I'm helping my brother put together a computer that he'll be taking off to college with him. I'm rather experienced with building and overclocking machines, I just haven't really kept up with what's the best since my last build (early adopter, 939 opteron)
I'd like to get moderate overclocking with this build, and I'm sure it will be used for heavy multitasking and gaming. I'd say going for SLI is unlikely.
Here's what we're currently thinking:
mobo: Asus P5B-E or Gigabyte DS3 Need advice!
processor: Core2Duo E6400 or e4300
ram: 2x1gb firestix
video card: Already have a 7900GT
case: Antec Sonata II
PSU: Enhance ENP-5150GH 500W
cooling: Aftermarket air-CPU cooler of some sort
My main concerns are which of the two listed motherboards to get, and if the cheap RAM is going to hold back my overclock. I can just run it on a divider if necessary, right?
Also, it appears my valueram of choice has recently gone OOS. It was $120 for the 2gb kit and apparently worked fine up to DDR2-800 speeds ... anyone have other recommendations? I assume it's still the case that expensive RAM doesn't get you a whole lot aside from benchmark scores?
I'd like to get moderate overclocking with this build, and I'm sure it will be used for heavy multitasking and gaming. I'd say going for SLI is unlikely.
Here's what we're currently thinking:
mobo: Asus P5B-E or Gigabyte DS3 Need advice!
processor: Core2Duo E6400 or e4300
ram: 2x1gb firestix
video card: Already have a 7900GT
case: Antec Sonata II
PSU: Enhance ENP-5150GH 500W
cooling: Aftermarket air-CPU cooler of some sort
My main concerns are which of the two listed motherboards to get, and if the cheap RAM is going to hold back my overclock. I can just run it on a divider if necessary, right?
Also, it appears my valueram of choice has recently gone OOS. It was $120 for the 2gb kit and apparently worked fine up to DDR2-800 speeds ... anyone have other recommendations? I assume it's still the case that expensive RAM doesn't get you a whole lot aside from benchmark scores?