P4 805 pontential buy, need opinions please

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camplo

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07-10-2006 at 06:28:41 PM

123 -Asus P5LD2 945P Skt-775
113 -pentium d 805 @newegg
43.49-Zalman 120mm
33.90-Athenatech A416BS.400 Black Steel Case ATX 2.01v 400W @newegg
269 -evga 500mhz 7900gt @newegg
72.99-Samsungspinpoint 250gb @newegg
25.99-Audigy @newegg
60-66 -DDR2 667mhz or is it 533?.... or do I need 800.....
45 -tsh552b samsung dvdrw @pricewatch
14 -backlit keyboard
134 -21 trinitron inch monitor @pricewatch
89 -windows 64
82.71-er6i
total 1108

Need opinions on potential buy. I want to overclock to 3.8 or 3.6
Not sure what speed ram would be needed. Not sure if I have to buy the Zalman led fan/heatsink like described in the article. Thanks for the help in advanced...
camplo

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Heyyou27

Still playing my Dreamcast
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07-10-2006 at 06:45:55 PM

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The D 930 is a much better overclocker, has more cache, consumes less power, and produces less heat while only costing a little more.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6819116238

vic20

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07-11-2006 at 08:00:33 PM

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I have built a dozen or so machines like this for customers. At stock speeds this build is fine, but I had issues with these boards for OC'ing. The problem is they only have a 3-phase power system, the north bridge gets insanely hot and 945 doesn't support Core 2. Also, the memory bandwidth on 945 is less than on more premium chipsets.

You should be looking at a 955X or 975 board to OC and also have Core 2 support. Or to save money and have some upgrade path wait for the new 965P boards.

The new Gigabyte 965 board with solid capacitors looks very promising.

Also, it wouldn't hurt to look at a 3-volt rail PSU (Antec Neo) or an Enermax 650watt. Sounds crazy, but you should see how much power 805s draw....

The_Prophecy

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07-11-2006 at 08:49:04 PM

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like other people said.... swap the 805 for the 930. And i'm going to add to that..... swap the P5LD2 board, for the Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3

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