My new pc

SiriusZen

SiriusZen

SiriusZen

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Hi all, I'm new here to Overclockers.

I'm asking for some advice/help,
I'm going to build a new system with these parts and bits,

CPU: Intel® Core™ 2 Duo E8400 CPU @ 3.0GHz 1333FSB 6MB L2 Cache 64-bit
Graphics Card: ATI Radeon HD 4870 X2 2GB DDR5
CASE: Antec 1200
Cooling: Will be water cooled
Optical Drive: LG 22X DVD±R/±RW + CD-R/RW DRIVE DUAL LAYER
HDD: Single Hard Drive (1TB SATA-II 3.0Gb/s 16M Cache 7200RPM Hard Drive
Motherboard: ASUS P5Q PRO P45
Memory: OCZ Reaper HPC Edition 2x2GB PC6400 DDR2/800
MONITOR: Samsung SM-T240 24" 5MS Wide LCD Display DVI/HDMI Monitor
OS: Microsoft® Windows Vista™ Ultimate w/ Service Pack 1
POWERSUPPLY: Corsair PSU 750W TX750W Power Supply
SOUND: Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Champion Series Sound Card
TEMP Display: Alphacool LC-Display 240x128 Pixel Black
Headset: Razer Baracuda™ HP-1 Gaming Headset
Mousemat: Razer eXactMat™ Precision Mouse Pad
Keyboard: Razer Tarantula™ Gaming Keyboard
Mouse: Razer Lachesis 3G 4000DPI Gaming Laser Mouse Blue
WNC: Netgear WG111TGE Super G 108Mbps USB2.0 Adapter

What my main concern is that the dual-core CPU will throttle the GPU at a res of 1920*1200, I know that the E8400 is running at 3GHz out of the box, I'm thinking of trying to Overclock it to gain better performance,

Do you guys think that this rig will be a good gaming rig? I'd like to play games like Farcry2, Stalker, Crysis at max settings at 1920*1200, I know the GPU is up to it, I just hope that the CPU doesn't throttle it.

Also, Is the PSU powerful enough?

Thanks :)

~ Sirius ~
 
PSU should be fine, however any particular reason you're going watercooled? For the price, a decent air cooler will be cheaper and still allow you to overclock well. The only real benifit is if you're going for a totally silent rig or a huge overclock.
 
Well, I want it to be as silent as possible really, plus I want it to look sweet I've always wanted a nice looking rig, and I figured that with the clear panel in the side of the Antec 1200 and it's blue fans plus a nice blue set of watercooling pipes will look wicked!

Plus, once I have it I'm thinking of trying a 4.4GHz overclock by raising the CPU vcore to 1.45v.

Also, I've heard somewhere that with the HD4870x2 it really prefers the MoBo to have a PCI-E 2.0 slot to sit in, I 'm not too sure if the MobO I've chosen has a PCI-E 2.0 slot or just PCI-E... I think it does lol.
 
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phill0i said:
you might want to read up on overclocking before you go into the bios and push buttons randomly
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Thanks for the info, I've read a few good things on Overclocking recently, that said, I'm happy to use it as standard at 3.0GHz, but being a Duel-core I'm wondering if it'll throttle the GPU, So I'm going to wait for abit, see what sort of FPS I get and if they are down abit 'then' I'm going to try to overclock, gradually though.

Then again, overclocking really is just going into the Bios and pressing buttons, just hard reset until you find whats right ;)
 
SiriusZen said:
Then again, overclocking really is just going into the Bios and pressing buttons, just hard reset until you find whats right ;)
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i lol'd, i think there are a few peeps who will argue its a bit more than that and at higher clocks has skill involved
 
phill0i said:
i lol'd, i think there are a few peeps who will argue its a bit more than that and at higher clocks has skill involved
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I'm not denying the fact that to get high and stable overclocks you need to be able to do more than 'press some buttons'

All I'm saying is (or rather trying to get at) is the fact that you can just go into the bios and start tweeking
 
I've got an E8400, p5q-e and a 4870. I had to o/c the 8400 to 3.6 (on stock volts mind) to free up the GPU (this is at 1920x1200), any further o/c gave me nothing much extra. I would guess you would need to o/c to something similar for the 4870, but as the chip will (read: should) do this at stock volts, you're flying!
 
death_looms said:
I've got an E8400, p5q-e and a 4870. I had to o/c the 8400 to 3.6 (on stock volts mind) to free up the GPU (this is at 1920x1200), any further o/c gave me nothing much extra. I would guess you would need to o/c to something similar for the 4870, but as the chip will (read: should) do this at stock volts, you're flying!
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Thanks for the info, I was thinking that an overclock to the E8400 would free up the 4870x2 abit.
 
Personally I'd have a separate HDD for your OS, programmes and games.

So:
320gb samsung F1, 2 partitions: OS & programmes partition, games partition
1tb WD green, storage and backup.
 
Ben M said:
Personally I'd have a separate HDD for your OS, programmes and games.

So:
320gb samsung F1, 2 partitions: OS & programmes partition, games partition
1tb WD green, storage and backup.
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I'm going to use my old laptop (60GB HDD) to back-up anything important and I'm also going to use my old rig (160GB) to back-up anything else.
 
If you overclock the CPU to at least 3.6 you have a winner. Few things though:


I'd swap the memory for some kingston PC8500 though, just to leave a little more room if you fancy a higher o/c!

I'd not bother with vista ultimate either. Go with the Win7 RC (free), and buy it when it's released.

Also, I just installed a pioneer DVD RW, much quieter than my previous lg, and it's only £18.
 
SiriusZen said:
Then again, overclocking really is just going into the Bios and pressing buttons, just hard reset until you find whats right ;)
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LMAO!!!

That is to funny!!! :D

As for this rig, it should be great for gaming, and it should o/c quite nicely to... however you should do lots of reading on the subject first, because there is a lot more to it than just "going into the BIOS and pressing buttons"!!!!! :D
 
It looks very good and will game very well.

However, a decent water cooling kit will be £150+. For that kind of money you can get a decent air cooler (Titan Fenrir) and go for an i7 rig. A much more up-to-date option. Would you be interested in that?

Agreed with others that windows 7 download is the way to go - vista will be put out to pasture soon.

Finally, you may want to consider this monitor. Only 22in, but the panel is E-IPS and so beautiful you could cry.
 
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