EDIT: I think the General Hardware page might be a more appropriate forum so I reposted it there. I would delete/remove this thread but I don't see those options anywhere...
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(1h-typing w/ broken arm, will try to be brief)
I've just recently won a free Q9400 in a contest and am now finally forced to replace my current 4.5-year-old, socket 939, AGP, DDR behemoth.
Having been out of the tech-loop since the creation of my last computer, I've been spending the last week researching to get relatively caught up on the current state of hardware.
From what I've read, the 45nm chips are definitely capable of an impressive overclock without much hassle.
I'd like to keep this machine pretty future proof, so I'm definitely going with DDR3 - which will also allow for an even ratio with the Q9400's 1333 MHz FSB.
Looking at prices, the P45 chipset seems to be the most reasonable. Only a few seem to support DDR3, so I was thinking of going with a Gigabyte EP45T-DS3R.
Anyone have some experience with this particular board, or a better alternative?
Because of the sale/rebate and very low CAS/RAS latency, I was planning to go with 2 sets (4GB total) of OCZ Reaper DDR3 1333 With 6-6-6-18 timings, this seems unbeatable - despite the extreme heatpipes.
Would 2x2GB sticks be better than 4x1GB in this case?
Since I don't want to trust the (shockingly tiny) stock Intel LGA775 heatsink for any kind of quadcore overclock, I figure I'll go with the ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro which got excellent results all around on Anandtech's HSF review, and the price is very acceptable.
Anyone know if this comes with any thermal paste?
Alright, I was hoping to squeeze a few more MHz from this rig from stock settings without having to do any hardcore power tweaking.
I'm looking for an OC from 333 to ~360 x 8 = 2880 Mhz, with the ram following suit for 1:1 ratio.
Does anyone have any suggestions or critiques on the hardware or OCing plans?
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EDIT: I think the General Hardware page might be a more appropriate forum so I reposted it there. I would delete/remove this thread but I don't see those options anywhere...
-----------------------------------------
(1h-typing w/ broken arm, will try to be brief)
I've just recently won a free Q9400 in a contest and am now finally forced to replace my current 4.5-year-old, socket 939, AGP, DDR behemoth.
Having been out of the tech-loop since the creation of my last computer, I've been spending the last week researching to get relatively caught up on the current state of hardware.
From what I've read, the 45nm chips are definitely capable of an impressive overclock without much hassle.
I'd like to keep this machine pretty future proof, so I'm definitely going with DDR3 - which will also allow for an even ratio with the Q9400's 1333 MHz FSB.
Looking at prices, the P45 chipset seems to be the most reasonable. Only a few seem to support DDR3, so I was thinking of going with a Gigabyte EP45T-DS3R.
Anyone have some experience with this particular board, or a better alternative?
Because of the sale/rebate and very low CAS/RAS latency, I was planning to go with 2 sets (4GB total) of OCZ Reaper DDR3 1333 With 6-6-6-18 timings, this seems unbeatable - despite the extreme heatpipes.
Would 2x2GB sticks be better than 4x1GB in this case?
Since I don't want to trust the (shockingly tiny) stock Intel LGA775 heatsink for any kind of quadcore overclock, I figure I'll go with the ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro which got excellent results all around on Anandtech's HSF review, and the price is very acceptable.
Anyone know if this comes with any thermal paste?
Alright, I was hoping to squeeze a few more MHz from this rig from stock settings without having to do any hardcore power tweaking.
I'm looking for an OC from 333 to ~360 x 8 = 2880 Mhz, with the ram following suit for 1:1 ratio.
Does anyone have any suggestions or critiques on the hardware or OCing plans?
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EDIT: I think the General Hardware page might be a more appropriate forum so I reposted it there. I would delete/remove this thread but I don't see those options anywhere...
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