I'm currently going to upgrade my system (and going to overclock it and later on when I have the money, I'm going to get a watercooling setup) Okay, My current specs are
-Epox 8k7a+
-Crucial 256DDRRAM(PC2100)
-AMD T-Bird 1.4GHz
-(2) IBM Deskstar 60GXP 20GBs (40GBs altogether)
-Hercules GTXP
-Gainward GeForce3
-Klipsch 4.1
The rest shouldn't matter
Anyways, I'm planning to buy the new Asus A7N8X Deluxe (NForce2-based chipset) with most likely a AMD 2100+ T-BredB (with retail HSF for now) and a stick of Corsair XMS DDR400 (PC3200) 256DDRRAM.
I would sell my Epox, Crucial, AMD and Hercules GTXP because I would alread have a new mobo, memory, processor and I would use the onboard sound from the NForce chipset, even if the GTXP is a little better then it. Also in the future, I have another hundred bucks, I'll probably get another stick of Corsair XMS DDR400 (PC3200) 256DDR for a total of 512 and to take advantage of the DualDDR Technology in the motherboard.
Since the motherboard has a serial ATA Raid, and I was thinking about upgrading my HDDs and getting the WD Special Edition's drives, on second though, I think I might wait till later on when there are more Serial ATA drives and then get 2 in the future and connect it through the raid. Would that be a good suggestion because if I get the WD's now, later on I'll be stuck with them, etc, while if later on, I save up and get the Serial ATA drives, I can use them (faster data transfer) + the use of the onboard raid for the serial, it would be really great and all. Correct me if I'm wrong please.
2nd, I read in the AMDMB's review of the motherboard that the space where the processor is placed is very "cramped" or tight and that large HSF would be hard or even impossible to install unless something is moved on the motherboard. A) Is it possible to move something on the motherboard (I would think not) and also I wa thinking about getting the SLK800 HS/F, would that be too big? If anyone that has the motherboard can reply, that would be really g reat.
About the DualDDR Technology, how does it work? In the Asus, it's color-coded, 2 blue slots and 1 black or wh ite slot. The 2 blue slots would be the DualDDR Technology I would think right? Also if possible, cause I read the reviews and I still don't get this, can someone explain to me about the 64-bit DDR Channel, Twin Bank Memory Architecture?
*A few more left
About the onboard sound, with the Dolby-Digital encoding, you NEED Dolby-Digital speakers to take advantage of that right? Does the Klipsch 4.1 have that?
**LAST** question - in order to have really great video quality, not only does the video card have to be superb but the monitor itself too right? I have the Gainward GF3 and a Sony G400... Any opinions?
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance!
About the Corsair XMS PC3200 (256DDRRAM), does it matter whether its ECC or NON-ECC or registered or non-registered with the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe board?
So how will this system fare out for overclocking?
-Epox 8k7a+
-Crucial 256DDRRAM(PC2100)
-AMD T-Bird 1.4GHz
-(2) IBM Deskstar 60GXP 20GBs (40GBs altogether)
-Hercules GTXP
-Gainward GeForce3
-Klipsch 4.1
The rest shouldn't matter
Anyways, I'm planning to buy the new Asus A7N8X Deluxe (NForce2-based chipset) with most likely a AMD 2100+ T-BredB (with retail HSF for now) and a stick of Corsair XMS DDR400 (PC3200) 256DDRRAM.
I would sell my Epox, Crucial, AMD and Hercules GTXP because I would alread have a new mobo, memory, processor and I would use the onboard sound from the NForce chipset, even if the GTXP is a little better then it. Also in the future, I have another hundred bucks, I'll probably get another stick of Corsair XMS DDR400 (PC3200) 256DDR for a total of 512 and to take advantage of the DualDDR Technology in the motherboard.
Since the motherboard has a serial ATA Raid, and I was thinking about upgrading my HDDs and getting the WD Special Edition's drives, on second though, I think I might wait till later on when there are more Serial ATA drives and then get 2 in the future and connect it through the raid. Would that be a good suggestion because if I get the WD's now, later on I'll be stuck with them, etc, while if later on, I save up and get the Serial ATA drives, I can use them (faster data transfer) + the use of the onboard raid for the serial, it would be really great and all. Correct me if I'm wrong please.
2nd, I read in the AMDMB's review of the motherboard that the space where the processor is placed is very "cramped" or tight and that large HSF would be hard or even impossible to install unless something is moved on the motherboard. A) Is it possible to move something on the motherboard (I would think not) and also I wa thinking about getting the SLK800 HS/F, would that be too big? If anyone that has the motherboard can reply, that would be really g reat.
About the DualDDR Technology, how does it work? In the Asus, it's color-coded, 2 blue slots and 1 black or wh ite slot. The 2 blue slots would be the DualDDR Technology I would think right? Also if possible, cause I read the reviews and I still don't get this, can someone explain to me about the 64-bit DDR Channel, Twin Bank Memory Architecture?
*A few more left
About the onboard sound, with the Dolby-Digital encoding, you NEED Dolby-Digital speakers to take advantage of that right? Does the Klipsch 4.1 have that?
**LAST** question - in order to have really great video quality, not only does the video card have to be superb but the monitor itself too right? I have the Gainward GF3 and a Sony G400... Any opinions?
Thanks for reading and thanks in advance!
About the Corsair XMS PC3200 (256DDRRAM), does it matter whether its ECC or NON-ECC or registered or non-registered with the ASUS A7N8X Deluxe board?
So how will this system fare out for overclocking?
