New P35_DS3P e4300 stock no brainer changes?

[tgbyhn10111]

Hi

Just setup

OCZ Stealthxstream 600Watts
Intel Core 2 Duo E4300 1.8GHz
Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3P
Sapphire X1950Pro 256MB GDDR3 DVI TVO HDCP PCI-E Graphics Card
2 x Raid 0 Seagate 160GB 7200.10 7200RPM SATAII/300 8MB Cache - OEM
1 x Seagate 7200.10 320GB SATAII/300 8.5ms 7200RPM 16MB Cache - OEM
2 x Corsair (CM2X1024-5400C4) 1024MB, DDR2-5300/5400 (667/675MHz) Twin2X Matched Memory Pair
1 x Lite-on 16 X DVD-ROM SHD-16P1S
1 x Lite-on DVD-Writer SHM-165P6S
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro
CASE ASONIC XCLIO Server case 5X5.25 6X3.5 2xfloppy
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium x32Bit OEM 1PK DVD

It's very noisey though. i think it's the PSU.

I want to run at stock for a while b4 I try overclocking to check everything out. I was wondering what changes to make to the system / bios.

I have enabled sata raid (intel) and enabled sata to operate in native IDE mode. Anything else I should do as a matter of course like changing fan settings or turning on a turbo option etc? Things you do that you know improves speed or stability or functionality etc so you just do it no questions asked.

Any other advice for a new system?

Thanks

Pete

 

[melbourne720]

The noise is the PSU (those are renowned for being noisy).

You could move the swap file off your boot/program drive to improve performance. Set it to a constant amount (say 4GB) as well to avoid the system wasting time changing it.

Follow the overclocking guide for the things to turn off in the BIOS.

 

[tgbyhn10111]

Thanks.

I researched everything for weeks and never saw a single post about the PSU being noisey - bugger.

Will check out the OC sticky but won't that be for overclocking?

 

[tgbyhn10111]

Is there a sticky for the P35 boards anywhere? It seems the DS3 sticky is for the older chipset.

Anyone requested this?

Thanks