New system

andy2583 · Post by **andy2583** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:05 pm

Hi all

Would these me compatible/ ok for my new system ? ?

Asus P5N32 SLi Deluxe nForce4 SLi X16 (Socket 775) PCI-Express Motherboard

OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC5300 Dual Channel Gold GX XTC Series EL-DDR2 (OCZ26672048ELGEGXT-K)

XFX GeForce 7900 GT XXX Edition 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (PVT71G-UDDR/UCP7)

Intel Pentium 4 640 "LGA775 Prescott" 3.2GHz (800FSB) with HT Technology

Akasa Ultra Quiet 460W Paxpower Active PFC ATX2.0 PSU - Black Nickel with Blue LED Fan

Then in about 6 months time a second grapchics cars and a new psu for sli, as i already have the psu and Cpu

Give me your thoughts please good or bad

Thanks Guys

Regards Andy

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:15 pm

looks good to me....although i'd get a more powerfull psu now, if your going to overclock??

andy2583 · Post by **andy2583** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:24 pm

I was more concerned about front side bus speeds, as the cpu is 800, i presume the memory and board will be able to go to the lower 800 yes ? i might have myself confused somewhere lol,

I'll take the hint with the PSU * now browsing shopping sites* lol

kenc51 · Post by **kenc51** » Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:48 pm

you could get this psu

500W Silverstone SST-ST50EF dual +12V, dual PCI-E, ATX12V 2.2, Efficiency>80%

What's your budget for the PSU? Also your in the UK right???

The board does switch automatically to a lower fsb.....the ddr667 is for the EE chip as it's has a 1066MHz FSB. BUT your ram is guaranteed for 667MHz so if you overclock the ram shouldn't be much of a problem, and if you don't overclcok you can run low latencies ;)

andy2583 · Post by **andy2583** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:25 pm

One of my other concerns was the passive chipset cooling pipes on the motherboard, does anybody know if there are any pci express cards that wont fit in this board ? due to the piping etc ? what about when there are 2xgraphics cards in there ?

andy2583 · Post by **andy2583** » Tue May 02, 2006 6:54 am

ok i got the graphics cards sorted, i went for the 2x7900gt's xfx extreme's, so just need a psu now, i got around 80 to 100 pounds to spend, the silverstone looks ok but not sure not really heard of them ?

andy2583 · Post by **andy2583** » Wed May 03, 2006 5:01 pm

anymore idea's for psu's ?

infinitevalence · Post by **infinitevalence** » Wed May 03, 2006 7:31 pm

Anything from OCZ, Fotron, Zippy, Emacs, Seasonic, Sparkel...

Laxergreg · Post by **Laxergreg** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:13 am

Get a Pentium D 805. Cheaper, dual core, UBER overclocker.

Check out http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/05/10/ ... ghz_cores/ for some info.

Laxergreg · Post by **Laxergreg** » Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:16 am

Bleh, didn't see that you already had the cpu.

Anyways, think about that chip as an upgrade! :-p

On the power supply note, I've had good experience w/ Thermaltake. I've used a couple of their CPU hs/fan's and one of their power supplies. They make some quality stuff.