My Upgrade

R4z0r · 22 Jul 2007 at 15:56

Hey all,

I'm looking at ordering this little lot, what does everyone think? I don't game (The graphics card is purely so I can have lots of eye candy in Vista/Ubuntu). I'm quite keen on overclocking it so went for compnents that are cheap but should clock well - have I made the right choices? What kind of speeds can I expect?

-EDIT- Oopps, forgot the HSF:

Noctua NH-U12F

Thanks!

stickroad · 22 Jul 2007 at 15:59

Nice spec, though consider changing the Memory to the Crucial Stuff:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR

It will hit 800MHZ 3-3-3-12, even 1000MHZ 4-4-4-12 and above.

Nullvoid · 22 Jul 2007 at 16:23

Everything looks good, just two things though.

Firstly, you might be happier with either a Samsung Spinpoint T or a Western Digital SE16 hard-drive since the seeks on the 7200.10's are rather loud.

Also, the 8500gt you've picked has ddr2 memory so there is unlikely to be very much overclocking headroom (if we think back to the last generation, it was the 7300GTs equipped with ddr3 that were little pocket rockets). To that end, you might get more value out of ATI's Radeon 2400xt.

R4z0r · 22 Jul 2007 at 18:30

Thanks for the advice. Noise is a major concern for me so I think I'll switch to the Samsung HDD. Gonna stick with nVidia due to their excellen Linux support (Box will most likely run Ubuntu).

toosepin · 22 Jul 2007 at 19:00

Go for a WD Caviar for a quiet HDD, apart from that its a good spec

I also agree with sticking with Nvidia for Ubuntu, I have struggled before with my X1900 and Xubuntu.