Hey,
I'm currently picking parts for a computer I'll be build when I go to America (start of Aug), I'll order the parts in advance online. At the moment this includes:
HDD: 74gb Western Digital Raptor WD740 SATA (10,000 RPM)
HDD: 300gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS SATA
CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400 L2 cache 1MB + 1MB (possibly overclocked from 2.2ghz to 2.7ghz, although it'll be my first overclocking)
RAM: 1 GB (2 pcs 512) DDR (500) PC-4000 Mushkin Redline at 3.5V
I was wondering what motherboard you'd recommend? To use the RAM like that, the review says the motherboard must be a DFI nForce4 series Ultra or SLI to supply the 3.5V. So I guess that makes things a lot easier.
Looking around the forums it seems "DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR" is a popular choice, which I see is around US$200 (same price as the RAM will cost, and less than half of the CPU, lol!). So that's ok.
Just wanted to see what people thought
Thanks!
I'm currently picking parts for a computer I'll be build when I go to America (start of Aug), I'll order the parts in advance online. At the moment this includes:
HDD: 74gb Western Digital Raptor WD740 SATA (10,000 RPM)
HDD: 300gb Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 ST3300831AS SATA
CPU: Athlon 64 X2 4400 L2 cache 1MB + 1MB (possibly overclocked from 2.2ghz to 2.7ghz, although it'll be my first overclocking)
RAM: 1 GB (2 pcs 512) DDR (500) PC-4000 Mushkin Redline at 3.5V
I was wondering what motherboard you'd recommend? To use the RAM like that, the review says the motherboard must be a DFI nForce4 series Ultra or SLI to supply the 3.5V. So I guess that makes things a lot easier.
Looking around the forums it seems "DFI LanParty UT nF4 SLI-DR" is a popular choice, which I see is around US$200 (same price as the RAM will cost, and less than half of the CPU, lol!). So that's ok.
Just wanted to see what people thought
Thanks!
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