What would you change?

Markjsca

Markjsca

Markjsca

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I'm building a new gaming/HTPC comp. I've decided on the e6400 because of the amount of reports that it overclocks nicely to 3.2/3.4+ Ghz. The RAM is capable of 1000Mhz+ according to here Am I able to acheive this overclock with the P5w motherboard?

The total list of components I've choosen are:

CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)
£142.99 £142.99
MB-152-AS Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-152-AS)
£129.99 £129.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£164.99 £164.99
HS-015-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA)
£26.99 £26.99
Subtotal £464.96
VAT £81.37
Total £546.33

What would you change (if anything, though I doubt I've choosen 100% right)? It must be within a similar enough price bracket....

Thanks for your opinions :)
 
I'd change the motherboard for a DS3 or DS4 as they are based on the 965 chipset which seems to overclock the 6300/6400 chips better but other than that it should be fine. Do you already have a good PSU? That is important for successful overclocking. :)
 
I don't have any PSU. I'm a laptop guy making the move over to a Desktop...I will need to get a good PSU...I'm gonna get two 36.7gb raptors and have them in RAID 0. I'll probably get a SATAII drive for storage...It'd have to be quiet as well as I'd like to be able to use the PC as a HTPC....

I still haven't deciding on a graphics card yet either...I'm gonna be using a Samsung LE26R72B 26" HDTV as my monitor (which has component, VGA, S-Video and HDMI inputs). The native screen res is 1366x768 which from what I've read will mean I have to set up a custom res for the graphics card. Any idea what the best option would be for this? Or can a X1950XT do that resolution?
 
For PSU I'd suggest any decent brand (Corsair, Enermax, FSP, Seasonic or Tagan although there are a couple of others) of 500w+.

Have you already read up on Raid0 to find out it's positive and negative points? If not I'd suggest you do before you consider it any further.

The resolution might need to be a custom resolution but I think it is becoming more common, something like an X1900XT 256mb at ~£170 is easily capable of that resolution albeit as you say you may need to set up the resolution yourself.
 
Right here's where i'm at now....


CP-127-IN Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-127-IN)
£142.99 £142.99
MY-058-GL GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) (MY-058-GL)
£164.99 £164.99
HS-015-ZA Zalman CNPS9500-LED Aero Flower (Socket 939/754/478/775) CPU Cooler (HS-015-ZA)
£26.99 £26.99
CA-025-EN Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-025-EN)
£61.99 £61.99
GX-044-OK OcUK Galaxy GeForce 7950 GT OC SILENT 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/HDCP/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-044-OK)
£169.99 £169.99
MB-062-GI Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-062-GI)
£104.99 £104.99
Subtotal £671.94
Shipping (Parcelforce Euro 48) £22.00
VAT £121.44
Total £815.38(EUR 1206.9)


What do you think? Is the Zalman CPU Cooler good? Is the Artic Freezer 7 Pro better? What's the best fan for overclocking?
 
I think the Arctic Freezer is marginally quieter but it is definitely cheaper if that matters.

I'd change the graphics card for the X1900XT that I mentioned, it is more than capable of the resolution you need and it is cheaper.
 
I've just got a X1900XT 256, E6300 and DS3 with the geil ram setup, will tell you how it goes in a bit (once I've installed windows :( )
 
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