Do all these parts work together ok?

[Roger123]

I'm planning on building a new PC but before I buy it does all this stuff work together ok?

And can anybody suggest changing any parts to improve performance?


Thanks

 

[The_Prophecy]

Using Newegg as a reference...

Suggested Changes:

Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-965P-DS3

Video Card: eVGA Geforce 7600GT <--- eVGA is a much better brand IMO. Their warranty allows you to overclock the card and fry it..... and eVGA will still replace it. The Asus cards have a bit of a rep for having the fans die quickly.

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 <--- Save yourself some cash and overclock this to the frequency of the E6400. You will get better performance from an OC'ed 6300 (at 2.13Ghz) than a stock E6400 as well.

 

[OMGLAZERS]

CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo E6300 <--- Save yourself some cash and overclock this to the frequency of the E6400. You will get better performance from an OC'ed 6300 (at 2.13Ghz) than a stock E6400 as well.

Will the OCing be ok for the 800 mhz? Could he possibly go down to the 677 (or whatever, heh) MHZ and OC up fine? I've heard that the 800 vs 677 on the 6300/6400 is a real waste although I bet it does give a ton of overhead

 

[Roger123]

MB: Do you think I should go for

"Gigabyte Intel SKT775 965P-DS3 PCI-E SATAII 8Channel Audio Virtual Dual BIOS ATX" - £87

or

"Gigabyte Intel SKT775 965P/ICH8R, FSB1066, 2CH DDRII800x4"? - £110

Video: eBuyer (I was hoping to get everything from 1 place) don't seem to sell an eVGA 7600GT. What about "BFG" or "Point Of View"?

CPU: I don't understand why the performance would be better, do you know of any websites that could explain it?

 

[WR2]

Will the OCing be ok for the 800 mhz? Could he possibly go down to the 677 (or whatever, heh) MHZ and OC up fine? I've heard that the 800 vs 677 on the 6300/6400 is a real waste although I bet it does give a ton of overhead

It all depends on your ultimate objective in overclocking. The price differential between 667 and 800 isn't very large. But yes, you can take quality 667 and overclock it. You might need to relax timings and add some voltage but most 667 4-4-4-12 1.8 or 1.9 volt RAM will reach 800Mhz or higher.

Roger123;
I also don't understand why a 2.13Ghz OC'd E6300 would be faster than a stock 2.13Ghz E6400. But my advice would be to OC the E6400 to FSB 333 and run the E6400 at E6600 2.66Ghz speed. That bump qualifies as a "light" C2D overclock.

 

[The_Prophecy]

CPU: I don't understand why the performance would be better, do you know of any websites that could explain it?

Here is why it would be better... but first lets lay out my assumptions:

1. We are comparing 2 IDENTICAL systems, save for the CPU (E6300 vs E6400)
2. This system has DDR2-533 for a 1:1 FSB:RAM ratio.

When you overclock the FSB of a CPU, other frequencies increase as well. The most important of those frequencies being that of the RAM. The higher the RAM bandwidth, the better the performance.

DDR2-533 at it's stock frequency in a dual channel configuration provides 8.4GB/s of bandwidth to the CPU. By increasing the FSB of the CPU (and therefore the RAM frequency as well) you provide more data exchange. To get the E6300 to the same frequency as the 6400 (it can't be hit exactly) the FSB must be increased to 305Mhz (266Mhz stock). At 305Mhz, the RAM bandwidth increases to 9.76GB/s.

However, do keep in mind that some applications benefit more from overclocking than others do.