Hey everyone, I'm new and I just got done introducing myself in the introduction section:
This is my build, "Project HAF". It is my 4th build I have done on my own, and probably the most exotic. My last system was watercooled with a Thermaltake Bigwater 760is cooling system, but it was starting to show its age (3 year old build almost), so I used it as an excuse to upgrade and basically build a new system.:
Cost: 1k, excluding blu ray player, PSU, Velociraptor HD's, VGA card and backup 500gb drive which were reused from last build
Case: Coolarmaster HAF 932 Black Edition
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair IV Formula
RAM: 4X4 (8GB) Supertalent DDR3 1600 Extreme Performance Memory (I forget the timings, will find out soon)
Video Card: Asus ATI5850 DirectCU (Stock Clock)
PSU: Silvertsone Strider series 1200w modular 3-way VGA Power Supply
Sound: Onboard Creative X-FI
Optical Drives: Liteon Blu-Ray/DVD-ROM Combo, Asus Lightscribe 48x SATA DVD Burner
Hard Drives: Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB 10k RPM HD'S X2 in RAID 0, Western Digital 500GB Caviar Backup, Seagate 500gb External
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Blackwidow
Peripheral Cards: D-Link DWA 552 Extreme N Wireless Adapter, VisionTek HD TV Tuner Card
Keyboard and Mouse: Razer Lycosa Keyboard, Razer Deathadder Mouse
Speakers: Klipsch 2.1 speakers with Subwoofer
Gaming Headset: Logitech wired gaming headset
Monitor: Asus 23" 1080P 30,000:1 Contrast Ratio LCD
Right now, because I've had mixed experiences with overclocking, I have everything right now at stock clocks. HOWEVER, I would be open to overclocking my rig if I can do it conservatively and with some help. I know I have the hardware to do it, I just need guidance on how to do it safe and properly so I don't start blowing hardware. I'm a college student that is not working, so as much as I'd like to push my hardware, I just don't have the money to replace something if it breaks.
Here are pics:
Please comment and help me overclock, if I can do it conservatively without stability issues. I'm not looking for outrageous clock speeds, just maybe something that doesn't push the hardware too hard but is faster than stock.
Oh, and for the heck of it, here's a picture of my OLD build:
Thanks!
This is my build, "Project HAF". It is my 4th build I have done on my own, and probably the most exotic. My last system was watercooled with a Thermaltake Bigwater 760is cooling system, but it was starting to show its age (3 year old build almost), so I used it as an excuse to upgrade and basically build a new system.:
Cost: 1k, excluding blu ray player, PSU, Velociraptor HD's, VGA card and backup 500gb drive which were reused from last build
Case: Coolarmaster HAF 932 Black Edition
CPU: AMD Phenom II X6 1090T Black Edition
Motherboard: Asus Crosshair IV Formula
RAM: 4X4 (8GB) Supertalent DDR3 1600 Extreme Performance Memory (I forget the timings, will find out soon)
Video Card: Asus ATI5850 DirectCU (Stock Clock)
PSU: Silvertsone Strider series 1200w modular 3-way VGA Power Supply
Sound: Onboard Creative X-FI
Optical Drives: Liteon Blu-Ray/DVD-ROM Combo, Asus Lightscribe 48x SATA DVD Burner
Hard Drives: Western Digital Velociraptor 300GB 10k RPM HD'S X2 in RAID 0, Western Digital 500GB Caviar Backup, Seagate 500gb External
CPU Cooler: Thermaltake Blackwidow
Peripheral Cards: D-Link DWA 552 Extreme N Wireless Adapter, VisionTek HD TV Tuner Card
Keyboard and Mouse: Razer Lycosa Keyboard, Razer Deathadder Mouse
Speakers: Klipsch 2.1 speakers with Subwoofer
Gaming Headset: Logitech wired gaming headset
Monitor: Asus 23" 1080P 30,000:1 Contrast Ratio LCD
Right now, because I've had mixed experiences with overclocking, I have everything right now at stock clocks. HOWEVER, I would be open to overclocking my rig if I can do it conservatively and with some help. I know I have the hardware to do it, I just need guidance on how to do it safe and properly so I don't start blowing hardware. I'm a college student that is not working, so as much as I'd like to push my hardware, I just don't have the money to replace something if it breaks.
Here are pics:
Please comment and help me overclock, if I can do it conservatively without stability issues. I'm not looking for outrageous clock speeds, just maybe something that doesn't push the hardware too hard but is faster than stock.
Oh, and for the heck of it, here's a picture of my OLD build:
Thanks!
