NotebookForums.com › Forums › Off Topic › Desktop and Hardware Discussion › About to build a system... need some advice!
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:

About to build a system... need some advice! - Page 2

post #21 of 28
1/20/05 at 5:36pm
If it were me and I was building an AMD64 machine right now, I would buy OCZ. I have read many reviews on many sites, and the fastest OC was on anadtech.com and it was done with OCZ PC3700 Enhanced Bandwidth. It was faster then even 4000 and 4200 memory on an Intel machine. I think they got the FSB up to or close to 300 (600 at DDR) which is astonishing. Not only that, but they had 2.5-2-2-5 timings still at that speed, that is downright phenominal and is unmatched with any other memory I have seen. For some reason that OCZ EB series stuff just flies with the AMD64. Anandtech says that most athlon 64 motherboards are just picky with memory. Here I found a article where they were talking about it. Now I just need to find the guide where they were testing it.

Quote:
Originally Posted by Anandtech.com
The EB takes a little different approach to memory timings, and runs at 2.5-2-2 at DDR400. This is still competitive with the best memory available, but by DDR433 to DDR450, the EB becomes the fastest memory that we have tested at that speed. Performance extends well beyond DDR500 and the performance at DDR500 is the best that we have tested. Many Athlon 64 boards are picky about memory, but every Athlon 64 board that we have tested so far seems quite content with either 3700EB or 3500EB memory.
http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2138&p=7
Reply
Reply
post #22 of 28
1/20/05 at 5:41pm
Ooops sorry i forgot the other part. Personally i would stick with 6800gt because even a year or so from now you can always get the second unit at the store. hell i was just at bestbuy and compusa and found video cards that came out almost 18months ago(probably even later but i don't know for sure. However the 18 months thingy is correct because i remember looking for the card then). Anyway ebay has cards that came out years ago so no worries there.
Reply
Reply
post #23 of 28
1/20/05 at 5:53pm
Quote:
Originally Posted by AMDZen
If it were me and I was building an AMD64 machine right now, I would buy OCZ. I have read many reviews on many sites, and the fastest OC was on anadtech.com and it was done with OCZ PC3700 Enhanced Bandwidth. It was faster then even 4000 and 4200 memory on an Intel machine. I think they got the FSB up to or close to 300 (600 at DDR) which is astonishing. Not only that, but they had 2.5-2-2-5 timings still at that speed, that is downright phenominal and is unmatched with any other memory I have seen. For some reason that OCZ EB series stuff just flies with the AMD64. Anandtech says that most athlon 64 motherboards are just picky with memory. Here I found a article where they were talking about it. Now I just need to find the guide where they were testing it.



http://www.anandtech.com/guides/showdoc.aspx?i=2138&p=7
Hey they use hynix chips on a custom PCB, nice stuff very OC freindly.
Reply
Reply
post #24 of 28
1/20/05 at 6:59pm
Thread Starter 
You guys are the best...

However, now my computers pushin' $2,500... My wife is gonna kill me!

I think i'm going for either the OCZ or the Corsair. Time-Pilot, thanks for that article, that really helped.

Also... I am a little confused :

"Go with winchester because the CPU is based on a 90mm core which is quite smaller than the 130mm of the Newcastle. Which translates to cooler and less power consumption among other things. Plus this and the clawhammer fx chips are the newest things out so go with that."

So which one should I go for... the Clawhammer or the Winchester?

Take care of yourselves, guys. Thanks again.

Rakewell
Reply
Reply
post #25 of 28
1/20/05 at 7:18pm
if you have any plans to overclock the cpu at all, get the winchester. A winchester 3200 I believe was overclocked to 3.0 GHz on !AIR! Don't beieve me? then go to www.xtremesytems.org
Reply
Reply
post #26 of 28
1/20/05 at 8:18pm
Wellllllllllllll lets put it this way. If you are worried about spending allot of money and having your wife kill you than price out your system and put in a fx-53 or fx-55. Hell put in any fx chip and get ready to be stunned. the winchester core 3500 is very affordable and can overclock like a bitch.
Reply
Reply
post #27 of 28
1/20/05 at 9:14pm
hey guys, im new here to! can you tell? i just read this whole thread and it seems like you guys know your stuff. i was wondering if any of you knew if the 512 mb cards were being pushed out this summer? i am interested in doubling them up in a sli configuration and try to run eq at high settings. thanx for any info you might know
Reply
Reply
post #28 of 28
1/21/05 at 5:32am
Thread Starter 
Quote:
Originally Posted by noesis
Wellllllllllllll lets put it this way. If you are worried about spending allot of money and having your wife kill you than price out your system and put in a fx-53 or fx-55. Hell put in any fx chip and get ready to be stunned. the winchester core 3500 is very affordable and can overclock like a bitch.
No kidding, Noesis! I cannot believe the price difference between the Winchester and the fx-55! Yeah I plan on overclocking, so I am going to suck it up and get the winchester. I am also getting the 6800 gt, like you suggested.

However, I do have one question left... I am ordering this RAM and am planning on overclocking:

OCZ Enhanced Latency Dual Channel Series Platinum Edition 184-Pin 1GB(512MBx2) DDR PC-3700, Model OCZ4661024ELDCPE-K - Retail

Model# OCZ4661024ELDCPE-K
Item # N82E16820227017

Specification
Manufacturer: OCZ Technology
Speed: DDR466(PC3700)
Type: 184-Pin DDR SDRAM
Error Checking: Non-ECC
Registered/Unbuffered: Unbuffered
Cas Latency: 2-3-3-8
Support Voltage: 2.8V
Bandwidth: 3.7GB/s
Organization: two 64M x 64 -Bit
Warranty: Lifetime

$306.50

...It's DDR 446; will it work OK in my ASUS A8N-SLI Deluxe nForce4? The specs of that MOBO only list DDR 333/400. Will it work, or will it underclock when I use it, and am I wasting money in this area?

Thanks Guys,

Rakewell
Reply
Reply
New Posts  All Forums:Forum Nav:
  Return Home
  Back to Forum: Desktop and Hardware Discussion
NotebookForums.com › Forums › Off Topic › Desktop and Hardware Discussion › About to build a system... need some advice!