I'm planning on building a new system pretty soon, but i'm hoping to cut a few corners to save a buck. Please reply telling me if any of this is going to hurt me too bad, or if anything is overkill.
case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 with included 350 watt coolermaster PS
Is this PS enough if i want to do some moderate overclocking? Here's the specs on it.
Mobo: waiting for nf4 to decide
Video: 6600GT. Gigabyte is the cheapest i can find right now... I know they are a good name, but does it really matter who makes it as long as the chipset is not neutered in some way?
Processor: Athlon64 3200+ 939 90nm
RAM: I'm thinking this PDP systems 2-3-2-5 PC3200 if you guys think it will overclock much (I don't mind relaxing the timings). If not theres some cheap PDP(patriot) pc4200 rated ram. Or maybe I should just break down and buy the expensive stuff I know will work. This is where I need advice the most.
Hard Drive : Seagate 160gb NCQ. NCQ is only a few bucks more, and will be supported on the NF4, so i figure I might as well.
Burner: NEC 3500A
CPU cooler: ?? Not sure what to use here. Is the stock AMD one any good, or should I buy a 3rd party one?
I'v built 1 system before, and had no problems at all (POSTed first try!) but have never overclocked. I understand how to do it, but have never actually done it. I'd like to overclock as much as possible without spending a fortune on a power supply and ram. The parts I'v listed are around $1000, and I really would like to avoid spending much more than that. I'd like to get more into gaming, but my p3 900 laptop w/256mb and a rage128 isn't cutting it. I also run gentoo, and would love to see my compiles get a bit faster.
Thanks in advance.
case: Cooler Master Centurion 5 with included 350 watt coolermaster PS
Is this PS enough if i want to do some moderate overclocking? Here's the specs on it.
Mobo: waiting for nf4 to decide
Video: 6600GT. Gigabyte is the cheapest i can find right now... I know they are a good name, but does it really matter who makes it as long as the chipset is not neutered in some way?
Processor: Athlon64 3200+ 939 90nm
RAM: I'm thinking this PDP systems 2-3-2-5 PC3200 if you guys think it will overclock much (I don't mind relaxing the timings). If not theres some cheap PDP(patriot) pc4200 rated ram. Or maybe I should just break down and buy the expensive stuff I know will work. This is where I need advice the most.
Hard Drive : Seagate 160gb NCQ. NCQ is only a few bucks more, and will be supported on the NF4, so i figure I might as well.
Burner: NEC 3500A
CPU cooler: ?? Not sure what to use here. Is the stock AMD one any good, or should I buy a 3rd party one?
I'v built 1 system before, and had no problems at all (POSTed first try!) but have never overclocked. I understand how to do it, but have never actually done it. I'd like to overclock as much as possible without spending a fortune on a power supply and ram. The parts I'v listed are around $1000, and I really would like to avoid spending much more than that. I'd like to get more into gaming, but my p3 900 laptop w/256mb and a rage128 isn't cutting it. I also run gentoo, and would love to see my compiles get a bit faster.
Thanks in advance.
