New rig advice please

name='!TIMMY!' said:
Are you going to oc it at all?

I've been asked to build it as a gift for somebody's 21st and I don't think the user will oc it. However I will see what the best stable oc I can get with it (cpu & gpu) on air before I pass it on. Will post results/benchmarks.

:cool:

TOG
 
name='Toxteth O'Grady' said:
Hi all,

24" TFT - Dell 2408WFP

Case - This is always a personal preference issue, you need to select a case that suits the recipient of this machine

Motherboard - Big honking fan of the DFI Blood Iron Series, or the MSI P7N Diamond

CPU - 3.0GHZ wolfdale. the quads are still wasted electricity and heat at this point. (I just got a Q9300, but I am also a media phreak)

RAM - DDR2 800 mhz with 4-4-4-15 or lower latency. DDR3 is too little bang for buck right now

HDD for OS and HDD for storage (not bothered about RAID) - the previous 500gb Seagate suggestions are good

PSU - PCP&C Quad 750w: PCP&C makes the best PSU's available, accept nothing less, the 610w model would also work here, but I don't think that anyone can argue that there is no better brand than PCP&C

GFX - 8800GTX is nice, 9800GTX overheats a lot but is also nice, 9600's in SLI are amazing, cheap and they give you incredible performance. those in SLI beat any single core card (I think)

Keyboard - Logitech g15, a lot of people prefer the first edition blue one.

DVD - SATA Disc drives still have some issues with x64bit OS's

CPU - Zalman 9700, Tt Big Typhoon, Tuniq Tower. all are good

I don't think anyone needs a sound card with vista unless they are doing audio/video editing or have extreme requirements.
 
Decided to go for the OCZ Vendetta 2 HDT CPU cooler plus OCZ Freeze TIM. I've now bought everything I need and nearly all the stuff will be delivered on Monday.

:cool:

TOG
 
Finshed building the rig.

Overclocks very easily. Currently Q6600 is at 3.4Ghz on air (378 MHz, multiplier x 9, FSB 1512 MHz, RAM 1134 MHz @ 5-5-5-15-2T, CPU core temp 57 deg C under Prime 95 100% load, 32 deg C idle). GPU at factory oc of 740 clock/1140 mem, GPU idle temp 37 deg C.

Runs Crysis, Assassin's Creed and Bioshock with all settings and resolution set to highest.

3D Mark 06 Score 14813.

Ran 4 hours Memtest86+ with no errors. Currently running Prime95 torture test - no errors after 2 hours and still running.

Willl post CPU-Z, P95 & Speedfan temps screenshots plus 3DMark06 results link after P95 has run for 12 hours.

Shame I have to deliver it on Saturday!! :damn:

:cool:

TOG
 
3DMark06 score: 15846 Link

CPU o/c 3.4 Ghz. GPU o/c 840 core/1200 mem. During 3DMark CPU max 48 deg C, GPU max temp 44 deg C.

Don't really want to push the GPU anymore but gonna try 3.6 + on the CPU. I suspect there's a little more headroom.

:cool:

TOG
 
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