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New system

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:05 pm
by andy2583
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

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:15 pm
by kenc51
looks good to me....although i'd get a more powerfull psu now, if your going to overclock??

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:24 pm
by andy2583
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

Posted: Fri Apr 21, 2006 7:48 pm
by kenc51
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 ;)

Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2006 7:25 pm
by andy2583
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 ?

Posted: Tue May 02, 2006 6:54 am
by andy2583
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 ?

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 5:01 pm
by andy2583
anymore idea's for psu's ?

Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 7:31 pm
by infinitevalence
Anything from OCZ, Fotron, Zippy, Emacs, Seasonic, Sparkel...

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:13 am
by Laxergreg
Get a Pentium D 805. Cheaper, dual core, UBER overclocker.

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

Posted: Wed Jun 14, 2006 7:16 am
by Laxergreg
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.