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Thoughts on this upgrade

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  • 28-01-2007 5:51pm
    #1
    conzy
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    Thinking of upgrading to a C2D machine on a budget...

    Keeping my Enemrax Liberty 500watt, X1800XT 512mb, raptor and other hdds and drives. Just looking for a mobo, cpu and ram

    C2D E4300
    MSI P965 Platinium
    Team Elite 2gig kit 800mhz 5-5-5-15

    Ewwwww MSI! i hear you say :P But it got great reviews, and i dont need a beast of a board to overclock an E4300, Any suggestions? The ram timings seem a bit high, but its a great price here

    Also, Im looking for a quiet CPU cooler...


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    awhir
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    timings for c2d are not mena be very important.
    there are new asus boards out and seem to be cheap maby you could look at thme.

    the new nivida 650i are mena be great so have alook at reviews on them.

    maby this http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-221-AS seems nice and is sli to :)

    you could also wait a few week because intel are rerelasing the e300 and e400 with 4mb of chach on each core and they will be cheaper.


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    8T8
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    For cooling the Scythe Ninja is probably worth checking out assuming your going to be overclocking you can attach a bigger fan or Zalmans 9xxx line of coolers & the Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro.

    Check beforehand that big coolers like the Scythe or Zalman model are compatible with your intended motherboard.


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    plonk
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    I was going to buy the msi board but it has no clock multiplier so i went for the ds3. I will be getting either the 4300 or 6320 in march. Havent got the board yet but when i do i will get back to you


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    Anti
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    Yeah the 650i's are tremendous overclockers, I would go for one of them


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    awhir
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    have alook at the tuqi tower too its abit exp tho but worth it i had 1.5v on and i was idealing on 22c


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    conzy
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    Can you recommend a particular board? I dont really care about the multiplier adjustment, because I didnt intend on dropping it :)

    Anyone think its worth waiting for the E6320? any idea what price it will be?

    Im going to poke my DFI with a stick for another while until I can use 2 sticks of ram :rolleyes:


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    awhir
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    the asus board i lunked look it up on extreamsystems.

    e6320 i would say the price will go down like 10 quite or waht.


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    TonyM.
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    Conz i have a 2 x 256 twin moss set you can have if you want to try it on your board.


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    awhir
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    was readin up for ya and the Abit IN9-SLI is mena be comin out also with solid caps.the asus is mena be good also.

    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=126791&highlight=Asus+P5N-E+SLi

    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=130703&highlight=Asus+P5N-E+SLi

    http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=126791&highlight=Asus+P5N-E+SLi


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    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Thanks for the links Awhir, and Tony that would be fantastic if you could send me that ram, ill pm you :)


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    awhir
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    http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17668494

    good stuf on here oh i so what to upgrade but i woNT.


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    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Hmmmm, Looks like an awesome board, overclockers.co.uk dont have it yet....

    I think i will wait another 2 or 3 weeks, I want to build up a bit more cash, cause I dont want to skimp on anything, and im thinking of buying a Tuniq tower, which will put a big dent in the budget, I might go for a Freezer 7 pro and an Accelero X2 for the X1800XT, because the VF700 is a noisey fecker @ 12volts...

    Still undecided on ram, I cant find any reviews on the Team elite stuff....


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    awhir
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    which the asus or abit??


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    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    The Asus...

    It seems to have vdroop problems though...

    And would anyone like to explain how dividers work on C2D systems? Can you choose to run the ram at stock speeds while overclocking the fsb?


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    #16
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Hold the door, OcUk have the Asus P5N-E SLi stocked for 124 euro!


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    #17
    awhir
    Registered Users Posts: 4,227 ✭✭✭awhir


    yep lol my first post had it.


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    #18
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    The Plan:
    newrigjan07eo8.jpg

    :)


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    Anti
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    Get the tuniq :)

    Do the right thing.


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    #20
    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    :) is it really that much better?


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    #21
    TonyM.
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    http://www.viperlair.com/reviews/memory/other/patriot/DDR2/5300/index.shtml

    Good reviews on the Patriot PC2-5300 Overclocks well €296 at MemoryC ONLY
    €196.79 on e-Bay

    http://search.ebay.ie/_W0QQsassZlaisu2004QQhtZ-1

    You will need to add a chipset fan or heatsink to the mobo.


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    conzy
    Subscribers Posts: 6,408 ✭✭✭conzy


    Thanks Tony, Did you get a chance to send the ram? I tested my ram today and it seems it has a few errors :( So I will try and get an RMA with crucial, hopefully my ram is the problem and not the mobo or cpu, If everything works out, I can hold off on the C2D upgrade for another few weeks, until the intel price drop anyway....


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    #23
    TonyM.
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    Posted the ram yesterday you should have it by tomorrow at the latest.


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    awhir
    Registered Users Posts: 4,227 ✭✭✭awhir


    found this http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=124283&highlight=e4300

    and this for you :D
    http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17680797&page=1&pp=30


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    plonk
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,352 ✭✭✭plonk


    Got the ds3 and zalman 9700 today

    The board is a smaller than my old one 3cm thinner and makes it very awkward to put the front panel jumpers in with the location of the psu in the p180 ill tell u more when i have it up and running


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