Well, I posted a few days ago about a build based off of Wiz's overclocking guide. I wanted to save some money and stay within a pretty strict budget. Well all of that has changed and I have officially said to hell with the budget
Here is the system I put together. Please critique it, rip it apart tell me things to add/subtract. I am open to suggestion. I got rid of my budget but I still don't want to waste money.
Here are the things that I am stuck on...The Artic Cooler 7, the 6400, the 8800GTX and the 680i. All other items are fair game.
Case
APEVIA MX-PLEASURE-AL Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case ATX 500W dual fan w/ automatic fan speed control Power Supply - Retail $119.99
Mobo
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $249.99
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail $222.00
CPU Cooler
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail $59.99
Memory
x2 CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $560.00
GPU
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail $569.99
PSU
Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, FCC, TUV, CE, C-tick, CCC, CB - Retail $129.99
Hard Drive(s)
x2
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $299.98
Optical Drive
SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner With LightScribe Technology - OEM $32.49
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 70SB073A00000 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail $69.99
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM $119.99
Thermal Paste
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM $4.99
The grand total of this system with shipping from Newegg is $2480.97.
I want to say that I plan on overclocking this system as much as I can, both the ram and cpu. I wont be touching the video card for obvious reasons. As I am new to overclocking I would appreciate any suggestions as to what speeds I can expect, how to go about doing this intelligently, etc.
Note also that I am intending this to be a complete build down to the last screw. As some of the parts listed are OEM I know that certain things are missing but I am not knowledgeable enough to know what is needed. Any help in that department would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks everyone for your time and for sharing your expertise.
Here is the system I put together. Please critique it, rip it apart tell me things to add/subtract. I am open to suggestion. I got rid of my budget but I still don't want to waste money.
Here are the things that I am stuck on...The Artic Cooler 7, the 6400, the 8800GTX and the 680i. All other items are fair game.
Case
APEVIA MX-PLEASURE-AL Silver Steel ATX Full Tower Computer Case ATX 500W dual fan w/ automatic fan speed control Power Supply - Retail $119.99
Mobo
EVGA 122-CK-NF68-AR LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 680i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail $249.99
CPU
Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Conroe 2.13GHz 2M shared L2 Cache LGA 775 Processor - Retail $222.00
CPU Cooler
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler - Retail $59.99
Memory
x2 CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail $560.00
GPU
EVGA 768-P2-N831-AR GeForce 8800GTX 768MB 384-bit GDDR3 PCI Express x16 HDCP Video Card - Retail $569.99
PSU
Antec True Power Trio TP3-650 ATX12V 650W Power Supply with Three 12V Rails 100 - 240 V UL, CUL, FCC, TUV, CE, C-tick, CCC, CB - Retail $129.99
Hard Drive(s)
x2
Western Digital Caviar SE16 WD5000AAKS 500GB 7200 RPM 16MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM $299.98
Optical Drive
SAMSUNG Black 18X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R DL 18X DVD-R 6X DVD-RW 12X DVD-RAM 16X DVD-ROM 48X CD-R 32X CD-RW 48X CD-ROM 2M Cache IDE DVD Burner With LightScribe Technology - OEM $32.49
Sound Card
Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeGamer 70SB073A00000 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail $69.99
Operating System
Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM $119.99
Thermal Paste
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound - OEM $4.99
The grand total of this system with shipping from Newegg is $2480.97.
I want to say that I plan on overclocking this system as much as I can, both the ram and cpu. I wont be touching the video card for obvious reasons. As I am new to overclocking I would appreciate any suggestions as to what speeds I can expect, how to go about doing this intelligently, etc.
Note also that I am intending this to be a complete build down to the last screw. As some of the parts listed are OEM I know that certain things are missing but I am not knowledgeable enough to know what is needed. Any help in that department would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks everyone for your time and for sharing your expertise.