I just recently finished spec'in out my new system. I am fairly knowledgeable in basic computer construction, but overclocking is something I would like to get into in 6 to 8 months once I can afford to buy a water cool setup and my system performance starts to suffer. My proposed spec is:
Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad (QX6850)
Asus Striker Extreme Mobo
Antec P190 Case (I only listed because of the space issues had with the 8800 series video cards)
EVGA 768mb Geforce 8800 GTX KO w/ ACS3 (Figured I would pick a second one up after Nvidia drops the new line this November or December.
Two WesterDigital Raptor HD 150Mb/each
Creative Labs Soundblaster X-FI
and lastly
Corsair Dominator 2Gb pc2-8500
I was wondering if this ram would be the best choice to overclock. I am only going to purchase 2gigs now because I will primarily be using the 32bit XP OS until Vista gets its act together and 32 bit OS can only really use 3gigs anyway. Any advice or suggestions would be welcome. From what little I have currently read about OC I wanted to have my ram running at 1066mhz instead of 800mhz and I assume to have the FSB to scale accordingly. Is this an achievable goal with this ram or have I been misinformed? Thanks in advance.
Intel Core 2 Extreme Quad (QX6850)
Asus Striker Extreme Mobo
Antec P190 Case (I only listed because of the space issues had with the 8800 series video cards)
EVGA 768mb Geforce 8800 GTX KO w/ ACS3 (Figured I would pick a second one up after Nvidia drops the new line this November or December.
Two WesterDigital Raptor HD 150Mb/each
Creative Labs Soundblaster X-FI
and lastly
Corsair Dominator 2Gb pc2-8500
I was wondering if this ram would be the best choice to overclock. I am only going to purchase 2gigs now because I will primarily be using the 32bit XP OS until Vista gets its act together and 32 bit OS can only really use 3gigs anyway. Any advice or suggestions would be welcome. From what little I have currently read about OC I wanted to have my ram running at 1066mhz instead of 800mhz and I assume to have the FSB to scale accordingly. Is this an achievable goal with this ram or have I been misinformed? Thanks in advance.