I'm going to upgrade my computer in about 3-4 months once I get my birthday money and my 8800GTS. I was wondering if it would be worth it to go to AM2 or just upgrade my hardware on my 939 system.
If I was to go with AM2 I would get an ASUS Crosshair, 2 gigs of CAS 4 DDR2 800 or 2 gigs DDR2 1000, and an Opteron 1210 or 1212 w/a Zalman CNPS 9500 AM2 or CNPS9700. so I can O/C the CPU to 2.4-2.7GHz. I would also sell the 939 stuff to make the price a little easier to accept.
OR
If I was going to upgrade the hardware on my current system I would get an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo, either 2 gigs DDR 500, DDR 550, or myabe even 2 gigs of Geil's CAS 1.5 DDR 400 which I hear can Overclock up to DDR 650, and a Zalman CNPS9500 or CNPS 9700 HSF for my Opteron 165 which will be overclocked to at LEAST 2.2-2.4 GHz hoping to try for stable @ 2.7.
Here are my current specs:
Opteron 165 @ 1.8GHz w/ CNPS7000b-Cu LED (OC later @ xmas)
2GB Corsair XMS TWINX2048-3200C2PT w/stock timings
ASUS A8N-SLI
2X300GB SATA HDD in RAID 0
eVGA 7800GT CO @ 490/1140 (auto detect)
Aspire X-Discovery w/rear 120mm, 2 front 80mm and 1 side 80mm fans (have Antec P180B that I'll use by mid december)
CM 550W PSU w/ dual 12V rails and active PFC
PS: are my PSU and Antec P180B enough for the 8800GTS? And is the PSU good enough for the 8800GTS w/ those setups overclocked to the mentioned speeds?
Thank you for any help.
Sincerely,
decripple
If I was to go with AM2 I would get an ASUS Crosshair, 2 gigs of CAS 4 DDR2 800 or 2 gigs DDR2 1000, and an Opteron 1210 or 1212 w/a Zalman CNPS 9500 AM2 or CNPS9700. so I can O/C the CPU to 2.4-2.7GHz. I would also sell the 939 stuff to make the price a little easier to accept.
OR
If I was going to upgrade the hardware on my current system I would get an ASUS A8N32-SLI Deluxe mobo, either 2 gigs DDR 500, DDR 550, or myabe even 2 gigs of Geil's CAS 1.5 DDR 400 which I hear can Overclock up to DDR 650, and a Zalman CNPS9500 or CNPS 9700 HSF for my Opteron 165 which will be overclocked to at LEAST 2.2-2.4 GHz hoping to try for stable @ 2.7.
Here are my current specs:
Opteron 165 @ 1.8GHz w/ CNPS7000b-Cu LED (OC later @ xmas)
2GB Corsair XMS TWINX2048-3200C2PT w/stock timings
ASUS A8N-SLI
2X300GB SATA HDD in RAID 0
eVGA 7800GT CO @ 490/1140 (auto detect)
Aspire X-Discovery w/rear 120mm, 2 front 80mm and 1 side 80mm fans (have Antec P180B that I'll use by mid december)
CM 550W PSU w/ dual 12V rails and active PFC
PS: are my PSU and Antec P180B enough for the 8800GTS? And is the PSU good enough for the 8800GTS w/ those setups overclocked to the mentioned speeds?
Thank you for any help.
Sincerely,
decripple