New Machine
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Damn straight. I want at least 2.4 ghz out of it 
Oddly the cpu cooler was the one bit I wasn't sure about.
I chose the one I did cause it's a 120mm fan as opposed to the 92mm on Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler and the Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower which were the other two I was looking at.
Theoretically a 120 can shift more air and remain quiter than a 92 but I have no idea which heatsink is better so thats irrelevant.
Oddly the cpu cooler was the one bit I wasn't sure about.
I chose the one I did cause it's a 120mm fan as opposed to the 92mm on Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler and the Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower which were the other two I was looking at.
Theoretically a 120 can shift more air and remain quiter than a 92 but I have no idea which heatsink is better so thats irrelevant.
I thought that was quite a reasonable price the 3800 is cheaper here than anywhere else.
I was originally planning on running a divider but there should be a performance boost surely if the memory is running faster too.
Theres deliberatly only 1gb atm there two more slots on the board which will be filled later with at least 2 x 1GB perhaps more depending on what memory is available at what price.
Oh and that price includes the delivery too.
I was originally planning on running a divider but there should be a performance boost surely if the memory is running faster too.
Theres deliberatly only 1gb atm there two more slots on the board which will be filled later with at least 2 x 1GB perhaps more depending on what memory is available at what price.
Oh and that price includes the delivery too.
She's deffinatly gonna be a folder.
This machine is for a friend he doesn't play many games that will gain any advantage in having more than a GB of RAM atm hence the upgrade later plan.
Oh and I thought faster and tighter RAM might be nice for Photoshop as well as the dual cores.
This machine is for a friend he doesn't play many games that will gain any advantage in having more than a GB of RAM atm hence the upgrade later plan.
Oh and I thought faster and tighter RAM might be nice for Photoshop as well as the dual cores.
Well the only thing I'm not entirely decided about is the CPU cooler I guess.
I think it makes little difference as the board is going to me mounted flat with two 120's blowing across it, and two 120's exhausting out the back.
I think it makes little difference as the board is going to me mounted flat with two 120's blowing across it, and two 120's exhausting out the back.
The new SI 120's are very nice.
The only reason I'm not getting one is cause of the way the air is flowing - from front to back, the upright heatsink will be more practical.
I love the Amber 120's
1 on the CPU heatsink and probably 2 at the front and 2 at the back of the case.
The only reason I'm not getting one is cause of the way the air is flowing - from front to back, the upright heatsink will be more practical.
I love the Amber 120's
1 on the CPU heatsink and probably 2 at the front and 2 at the back of the case.The graphics card is not a problem, and I want SLI for future proofing.
The games played run at max settings on a Ti4600 perfectly smoothly, so the 7300 should be more than enough until it's going to be used for more intensive games, which is unlikely for the foreseeable future due to the fact that games nowadays aren't half as good as they used to be
Basically for a CPU cooler I'm looking for an upright 120mm and the EVO's the only one I've seen
How will more, slower, RAM help F@H?
I would have thought 1GB would be more than enough for XP and two instances of F@H, and the high bandwidth would help with the Large WU's?
Also bearing in mind that I'm going to add at least another 2GB later.
Bigdom I notice your comparing your overclocked 3.6GHz P4 to a stock 3800 X2 (2Ghz). The 3800 can hit at least 2.4GHz with reasonable hardware. Do you think that would close the gap somewhat or would it need to be considerably faster?
The games played run at max settings on a Ti4600 perfectly smoothly, so the 7300 should be more than enough until it's going to be used for more intensive games, which is unlikely for the foreseeable future due to the fact that games nowadays aren't half as good as they used to be
Basically for a CPU cooler I'm looking for an upright 120mm and the EVO's the only one I've seen
How will more, slower, RAM help F@H?
I would have thought 1GB would be more than enough for XP and two instances of F@H, and the high bandwidth would help with the Large WU's?
Also bearing in mind that I'm going to add at least another 2GB later.
Bigdom I notice your comparing your overclocked 3.6GHz P4 to a stock 3800 X2 (2Ghz). The 3800 can hit at least 2.4GHz with reasonable hardware. Do you think that would close the gap somewhat or would it need to be considerably faster?
Have looked around but I couldn't find the X2 3800 ceaper anywhere else.
They might have dropped in price elsewhere since I looked though.
I'm not buying it just yet, next week sometime, may look around again, but obviously quite often you save P&P by getting it from one site rather than multiple sites.
They might have dropped in price elsewhere since I looked though.
I'm not buying it just yet, next week sometime, may look around again, but obviously quite often you save P&P by getting it from one site rather than multiple sites.
VeNT said:
Yes I know, thats why, nowhere but OcUK has been mentioned.
I also found a site where I can get a 3800 X2 for £204 and free delivery but not as cheap as =IH=RePhLeX said.
I think I'll just wait till it comes back in (assuming it's comming back in)
Precisely why I opted for that DFI board, but it was a tricky descision that meant I had to make cuts elsewhere like only getting 2 x 512mb RAM and a cheaper graphics card. Though tbh the graphics card wont matter.
I assume your building in a case...
If you are, pscht you got it easy.
Me and my friend are going to mount this directly in a computer desk. It's gonna be a practical layout rather than a space saver hoping to maximize to the extreme on silent cooling to help push the boundaries on the overclock. Will post some piccies eventually when it's finished.
I assume your building in a case...
If you are, pscht you got it easy.
Me and my friend are going to mount this directly in a computer desk. It's gonna be a practical layout rather than a space saver hoping to maximize to the extreme on silent cooling to help push the boundaries on the overclock. Will post some piccies eventually when it's finished.