320MB coming out soon. Will be about
£230 tbh

Hitachi Deskstar T7K500 NCQ 320GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (0A33435)
£62.26 inc VAT

NEC AD7170A 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM
£20.21 inc VAT

Samsung SM-920N 19" LCD Monitor - Silver/Black
£158.61 inc VAT

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM
£78.71 inc VAT

Saitek PZ30AU Eclipse Illuminated Keyboard - Red
£28.19 inc VAT

Razer DiamondBack Magma 1600dpi Gaming Mouse - Retail
£29.36 inc VAT

Total £1062 approx

Near-silent, vista + DX10 card, all nicely overclockable. Win.
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Ideally this needs 2GB of the same RAM, but you could make savings elsewhere tbh. Slightly cheaper monitor, lose the Scythe HSF, buy Vista later.