Pentium D805

[digitalwolf]

I'm currently considering upgrading my rig (see sig).

I have read reports about the Pentium D 805 running at 4.1Ghz overclocked but reading posts on this board it seems 3.6-3.8Ghz is the best to overclock to on air.

What other equipment would you suggest?

What Mobo, Ram, Graphics Card?

I don't want to be spending a lot tbh (£300-£400) as if i'm looking at £600 i'll go for an AMD.

Would you say the overclock and performance increase is worthwhile or is best to go for AMD?

I've currently got a 400W PSU. Need a new one?

 

[digitalwolf]

Erm not sure on the make but it's 450W.

I want to try and keep as much of my current kit as possible!

Is that Nvidia card you listed better than the 256Mb X850XT?

 

[digitalwolf]

It's basically this :- Zalman CNPS9500-AT v Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1

Much difference?

What speed can I get up to on stock cooling? I've got a Coolermaster Tower with two 120MM Case Fans.

 

[digitalwolf]

The make is in important, if its a decent brand then you won't need to upgrade, if its Qtec I'll slap you around until you buy a new one.

It's not them, I think it's Antec.

It's a few years old, and never had any trouble. My brothers had 3 Qtec's in his already

So whats the best graphics card i'm looking at in my £400 budget? The Nvida 256Mb 7600 if I don't need a new PSU? My PC struggles to play COD2 maxed out and i've had this thing for 3 years now!! Time for a change

 

[digitalwolf]

Antec make solid PSUs, that would probably do your new system fine (though it'd only be 20pin, you'd have to check the mobo is alright with a 20 pin as opposed to a 24pin ATX connector).

Is it 450 or 400 watts? You've mentioned both.

I have a feeling it's 400 Watt. Deff not lower than 400 Watt.

 

[digitalwolf]

I guess you can still use the case/dvd/HD from your current PC?

Also what PSU do you have?


CP-116-IN Intel Pentium 4 805 Dual Core "LGA775 Smithfield" 2.6GHz (533FSB) - Retail (CP-116-IN)
£73.95 £73.95
MB-083-AB Abit AW8 Intel 955X (Socket 775) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-083-AB)
£64.95 £64.95
MY-000-PA Patriot Signature 1GB (2x512MB) PC5300 667MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (PSD21G667K) (MY-000-PA)
£55.95 £55.95
GX-078-XF XFX GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT73G-UDL3) (GX-078-XF)
£114.95 £114.95
CA-009-HP Hiper HPU-4M580 Type R 580W ATX2.2 PSU - Black (CA-009-HP)
£44.95 £44.95
Subtotal £354.75
VAT £62.09
Total £416.84

So with that spec there,would it run most of the latest games maxed out at 1280x1024?

Are these systems easy to build, built a few before but just wondering if there is anything I should look out for

 

[digitalwolf]

Is the Ram in mine no good? Just for a short while until I can afford 2Gb.......

Apparently the Nforce boards aren't wonderful.......this true?

 

[digitalwolf]

Should be fine if it overclocks to DDR2-800 speed at reasonable timings.

Edit: Apparently the Nforce4 Intel Edition doesnt support the 9xx CPUs, at least according to Asus's support site.

What's this the board or ram? lol

 

[digitalwolf]

Didnt he spec DDR2-667?

But yes, there arent any 945\955 chipset boards supporting DDR1.

Thats a shame, is Corsair no longer top dog for Ram anymore?

Just saw that Patriot ram listed


P.S. I was asking if my current ram would run in it.