spec me overclock (£1200)

Xionic · 8 Feb 2006 at 23:10

i origionally posted this is the general section but as im intending on overclocking i though it may be better in here

ok i have £1200 to spend on a base unit that i will be seriously overclocking (never overclocked in my life), i need:

CPU, M/BOARD, RAM, GFX, HDD, CASE, PSU & COOLING, i intend on going with a AMD (obviously) and a DFI board. i would prefer water cooling but its not a must. i am a major gamer so am only interested in machines that are stable

TIA

Xionic

Xionic · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:03

BUMP

Raikiri · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:13

MB-013-DF DFI LanParty UT NF4 SLI-D (Socket 939) PCI-Express Motherboard (MB-013-DF)
£99.95 £99.95
MY-008-GS G.Skill 2GB DDR HZ PC4000 (2x1GB) CAS3 Dual Channel Kit (F1-4000USU2-2GBHZ) (MY-008-GS)
£129.95 £129.95
GX-047-CO Connect3D ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (3056) (GX-047-CO)
£309.95 £309.95
HD-002-HI Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 NCQ 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM (0A31636) (HD-002-HI)
£63.95 £63.95
CA-002-SK FSP Sparkle FX600-GLN Epsilon 600W ATX2.0 PSU (CA-002-SK)
£69.95 £69.95
CP-151-AM AMD Opteron UP 165 Dual Core San Diego 1.8GHz 2MB Cache (Socket 939) - Retail (CP-151-AM)
£229.95 £229.95
CA-041-LL Lian-Li PC-60 PLUS Silver Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-041-LL)
£69.50 £69.50
HS-007-TT Thermaltake Big Typhoon 4 in 1 Heatpipe (Socket 939/754/775/478) CPU Cooler (CL-P0114) (HS-007-TT)
£21.95 £21.95
HS-013-ZA Zalman VF700-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler (HS-013-ZA)
£19.95 £19.95
Subtotal £1,015.10
VAT £177.65
Total £1,192.75

Xionic · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:16

what would that be capable of prime-stable, also wouldnt a Ultra-D be more suitable as im not getting a Nvidia card and am not intending on going crossfire (and a saving of £25-30)

Raikiri · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:19

around 2.6-2.8ghz should be possible, remember this is a dual core CPU. And I picked the SLI board cos they tend to have more features even if you wont use the SLI

Xionic · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:25

why a opti, i hear they are good overclockers but wouldnt a X2 be just as good

Raikiri · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:28

The 165 has 1mb cache per core, the lowest X2 that has 1mb is the 4400+ which is £70 more. Also it is the manchester cores (512kb cache) that clock as well as the opterons with the Toledo cores slightly behind.

Xionic · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:31

running at a overclock of 2.6.... whats that gunna do to the life expectancy of the machine

Raikiri · 9 Feb 2006 at 20:35

Depends on the voltage.
@ 1.6v it might lower it's life to 3/4 years but at 1.5-1.55 it should be good for 5 years

Sometimes they just die anyway, sometimes they go forever at daft voltages.

Xionic · 9 Feb 2006 at 22:54

thanx for the advise, anyone else care to comment