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Ready to buy my new system in 2 weeks!

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mrichardson2

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Please review the system I've been waiting to build for 6 months now! Wife finally given the okay to spend some cash!

1. Intended uses: Playing games (of course!) Importing home video from analog sources (a DV camera eventually too) editing the video, output to DVD's. Web site stuff, business use, etc. Overclocking on stock cooling (will be my first OC)

2. System Specs: (Budget is 1200 or less, has to include everything from a floppy drive to keyboard, etc)

Venice 3000 (would Venice 3200+ be easier for me to OC? Have read that before but not afraid to save $40 and give the 3000 a shot and heard 3000 has more potential once you get hang of it)

DFI Lanparty UT nf4 Ultra-D (will never need SLI on this machine - wife will never go for that) Always wanted a DFI board - not flexible on board I think.

OCZ Value VX 1gb (2x512) Read great reviews on this stuff. DFI board should be able to supply voltage to push these sticks, right? Will they need cooling (hope not if I OC to 2.4) and about how much voltage would require them to be cooled?

Forton Blue Storm 500W (have read good split 12V rail PSU)

Leadtek 6600GT PCI express card (open to suggestions around the $170 price range - 6600gt seems like best bang for buck right now - just not sure of brand. Good experience with MSI in the past)

WD SATA 3.0gb 160gb HDD x 2 (add a 3rd later for RAID 0 for video editing if I need more HD access speed)

Pinnacle Studio Plus w/hardware to import video

Aerocool case (JS Jet something) Seems like good cooling, read good reviews

Misc DVD burner (Lite-On), CD-ROM, floppy drive, Keyboard, mouse, speakers, cables, Arctic Silver 5 tube, etc. I basically need everything except monitor.

3. Question: Stock cooling is only option. Will I be able to OC that 3000 to 2.4ghz on stock cooling with that RAM? Will it be extremely difficult because the 3000 is 1.8ghz or am I better off going with 3200 2.0ghz (something about the x9 vs x10 multiplier? I am a rookie OC.

4. Does anyone see any big problems with my set up? I know personal preferences will come into play but I've tried to do my homework, reading reviews, stress tests, poured through forums, etc. My goal is a rock solid stable system, slight overclock (is 1.8 to 2.4 a slight overclock?) Everything has to work or my wife will say "I told you so" She wants me to buy a Dell, can you believe that?
 
Answer for question 3.
If it was a 3500+, I would give you the go ahead, but since its being a 3000+, you're messing with a 9 multiplier. Plus your ram, don't know if you can reach 267 on 1:1 dividers... You might be able to. But I say closest you can go is 2.0 Ghz or 2.2 Ghz. Check your cpu temps after you burn in your parts, and your AS5, which takes around 200 hours.

Answer for question 4.
-Power supply wise, get an enermax lol. 535w whisper for $89. Otherwise attempt for a seasonic s12 500w (they got me, I'm a fanboy, even though I don't own one!)
-If you don't mind noise, and want flashy, you're set.
 
The 3000+ will easily hit 2.2GHz. I don't know about 2.4GHz since I've never overclocked from stock.

Everything is great. Go for the eVGA 6600GT if you can, good lifetime warranty. The BFG version is good too.
 
Everything looks good except for the RAM. OCZ has discontinued its Value VX line, so you'll have to look hard to find it. If you can't, I would suggest Crucial Value. They work almost as well as Ballistix, for a LOT less.
 

Answer for question 4.
-Power supply wise, get an enermax lol. 535w whisper for $89. Otherwise attempt for a seasonic s12 500w (they got me, I'm a fanboy, even though I don't own one!)
-If you don't mind noise, and want flashy, you're set.[/quote]


Is Fortron noisey and flashy? (I know it's colorful) The seasonic looks expensive around $129 is it worth the extra dough ($40?) I don't want to make a mistake hear on the PSU - that's been my downfall before! Couldn't find much yet on the enermax 535w whisper in reviews/tests yet. Do you have any info/links on it?
 
As you are doing video capture, editing, dvd authoring, I highly recomend including a dual core cpu in your build.
 
Originally posted by: Bona Fide
Everything looks good except for the RAM. OCZ has discontinued its Value VX line, so you'll have to look hard to find it. If you can't, I would suggest Crucial Value. They work almost as well as Ballistix, for a LOT less.
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Isn't this it here: http://www.monarchcomputer.com/Merchant...PROD&Product_Code=140761&AFFIL=pg&NR=1

A little more than I wanted to spend on it though, I thought it was around $100 - not $141.

I read the review here a few months ago: http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2392&p=8

They sticks seems to have the same code on them. Could you take a look and see?
 
Originally posted by: IeraseU
As you are doing video capture, editing, dvd authoring, I highly recomend including a dual core cpu in your build.
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Sure, I'd love that but money doesn't grow on trees! 🙂

I'll still need a keyboard to do anything - budget is around $1200 or less, and I'm already over that.
 
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