Any suggestions for this midrange oc gaming rig

[Gloryfieldzi]

I won't be overclocking video card, just cpu ram. Looking to hit 2.8 ghz

Venice 3200 - $190
DFI UT Lanparty NForce4 Ultra-D - $128
1 Gig single stick corsair value select -$85
ATI Radeon X800XL OEM - $250
Seagate 7200.7 120 gig SATA w/ ncq - $85

Already purchased yesterday: Antec Sonata II with Antec Smartpower 2.0 450w -$122 shipped

so total price is 860, adding a XP 90 and a fan + shipping would take me to 900, what do you guys think? I'll try to oc venice from 2 to 2.8 if possible. The rig will be used when I goto college this fall, I heard sonata is quiet so that's good. I will use it to do hw and mostly for games, since word doesnt need much

 

[suicidalpigeon]

3000 and 3200 should end up around at the same point of the highest stable oc from what i heard. again i read that ocz is a good oc memory. otherwise, hf with your system

 

[SrGuapo]

looks good to me... 2.8 GHz may be a little optimistic, 2.6 should be easy though. That will be great in current games and probably all the next-gen ones. Where are you ordering from? Is this your first build?

About the 3000+: to attain 2800 MHZ, he would need over 300 MHz HTT (311 to be exact). While the DFI motherboard may be able to handle this, it isn't guaranteed. Either way...

BTW, the xp-90 is a great heatsink, good choice! Are you going for low noise or high performance on the fan?

 

[Gloryfieldzi]

yea it's my first build, my first pc was built by a friend. I know some stuff about building computers already though. (it's like assembling legos with caution ) I heard the 3200 has 10 multipliers. I hear people saying value ram is fine, to just use a divider. What is a divider?
Thanks

 

[Gloryfieldzi]

for the fan, I dont know what fan to use.I'd like it to be high performance, but low noise is an extra if possible

 

[Mik3y]

2.8ghz? i think not. my bet is around a 150mhz oc with that cruddy ram of yours. overclocking depends highly on strong memory nowadays. overclocking technically isnt any cheaper then buying a high end rig at stock anymore. i say buy w.e and then see what you can oc out of it. dont ever be too optimistic and hopeful about getting yourself a rig for ocing. ocing is NEVER guaranteed.

 

[SrGuapo]

Originally posted by: Mik3y
2.8ghz? i think not. my bet is around a 150mhz oc with that cruddy ram of yours. overclocking depends highly on strong memory nowadays. overclocking technically isnt any cheaper then buying a high end rig at stock anymore. i say buy w.e and then see what you can oc out of it. dont ever be too optimistic and hopeful about getting yourself a rig for ocing. ocing is NEVER guaranteed.

Uhhh, divider...


Anyway, a divider means the memory and HTT can run out of sync. The CPU can have an HTT or 280 and the RAM 233 using a 5/6 diver (also called 166 - as in 166 to 200). This has a slight performance penalty, but it is more than made up for by the increased CPU speed. Obviously you could buy expensive OCing RAM and get slightly better performance, but most people wouldn't be able to tell the difference in anyhing besides benchmarks.

If you want some cheap overclocking RAM, you may want to look at the OCZ value VX. It can run up to around 240 MHz at 2-2-2 timings. It runs around $110 (on newegg at least). The only catch is ytou need a board that can supply large amounts of voltage to the RAM. Most board won't go above 3V and the VX likes around 3.2V. Shouldn't be a problem for you, that DFI will work with it!

 

[Gloryfieldzi]

Thanks!