I recently built a new system:
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
Asus Triton 70 CPU Cooler
OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3
Asus P5KC Combo Intel P35 Motherboard
PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 "Special Edition" 1024MB GDDR3
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Unfortunately I didn't do enough mobo research and the PK5C's a hunk of turd (from what I can tell). I've just started a new job and have some monies to waste so I've decided to ebay it and grab a replacement, but I'm a little confused as to what I should get.
I've also had some annoying RAM issues. I've sent one pair of OCZ DDR3 1gig 1333mhz sticks back for replacement as one was reporting errors in memtest, but the replacements have the same problem (only one stick both times). I'm guessing this is bad luck unless anyone knows of any compatability issues (Though as only one stick shows errors when tested in the same slot I find that hard to believe)?
Anyhoo, the long and short of it is I'm considering buying a Asus P5E3 Intel X38 but have no idea if this chipset is the way to go, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also, if my RAM issue lies with the sticks, and the P5E3 is the way to go, what DDR3 sticks would be a good fit? If it is the sticks my opinion of OCZ isn't what it used to be.
Thanks guys
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300
Asus Triton 70 CPU Cooler
OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3
Asus P5KC Combo Intel P35 Motherboard
PowerColor ATI Radeon HD 3870 X2 "Special Edition" 1024MB GDDR3
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter
Samsung SpinPoint F1 750GB SATA-II 32MB Cache
Unfortunately I didn't do enough mobo research and the PK5C's a hunk of turd (from what I can tell). I've just started a new job and have some monies to waste so I've decided to ebay it and grab a replacement, but I'm a little confused as to what I should get.
I've also had some annoying RAM issues. I've sent one pair of OCZ DDR3 1gig 1333mhz sticks back for replacement as one was reporting errors in memtest, but the replacements have the same problem (only one stick both times). I'm guessing this is bad luck unless anyone knows of any compatability issues (Though as only one stick shows errors when tested in the same slot I find that hard to believe)?
Anyhoo, the long and short of it is I'm considering buying a Asus P5E3 Intel X38 but have no idea if this chipset is the way to go, so any advice would be greatly appreciated. Also, if my RAM issue lies with the sticks, and the P5E3 is the way to go, what DDR3 sticks would be a good fit? If it is the sticks my opinion of OCZ isn't what it used to be.
Thanks guys
