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[picktooth]

Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi 975x (Socket 775) PCI-Express

DDR2 Motherboard

Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2 x 2.66Ghz 4Mb Cache 1333 FSB

Dual Core Processor

Corsair XMS6400 2GB DDR2 (2x1GB) 800Mhz Non-ECC

Novatech GeForce 8800GTS 320MB HDCP Enabled Dual DVI

PCI Express (500MHz Core Clock) (1600MHz Memory Clock) (1200MHz Shader

Clock)

Western Digital Caviar SE16 500Gb 16Mb Cache Hard Disk

Drive SATAII 300MB/s <8.9ms 7200rpm - OEM

Liteon DH-20A4P-21C 20x DVDRW Black Bare with Nero

ThermalTake TR2 550Watt PSU

Creative X-FI Xtreme Gamer Soundcard Retail

Thermaltake Tsunami Dream Black Aluminium Case No PSU

its my second computer ive built but it will be the 1st time ive tried overclocking, whats its potential, also could someone explain to me what raid is and if its nessercery to have. thnx

 

[FarFarAway]

RAID is a redundant array of independent disks and there's an explanation here. It's not needed

Rig looks aight, though personal choice I'd get a Tagan or PCP&C PSU

 

[nrage]

What are you paying for the 8800GTS?

Is this it here:

http://www.novatech.co.uk/novatech/specpage.html?NOV-88GTS3

I think you should look at the 8800GT 512MB instead, I believe it will outperform the 8800GTS and should also be cheaper.

 

[jabski]

rigs ok. 975 board want give you the best oc and as said the 8800GT is better than the GTS. Have you already bought this or are you checking if you should buy ??

 

[FarFarAway]

Ye mebbe replace the P5W with an Abit IP35 pro

 

[picktooth]

yes its bought and assembled, loaded xp and all drivers ok, havnt had time to us it properly as im travelling back to germany, when i get back ill conect to my cinmae system and see what its like on my 32inch lcd,

was just wondering if i could tinker with the overclocking a little thanks for the links on raid.

 

[FragTek]

You should be able to churn out some pretty good clocks with that mobo and CPU combo since that chip has a higher multi. We gotta remember that 975x was the reigning champion of clockin' high multi chips before the new Intel chipsets hit the market.

I would suggest a differernet power supply as Kemp mentioned if you want to get the most out of your rig and potentially save yourself some burned hardware down the road.

I concur with nrage's thought to possibly go with the GT instead of the GTS, but seeing as you've already purchased everything it might not be wise to lose money selling off your current card for the GT as you'd be out some money.

 

[NobodyNowhereNothing]

Ye mebbe replace the P5W with an Abit IP35 pro

I second this, i have the same borad and it is great ... if at all you are able to return the MB, then go ahead and get a P35 based board .. if you dont like the Abit version go with any P35 boards you like, they always overclock very nicely.. as you dont need CF its a waste of money ... otherwise, its a great system

--NNN

 

[GavX]

graphics card looka a BIT outdated (I run the same) so as stated perhaps getting a new G92 chip like the 8800GT/GTS 512mb if you can afford it, what monitor you going through?

 

[picktooth]

ive not got a monitor, ive got it connected to my philips 32inch lcd tv.i was thinking of getting another 320mb and running sli, but ofcourse id need a new mobo for that.

 

[equk]

ive not got a monitor, ive got it connected to my philips 32inch lcd tv.i was thinking of getting another 320mb and running sli, but ofcourse id need a new mobo for that.

What's the resolution of the TV?

I thought most 32" TVs are only 1366x768 ?

SLI to run at that resolution?

 

[FarFarAway]

Well the 720p screens can do 1080i iirc, but 1368 x 768 is ur best bet resolution wise and you really don't need 8800 SLI for that res

 

[Pat123]

Instead of getting another 320mb get yourself a 9800GTX haha..

 

[DTSBasketball]

Pretty sexy.