planning on overclocking opteron 148 venus

[u7412369]

i'm planning on buying an opteron 148 venus. to get the most out of it in overclocking, what RAM and power supply do you guys recommend?

 

[ribbon13]

Seasonic S12-500
Mushkin 991492

 

[KoolDrew]

If you want the best, nothing beats Crucial Ballistix. However, it is pretty expensive so I would recommend this.

As for the PSU; the Seasonic S12-500 is a great choice. You could go cheaper with something like a Fortron AX500-A though.

 

[u7412369]

thanks for the replies. for the motherboard, will EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra support opteron cpu's?

 

[ribbon13]

My GF has an Opteron 175 in one @2.7GHz

 

[u7412369]

thanks for the quick replies. with your suggestions, here is what it looks like:
AMD Opteron 148 1GHz FSB Socket 939 Processor - Retail
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail
Seagate Barracuda 7200.8 250GB 3.5" Serial ATA150 Hard Drive - OEM
mushkin eXtreme Performance 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000) - Retail
SeaSonic S12-500 500W Power Supply - Retail

any case suggestions?

 

[ribbon13]

Want full-tower or mid-tower?

~$53 shipped - Antec SLK3000B

Why the Seagate 7200.8? Seagates latest offerings aren't as good as the 7200.7s sadly to say. the WD4000KD is a an awesome drive. almost as fast as a raptor, 400GB, and $200.

 

[u7412369]

definitely a mid-tower. however, i'm not working on a budget so a ~$100 case would be fine. i was thinking of p180 but i'm afraid the psu cables won't reach. any good lian li suggestions? any good overclocking case suggestions (with good air flow i suppose)?

for the hard drive, i thought the seagate 7200.8 250 GB was a good deal. i really don't need more disk space than that. but i'm always open for suggestions.

 

[KoolDrew]

I would switch the drive to the Western Digital w/ 16MB cache. Also, I have no idea how well the Muskin overclocks, but the G.Skill is cheaper and overclocks really well. Just look at some of the reviews.

 

[ribbon13]

Lian-Li Midtowers suck. There towers are alright, but my experience with their midtowers and the shittacious snap-in stand-off method for motherboards makes advising them impossible. Not to mention how easily the annodized exterior gets scratched. The P180 is a rather large 'mid' tower. Have you looked at the Gigabyte Aurora?

I'm suggesting the WD4000 for it's performance

 

[u7412369]

i like p180's simple design. i might go with that if there aren't any problems with the cables reaching.

Originally posted by: KoolDrew
I would switch the drive to the Western Digital w/ 16MB cache. Also, I have no idea how well the Muskin overclocks, but the G.Skill is cheaper and overclocks really well. Just look at some of the reviews.

western digital 400GB is too much, and expensive. i looked at other 16mb cache ones. the 250 GB seems like a good deal. is it a better choice than seagate 7200.8 250GB?

 

[u7412369]

any more suggestions on case? harddrive?

 

[ribbon13]

If you can't afford the WD4000 get a Hitachi T7K250

 

[u7412369]

thanks again. here is the final setup:
AMD Opteron 148 1GHz FSB Socket 939
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra
HITACHI Deskstar T7K250 160GB 3.5" SATA 3.0Gb/s
Mushkin eXtreme Performance 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000)
SeaSonic S12-500 500W
SAPPHIRE Radeon X800GTO2 100130SR Deluxe
Zalman VF700-Cu

now if i could only find a case.

 

[One43637]

Antec P180 for the case. i'm pretty sure you can get extensions for cheap if your cables don't reach.

 

[ribbon13]

The 250GB version of the Deskstar! You want a drive with 125GB platters! The performance difference between the two is significant. If you're overclocking the cpu, and buying a overclockers video card, this is obviously a gaming machine, right? Get the 250GB version

 

[u7412369]

got it. and i just realized that opteron 148 was not dual core. should i still go for it (because of the overclocking capabilities) or should i switch to opteron 165?

 

[One43637]

i'd go for the dual core just because i want to extend the longevity of a new machine.

http://labs.anandtech.com/alllinks.php?pfilter=3938

i'm still waiting on the 175 to go down in price.

 

[u7412369]

i see. thanks for the replies, here is the final build:
AMD Opteron 165 Dual-Core 1.8GHz
EPoX EP-9NPA+Ultra
Hitachi Deskstar T7K250 250GB Serial ATA II 7200RPM
Mushkin eXtreme Performance 1GB 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 500 (PC 4000)
SeaSonic S12-500 500W
SAPPHIRE Radeon X800GTO2 100130SR Deluxe
Zalman VF700-Cu 2 Ball
Antec Performance I P180 Silver
NEC Black IDE/ATAPI