Hi,
I play a lot of games and found out that my PC must be getting old as I couldn't play Splinter Cell Pandoras Tomorrow.
In an attempt to build a PC instead of buying from Dell again, I've been lurking in the shadows and gathering as much info from this wonderful board as I can.
So far my shopping list at Newegg is looking like this:
Thermaltake VA3400SWA case with 400W PSU, 2- 120mm fans, 1-90mm side fan
Asus p4c800-e-deluxe
P4 3.0C or 2.8C
Zalman CNPS7000A cooler
1-GB OCZ Enhanced latency PC-4000
2-WD 74GB Raptors
9800-XT video card
Plextor 12x DVD +-RW
I have a few Questions:
found in a Post "IF you get a 30cap 3.0 ( SL6WK ) youll get a good overclock and low temps".
1. What is SL6WK? Does it apply to P2.8C ? Should I make a request for this at newegg when I place my order?
2. Does this PSU have enough guts for what I'm trying to do or should I opt for a 460W?
3. Should I be able to overclock this 20% with this amount of air cooling?
4. Is the 9800-xt good enough til the next generation of video cards or should I opt for the X800 XT?
Scientific guesses, approximations, and opinions appreciated.
Vince
I play a lot of games and found out that my PC must be getting old as I couldn't play Splinter Cell Pandoras Tomorrow.
In an attempt to build a PC instead of buying from Dell again, I've been lurking in the shadows and gathering as much info from this wonderful board as I can.
So far my shopping list at Newegg is looking like this:
Thermaltake VA3400SWA case with 400W PSU, 2- 120mm fans, 1-90mm side fan
Asus p4c800-e-deluxe
P4 3.0C or 2.8C
Zalman CNPS7000A cooler
1-GB OCZ Enhanced latency PC-4000
2-WD 74GB Raptors
9800-XT video card
Plextor 12x DVD +-RW
I have a few Questions:
found in a Post "IF you get a 30cap 3.0 ( SL6WK ) youll get a good overclock and low temps".
1. What is SL6WK? Does it apply to P2.8C ? Should I make a request for this at newegg when I place my order?
2. Does this PSU have enough guts for what I'm trying to do or should I opt for a 460W?
3. Should I be able to overclock this 20% with this amount of air cooling?
4. Is the 9800-xt good enough til the next generation of video cards or should I opt for the X800 XT?
Scientific guesses, approximations, and opinions appreciated.
Vince