Just bought the parts for my new rig. Whatcha think?

[Aiune]

Alright, decided to go out and build a new comp after mine crapped out. Tell me what you think. (Note, HEAVY HEAVY overclocking will be done on this beast)

AMD Athlon 64 3200+ Venice 939
DFI LanParty nForce4 Ultra-D
OCZ EL PC4000 VX Gold x 2 512
OCZ PowerStream 520w PSU
Seagate Barracuda 160 SATA NCQ HDD
Antec P160 Case
Radeon X800XL PCI-e

Overall cost after cables, drives, cooling, etc, $1200.

The plan is to clock this to 2.6+, from 2.0. I'd like to get this above and beyond an FX-55. What do you guys think?

 

[knothead34]

i would get the 3500 if you can fit into your budget.

 

[KoolDrew]

Originally posted by: knothead34
i would get the 3500 if you can fit into your budget.

He is overclocking so that xtra money being spent would be a waste.

 

[theMan]

looks sweet. you can probably get up to 2.8. what cooling did you buy?

 

[imported_rod]

I hope you've got an whoppin' great thermalright heatsink or some water cooling to keep that beast cool. Also, that RAM should do well with the overclocking.

RoD

 

[The Pentium Guy]

Originally posted by: knothead34
i would get the 3500 if you can fit into your budget.

He already bought the parts.

Btw the parts look awesome :thumbsup:, you can get big clocks with the PC4000VX combo

 

[dunkster]

I suggest some reading at various DFI forums about 'cold boot' and 'memory failure' incidents with DFI boards.

There appears to be a cold boot problem related to startup ram voltage, particularly after power has been removed from wall socket.

There are numerous incidents of memory failure with memory that requires higher ram voltage to perform as advertised. I'd be cautious about using the jumper that powers your VX from the +5V rail. A nice feature of the 520 Powerstream PS is that you can bump your 3.3V rail to 3.4V or 3.5V for higher ram voltage without having to use the +5V rail jumper.

I was about to upgrade to a DFI-based system, but I think I'll wait to see how these problems are resolved.

Hope this helps!

 

[t3h l337 n3wb]

You really don't need super-ultra-high-quality RAM. A divider should work fine when overclocking, and the latencies won't really make that big of a difference. With the extra money, maybe you could invest in water cooling.

 

[Cheesetogo]

Originally posted by: t3h l337 n3wb
You really don't need super-ultra-high-quality RAM. A divider should work fine when overclocking, and the latencies won't really make that big of a difference. With the extra money, maybe you could invest in water cooling.

He already bought it