Question about components for a new PC build

[kentuckyjt]

Getting ready to do my 1st from the ground up PC build. Gotten a lot of very useful info off these boards, but still a little nervous. So any opinions or advice would be appreciated. This system is going to be used mostly for gaming and I want to do a good OC. Nothing too extreme.

Athlon64 4000 cpu. What core,SD,clawhammer?
Corsair Cool watercooling. Do I need this for a good OC?
Epox EP-9npa sli motherboard. Never used Epox but something tells me to give this board a chance(hope its not the devil).
2 gigs OCZ platinum memory.
300 gig seagate barracuda HD.
BFG 7800gtx vid card.
OCZ powerstream 600w power supply.
Creative X-FI sound card. Cheapest one. Don't need that front panel.
Going to stick all this in a Thermaltake Kandalf case. Kind of expensive but I like the way it looks and its feature set. So, should these components compliment each other and let me do a good OC? Thanks in advance for any advice.

 

[endyen]

The 4000 may, or may not OC better than some of it's slower, cheaper brothers. (usually not) This tech has a speed max, with the 4000 being close to it.

 

[kentuckyjt]

Yeah, I'm not sure ether. This is my 1st Athlon64 cpu. FX's seem a little over priced. And I don't think I need a duel core at this time. Running a 2500xp barton oc'ed right now. Read somewhere the 4000 will oc to a FX-53 pretty easy. Is the best core the San Diago? Thanks for the reply.

 

[endyen]

Read somewhere the 4000 will oc to a FX-53 pretty easy.

? dont they run @ the same speed?
As wusy said, the 3700 seems to be getting the highest speeds lately. 2.65 is very common, some reach 3ghz.
Spending the extra $ for an OCer just isn't worth it.

 

[kentuckyjt]

Ok, saving a little money is always a good thing. 3700 SD it is. Thanks for the help guys.

 

[chubbza5]

Your 7800gtx will be bottlenecked by your CPU. I would consider getting a 3800 or 3700 (whichever one comes in venice) and oc to 2.8ghz+. Thats an extreemmly agressive first time build. Good luck, i am currently building on too.

 

[kentuckyjt]

Thanks, and good luck to you also. This is why I posted on THG. To get advice on how to avoid bottle necks and incompatable components. Especially as this is my 1st complete build.

 

[liquidpaper007]

a 4000+ bottleneck so you get a 3700+ or 3800+. wouldnt that make it worst? unless you oc the 3700+ and dont oc the 4000+

an 4000+ is basically an fx53 except the multiplier is locked upwards. sandiego is much better than the clawhammer

3700+ sounds good. if i had the money id get it.
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[kentuckyjt]

Hmmmm....sounds like all votes are pointing to the 3700 SD. I'm surprised to hear that a 7800gtx could be bottlenecked by the 3700 or the 4000 running at stock speeds. That card must be a beast.

 

[kentuckyjt]

To Bad the FX-57s are still around $1000. Don't want to pay that much for a CPU. Maybe the 3700 now and see what happens in a year or two.

 

[HardWareBoss]

Are you waiting on FX57 big price drop?

 

[kentuckyjt]

LOL, no not waiting for a price drop. Is one coming up? I usually buy for today, with an eye toward what might be happening a year or two down the road. Hell I can't aford bleeding edge stuff anyway. Gets expensive out near that edge.

 

[cesspool17]

Correct me if I wrong....the 3700+ doesnt support dual channel memory? That might make you lean towards the 3800+, which I am currently doing right now.

 

[shawnlizzle =]]

cpu - 3700SAN DIEGO CORE... very good OCer, same chip as 4000+
ram - looks good
mobo - looks good
cooling - i'll say this once - STAY AWAY FROM WATER COOLING KITS, THEY SUCK, THEY ARE EXPENSIVE, THEY ARE WORSE THAN GOOD AIR COOLING. instead, get a si-120 and a good cfm fan on it 60+ cfm
PSU - i would recommend Seasonic s12 600 watt, more efficient, quiter, more stable voltage rails(VERY crucial to OCing)
vid card - looks good
sound card - looks good



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[kentuckyjt]

Thanks very much for the feedback. To tell the truth I was very unsure about watercooling. Didn't know if it was really needed for a good OC. Glad to hear I can get by on air. With a little help and advice from you guys I might escape wasting a bunch of money or blowing something up(maybe).

 

[endyen]

NO,no, you got it all wrong. If it comes to blowing things up, count us in.

 

[ChipDeath]

*whistles innocently*

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[kentuckyjt]

Well, my old PC is a 2500barton, asus a7n8x deluxe,1gig ram,6600gt vid card. I might be willing to put it in harms way. See what I can get out of it.

 

[kentuckyjt]

Yep,sure is. Thats why I'm getting advice from you guys this time.

 

[kentuckyjt]

Hahahaha......That one gig of ram in my old system was Corsair. Actually its been a stable, trouble free(mostly) system. Really looking forward to the upgrade though. Now just need to decide LCD or CRT, and I'll be set.

 

[Rob423]

my input is this.

1st time build system... maybe it's just me but i wouldn't recomend water cooling. I'd say try the HeatSink method, i think its alot easier to go with the heatsink.

And if you are going with a real nice card. I don't think over clocking is gonna make a huge difference in the games that are out today. I am still running xp2800+ and i don't have problems running games with even that little "GHZ"

everything sounds cool i'd just say for your first time i'd just go with a nice powerfull HSF and a real extreme GFX and you'll be ready for games.

as for the monitor, i mean alot of people still complain about LCD and games... i have no problem and im still running my old hitachi cml 174 with 16ms and it runs excellent... i'd say go with LCD!!

Rob.



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80gb Maxtor
200gb WD 8mb cache..
Lian-Li PC-60
LiteOn 52X/LiteOn 811s DVD-RW
AMD XP2800+
LeadTek GF4Ti4200 128mb
Hitachi CML174
1GB Corsair XMS PC3200