Hi all, I'm building a new rig.. have had this old one for centuries and it's time to upgrade.
I am on some sort of budget, so bear with me.
Am buying
E2160
OCZ StealthXstream 600watt
Sony Nec Optiarc DVDwriter
Some cheaper Thermaltake case (can't afford lots for case)
8800GT 512mb
2gb DDR2-800 from geil, black dragon with 4-4-4 12 timings..
Samsung 200GB hard disk
Ruby Orb cpu cooler
Haven't yet decided on the mobo..
So have a few questions cuz I aint no pro in hardware stuff..
Can I be sure that I won't experience any bottlenecks with this pc?
Am planning to overclock the cpu to 3.0ghz at least. This means I have to set fsb to 333mhz, can I do this without touching the voltage? If not, what voltage would I need for it to run 3ghz?
Somewhere around next year I would like to upgrade to a penryn cpu, so I would like a sufficient mobo to go with this rig.
This pc will do primarily gaming, I saw some relatively sick benchmarks with the e2160 oc'd so I think that together with 2gb ram and the 8800gt it will make a fine gaming rig.
I even hope to get crysis to run at 30 fps with this.. (i never play with higher res than 1280x1024)
So anyone who can help me thx in advance..
I am on some sort of budget, so bear with me.
Am buying
E2160
OCZ StealthXstream 600watt
Sony Nec Optiarc DVDwriter
Some cheaper Thermaltake case (can't afford lots for case)
8800GT 512mb
2gb DDR2-800 from geil, black dragon with 4-4-4 12 timings..
Samsung 200GB hard disk
Ruby Orb cpu cooler
Haven't yet decided on the mobo..
So have a few questions cuz I aint no pro in hardware stuff..
Can I be sure that I won't experience any bottlenecks with this pc?
Am planning to overclock the cpu to 3.0ghz at least. This means I have to set fsb to 333mhz, can I do this without touching the voltage? If not, what voltage would I need for it to run 3ghz?
Somewhere around next year I would like to upgrade to a penryn cpu, so I would like a sufficient mobo to go with this rig.
This pc will do primarily gaming, I saw some relatively sick benchmarks with the e2160 oc'd so I think that together with 2gb ram and the 8800gt it will make a fine gaming rig.
I even hope to get crysis to run at 30 fps with this.. (i never play with higher res than 1280x1024)
So anyone who can help me thx in advance..