My new setup, is it ok?!

toString · 5 Mar 2006 at 10:49

What do people think? Keep in mind I already have the first 2 items! The rest I'm going to buy in the next couple of days.

- Asus A8N32-SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-118-AS)

- XFX GeForce 7800 GTX 256MB DDR3 DUAL DVI VIVO PCI-E

- AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-151-AM)

- GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC3200 Value Dual Channel Kit CAS3 (GE2GB3200BDC) (MY-046-GL)

- Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940) (FG-000-AR)

- Tagan TG530-U15 530W ATX2.01 Easycon SLi Compliant Modular Silent PSU (CA-008-TG)

The only thing I'm a bit confused about is the RAM (too many choices). The rest I'm pretty happy with.
Please let me know if there's any disasters in the making here...!

Thanks,
KA

Monstermunch · 5 Mar 2006 at 11:14

The Geil Value is very good ram, don't be put off by the word value. But looking at your spec you're going for an opty, in which case i'd personally go for 1 of the following as they are much more clockable than the geil:

MY-057-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC3200 Dual Channel Platinum Series EL-DDR CAS2 (OCZ4002048ELDCPE-K) (MY-057-OC)
£139.95 £139.95

MY-058-OC OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC4000 Dual Channel Platinum Series EB-DDR CAS3 (OCZ5002048EBPE-K) (MY-058-OC)
£189.95 £189.95

MY-002-MK Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Redline Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) (991493) (MY-002-MK)
£199.95 £199.95

MY-000-MK Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) CAS3 (991483) (MY-000-MK)
£144.95 £144.95

Any one of the above will be perfect for clocking your opty

Nazbit · 5 Mar 2006 at 11:45

Looks good, but I too would go for one of the 2gb mushkin kits if you want the best overclock out of your opty.

The value ram wont want to go very high without some silly dividers.

quadboi · 5 Mar 2006 at 11:50

Yes, I wouldnt use the Value ram, just for the fact "value" ... lol... Get some crucial they are good too.

toString · 5 Mar 2006 at 12:11

Thanks guys!

Think I'll go for: MY-000-MK Mushkin 2GB DDR XP4000 Extreme Performance Dual Channel Kit (2x1GB) CAS3 (991483) (MY-000-MK)