good overclocking build ?

[Friendlypirate80]

after WEEKS of researching asking around this is going to be my build tell me what you think my budget is 1000 bucks and my birthday is coming soon so im getting a free HSF ! probably a xp-90 or a zalman

Antec Solution Series Black ATX Mid Tower Case, Model "SLK3000-B" -RETAIL 55.50
Fortron Blue Storm 500W ATX12V V2.0 Power Supply with 120mm Fan, P4 and AMD ready, Model "AX500-A" -RETAIL 90.00

AMD Athlon 64 3200+, 512KB L2 Cache, Socket 939 64-bit Processor - Retail 190.00
DFI "LANPARTY UT nF4 Ultra-D" NVIDIA nForce4 Ultra Chipset Motherboard For AMD Socket 939 CPU -RETAIL 136.99
pqi TURBO Series Dual Channel Platinum Kit 184-Pin 1GB(512MB x 2) DDR PC-4000 (Samsung TCCD)- Retail 219.99
Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM SATA Hard Drive, Model WD800JD, OEM Drive Only 60.50
NEC 1.44MB Black Internal Floppy Drive, OEM 8.00
NEC 16X Double Layer DVD±RW Drive, Black, Model ND-3520A BK, OEM 51.99
EVGA nVIDIA GeForce 6600GT Video Card, 128MB GDDR3, 128-Bit, DVI/TV-Out, PCI-Express, Model "128-P2-N368-TX" -RETAIL 179.00

TOTAL 994.97


here is a link to the ram too btw is it good overclocking ram ?
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-141-138&depa=1

 

[kirbyrj]

As I said last time you asked the same question (maybe under a different topic), you might want to check the cooling in that case. A couple extra case fans might help with your overall cooling.

That RAM should be fine. Probably get a good healthy OC with that stuff .

 

[Friendlypirate80]

im going to add another 120 mm fan and i should be good

 

[KaptainBlaZzed]

With a DFI board you should get the OCZ VX ram because you will be able to set the voltages higher than 3.0v (e.g. 3.3v) enabling you to get 2-2-2-5 timings with PC4000
at 250 FSB

Check it out!!

 

[Roguer]

There is nothing wrong with that tccd ram if you want to get it, however if it were my build I would go with PC4000 OCZ vx. In fact, I have 2 sticks of it sitting here waiting for a processor

 

[kirbyrj]

What does the OCZ VX 4000 run pricewise now? $192 for TCCD isn't that bad for 1GB.

 

[arentol]

May I ask what your primary use for this PC is going to be? That is the major factor in deciding which parts are the ones to really be spending lots of money on to get what you need out of the PC.

 

[cheezies]

May I ask what your primary use for this PC is going to be? That is the major factor in deciding which parts are the ones to really be spending lots of money on to get what you need out of the PC.

I agree with arentol, identify what your primary use for your PC is and build your rig according to that. Few months ago when I was still into this overclocking craze, I bought everything, water cooling kits, the best Thermalright heatsinks, even a refrigerator compressor to cool my CPU. In the end, it finally clicked to me that I rarely played any games, I mainly used my PC for browsing, forums, messenger, banking and e-mail. Therefore all that other stuff ... Mushkin BH-5, AQZEA CPU, etc. was all just a waste for money, for me at least.

Likewise if you do play games, indentify which games you like to play and get a video card that works well for that game. Don't compare yourself to most of the others in here, you're on a budget, so I would try to stick to what is essential (eg. better video card, faster CPU, more RAM) VS lower latency OC'ing RAM, crazier heatsinks, etc.