Intel system bulid advice

[stevty2889]

Originally posted by: Lord ZipLoc
thanks for all the help, the psu it coems with is 420w is that its too little power or just not name brand also which psu would you guys recommend and also stevty2889 what did you overclock the card to in terms of mhz and did you did it the bios?

I overclocked it using the software that came with the card. Running at 550/1025 over the stock 500/1000. Haven't tried to go higher yet, but it might be able to handle more. Antec, enermax, fortron, seasonic, OCZ, and Xclio are good brands for PSU's, there are others as well. Your's might be ok, but personaly I would rather get a brand I know I can trust.

 

[shoRunner]

Originally posted by: boshuter

Originally posted by: shoRunner
i'd say go with the 550, its faster and the same price. it may not be 64 bit, but intel in a 64 bit environment are slower.

That is simply not true, the 500 series are not faster in any bench I've ever run them in. I have a 571 3.8es, a 650 3.4es, and a 660 3.6es. The 571 and the 660 will both do 4.45ghz and running the same benches the 660 outscores the 571 by a significant amount. The 2mb cache does wonders:thumbsup:

it really all depends on the benchmark

 

[boshuter]

Originally posted by: shoRunner

Originally posted by: boshuter

Originally posted by: shoRunner
i'd say go with the 550, its faster and the same price. it may not be 64 bit, but intel in a 64 bit environment are slower.

That is simply not true, the 500 series are not faster in any bench I've ever run them in. I have a 571 3.8es, a 650 3.4es, and a 660 3.6es. The 571 and the 660 will both do 4.45ghz and running the same benches the 660 outscores the 571 by a significant amount. The 2mb cache does wonders:thumbsup:

it really all depends on the benchmark

Sure it does.. :roll:

 

[The Pentium Guy]

It's true. Take a look at SiCrap Sandra, it thinks that the A64 sucks.