upgrade to dfi lann party expert or not? plus some upgrade advice if possible

graylinghunter

graylinghunter

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I am looking at updating my mobo as it sucks as far as OC is concerned! I am looking at the DFI lanparty sli dr expert.
I currently own a 3800 *2 amd64 zalman led air cooled
Motherboard Gigabyte GA-K8NF-9-TA (Targa Edition) restricted bios
Memory 2gb swissbit DDR-RAM PC 3200 (DDR 400) Dual Channel (4 x 512 MByte), extendable up to 4 GByte DDR-RAM
Graphics nVidia® Geforce 7900gtx 512 xfx
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Audio s/blaster audigy-z

Harddisc Sata 300 and a 160 GByte Maxtor® with 7.200 rpm, 16 MB cache, SATA connection, fluid bearing
Optical drives Toshiba® DVD-ROM
16-speed DVD, 48-speed CD-ROM
Toshiba® multi-standard DUAL Layer 16x DVD+R, 16x DVD-R, 4x DVD+/-RW, 5x
DVD+R Dual Layer, 48x CD-R, 24x CD-RW , 48x CD-ROM, 16x DVD-RO

I know I will need to update the ram as well what are your recomendations to boost this 3800 dual *2 to warp speed.
the 7900 gtx oc well out the box from 650 to 700 mhz 1800mhz ram
psu is a cheap 600w.
the psu MODEL
= WIN POWER ATX 600L MAX OUTPUT 600W
+12v 24a max
+5V 50A MAX
3.3 32A MAX
-5V 1.0A MAX
-12V 1.0MAX
current idel temp in bios =29deg on zalman led

ps which is the best ram to use for the dfi expert? I will be looking at purchasing 2gb
thanks for any thoughts Phil. or if its time to ditch the amd 939 rig as a going concern do I go with core dueo or with a ddr2 amd 590 rig first as last to prevent futher equity loss
:)
 
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If you are going to buy the mboard and the ram, you're better off flogging your old system..

dfi expert = 146 bucks.. decent ram = 100+

Remember that the new ram will be no good to you when upgrading in the future. If I was you I'd try flogg off my old system, get as much as you can then add the difference and get a conroe. I'd keep the g card, just buy a reasonable g card to go in your old rig and get flogging it!!!

Still cost you a bit to upgrade though, but to me seems a little pointless to spend £250+ on an old system, which in the future will only yield up a graphics card to take to your next upgrade.

Just my opinion.

Edit.. speaking from experience, cheap psu's seem a bargain at the time, kinda makes you mad when it goes pop, and takes out 300 quid with it. I was also amazed how much easier it is to get stable clocks with a good psu.. The psu is one thing you certainly shouldn't skimp on, I can vouch for that :(
 
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You dont have to get an expert, get the dfi ultra D(£88) and 2gb of Gskill HZ ram(£150). This should give you a better overclock if you have a good stepping X2 3800+.
 
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