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| Thread ID: 81934 | 2007-08-11 06:30:00 | Building my own PC (compatible parts?!) | aonghas (12649) | Press F1 |
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| 579494 | 2007-08-13 05:18:00 | Palit is Gainward!, a very good card manufacturer, I have had 2 so far, rather the Palit than the Inno3d. As for the RAM, you dont need anything higher than DDR2 667, which will reach DDR2800 speeds. You have a Q6600, 266*9=2.4Ghz. If you manage to overclock the Quad to 3Ghz say, 9*333=2997, so the RAM is already 1:1. |
SolMiester (139) | ||
| 579495 | 2007-08-13 05:37:00 | Oh ok. Maybe I'll just spend the extra $50 then... without reading the whole thread, I wouldn't be skimping on one component if you have purchased quality everywhere else |
plod (107) | ||
| 579496 | 2007-08-13 06:46:00 | Hmm I'm tossing over whether I should buy the Crucial Ballistix (c1com.co.nz) RAM. I don't know if $257.95 for 2x1GB is worth it. I know that a lot of people say that the cheap RAM is bad, but will 4GB of generic RAM be significantly different to 4GB of this crucial ram? Enough to notice? Because I could save nearly $300 by getting the cheapest stuff I can find. Or is there another option that would be better/middle ground? Cheers, aonghas Are you getting this RAM? I definatly recommend that you get this as opposed to the stuff you mentioned earlier. You have a mint system otherwise, but your orginal RAM was pretty crap. |
Bozo (8540) | ||
| 579497 | 2007-08-13 09:34:00 | Did I miss it? What OS are you intending to use, 64bit with that amount of RAM I hope. I disagree slightly on the RAM. Unless you are intending to overclock, there is no point spending up large on the good stuff. Get good quality, but not cheery picked and tested, RAM and it will do you just as well. Spend the money saved on the gfx card. Personally I'd go for Asus, but I see there are some good deals on some of the XFX 8800 cards at the mo (I almost went for a XXX variant myself). A question for the power buffs. I thought I read somewhere that the multi rail PSUs are on the way out amongst the quality models. IIRC, something about quality components and decent monitoring providing a better overall spec and efficiency with a single rail. True? |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 579498 | 2007-08-13 09:35:00 | Hey nah I decided to go with Kingston HyperX RAM. It's not generic but not over the top expensive either. Is that an okay decision? Okay guys I have my CPU and motherboard. Now I'm trying to install the CPU heatsink fan and I am panicking like crazy! Is it supposed to be so gosh damn hard to push those plug things into position? I tried pushing quite hard until my motherboard starting bending and I stopped because I didn't want to break the motherboard! Also there is some grey rubbery stuff on the bottom of the heatsink fan, am I supposed to leave this on? Cheers, aonghas |
aonghas (12649) | ||
| 579499 | 2007-08-13 09:38:00 | As I said before, dont get expensive RAM unless you are clocking the processor. DDR2667, is plenty fast enough!!! | SolMiester (139) | ||
| 579500 | 2007-08-13 10:09:00 | Hey nah I decided to go with Kingston HyperX RAM. It's not generic but not over the top expensive either. Is that an okay decision? Okay guys I have my CPU and motherboard. Now I'm trying to install the CPU heatsink fan and I am panicking like crazy! Is it supposed to be so gosh damn hard to push those plug things into position? I tried pushing quite hard until my motherboard starting bending and I stopped because I didn't want to break the motherboard! Also there is some grey rubbery stuff on the bottom of the heatsink fan, am I supposed to leave this on? Cheers, aonghas Hell yes. That's thermal goo, as apposed to good quality thermal paste, but it's still absolutely vital to the healthy running of your CPU. Like the alternative is a dead CPU. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 579501 | 2007-08-13 10:10:00 | Woops! I wiped it off my last heatsink. Lucky I didn't do it this time. Is this www.einfo.co.nz better than the Enermax Inifiniti 720W? |
aonghas (12649) | ||
| 579502 | 2007-08-13 10:38:00 | I personally like Enermax better than CoolerMaster, but CM is still of high quality. As for the Intel heatsink, many need a bit of force to push the pin through. Push one pin in until it clicks, then push the one diagonal to it, and do that for the next two. In the end, the heatsink shouldn't wobble at all. If it does, then one or more pins are not pushed in fully. |
qazwsxokmijn (102) | ||
| 579503 | 2007-08-13 12:04:00 | Hey sweet as guys I think I got it in correctly. But I'm worried that it'll pop out sometime soon. Now just waiting on all the other stuff. | aonghas (12649) | ||
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