New System

[Tomer]

mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813135008
cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103562
video: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102014
ram: 2x512mb DDR400 Kingston
fan + heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835103005

what do you guys think? is the extra fan nessesairy? I want to overclock the dual core a bit, is overclocking dual cores the same as single cores?

thanks!
- tomer

 

[blueangel]

Overclocking duel cores is the same as single cores, I don’t know too much about Overclocking though, I have just played with, but I have overclocked duel and single core systems. I don’t know how good that heatsink is, but make sure to choose a good thermal compound too. I wouldn’t waist money on arctic silver though; you are paying for the name if you do.

 

[1Tanker]

mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813135008
cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103562
video: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102014
ram: 2x512mb DDR400 Kingston
fan + heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835103005

what do you guys think? is the extra fan nessesairy? I want to overclock the dual core a bit, is overclocking dual cores the same as single cores?

thanks!
- tomer

I think you can do better on the motherboard.More expensive, but still
reasonable.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130527


Stay with the stock HS/F , that CoolerMaster HS/F doesn't look very capable.

GL

 

[Tomer]

ok i guess i dont need to overclock as this cpu is already fast.

 

[Suffix]

maybe im being biased here but I own an x1600 and wasnt really too impressed with it. On paper, it looks pretty sweet with its 512 ram and what not. I used it to replace an x800 AIW card I had and wanted to carry the AIW over to a HTPC I was building, I thought the x1600 would be a large improvement over the x800 but it was not. After taking a closer look at the specs to figure out why it was slower I noticed the ram is GDDR2 Instead of GDDR3, this explains why the memory speed is kind of slow in comparasin to the core clock. So sure it has double the ram of any other card in its price class but I dont beleive its worth it. From the looks of your build so far the motherboard you choose looks fine to suit the devices you picked, so Instead of spending the extra $50 on a mobo as someone else suggested id recomend getting an x850xt, http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814102505
core clock is a tad faster, and the memory clock blows away the x1600's. The x850's memory can be addressed twice as fast its 256bit instead of 128bit, so rather then having twice the memory, why not have twice the speed? Just a suggestion though. The x1600 might be fine for older games but it ran like junk for cod2, bf2 and hl2 for me. (wow i just noticed all the games I play are 2's)

 

[shadowduck]

mobo: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16813135008
cpu: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16819103562
video: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16814102014
ram: 2x512mb DDR400 Kingston
fan + heatsink: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16835103005

what do you guys think? is the extra fan nessesairy? I want to overclock the dual core a bit, is overclocking dual cores the same as single cores?

thanks!
- tomer

Overclocking is the same reguardless of the CPU. However you will not be overclocking much with that Kingston RAM.

 

[Tomer]

thanks for the tip on the gpu, i'll get the one u suggested.

@ 1Tanker - whats wrong with the motherboard I found, what better about the more expensive one?

@ shadowduck - why is that? not enough ram, or not good quality ram? and if I wanted another stick of 1gb/512mb ram, what company would u suggest?

thx so much guys, u guys rock
- tomer

 

[1Tanker]

thanks for the tip on the gpu, i'll get the one u suggested.

@ 1Tanker - whats wrong with the motherboard I found, what better about the more expensive one?

@ shadowduck - why is that? not enough ram, or not good quality ram? and if I wanted another stick of 1gb/512mb ram, what company would u suggest?

thx so much guys, u guys rock
- tomer

The MSI uses the NVidia nForce 4 chipset vs. the ati 480 for the ECS.

The MSI has SATA3, better RAID options, 2 more USB 2 ports(whoopee),

and isn't THAT much more money($27.00). The MSI will likely have

better overclocking options, as well.

The Kington RAM is most likely value RAM. Unless it is HyperX, which

can be good RAM. If it's value RAM, it probably won't overclock much

past 210MHz, which means running your RAM on a divider, which slows

your system down. Not to mention the timings it might be running.

I do agree (Suffix) about 1600 also, but judging by your list, you aren't

planning on a top-of- the-system. I'm not knocking your system or

anything,forgive me if you think that i am, i just see that you aren't going

the price is no object route...that most in here seem to do. anyway.

GL