I've been aching to fiddle with a Northwood rig for a while now, and am taking the first steps in doing so in this thread. I've read some of the other NW threads out there and so I have a general idea as to what I should get. Here's what I've been thinking:
1. CPU: 1.6 or 1.8GHz NW. 1.6GHz = $152 GoogleGear. 1.8GHz = $205 GoogleGear.
2. MB: ASUS P4B266-C. $122 Newegg.
3. RAM: Crucial 2 X 256MB DDR PC2100. $75.59 each.
4. HSF: Retail or Cooler Master DI4-73h53D. $15 Newegg.
5. PSU: Antec 300W. $47 Newegg.
I'm not into overclocking that much, but the only reason for getting a 1.6GHz or even 1.8GHz NW is to overclock it. So I'm sure I'd be easily able to crank it up 25-30% or so, hopefully without changing the voltage, since I want this rig to last (but I shouldn't be overclocking anyway if that's the case
).
I've never bought Samsung RAM before (just Crucial and Kingston) so I don't know how good it is for overclocking. I'm also not sure if I should go with a 300W or 350W PSU.
Any comments are greatly appreciated.
1. CPU: 1.6 or 1.8GHz NW. 1.6GHz = $152 GoogleGear. 1.8GHz = $205 GoogleGear.
2. MB: ASUS P4B266-C. $122 Newegg.
3. RAM: Crucial 2 X 256MB DDR PC2100. $75.59 each.
4. HSF: Retail or Cooler Master DI4-73h53D. $15 Newegg.
5. PSU: Antec 300W. $47 Newegg.
I'm not into overclocking that much, but the only reason for getting a 1.6GHz or even 1.8GHz NW is to overclock it. So I'm sure I'd be easily able to crank it up 25-30% or so, hopefully without changing the voltage, since I want this rig to last (but I shouldn't be overclocking anyway if that's the case
I've never bought Samsung RAM before (just Crucial and Kingston) so I don't know how good it is for overclocking. I'm also not sure if I should go with a 300W or 350W PSU.
Any comments are greatly appreciated.