Hey everyone, here's about all I know: I've got a E8400 (45-nm 3.0ghz intel) set, but that's all. I'm building this machine for both gaming and OCing. I need a new hobby, and hardware is it.
So I've been doing some reading, at it seems pretty clear that the GeForce 8800 GT is the card to go with. Probably I'll end up running 2 in SLI, but I'll start with one at first. So I want a motherboard that will run SLI.
Second, since I'll be overclocking (and here's where some confusion on my part sets in), I'd like to get good memory to go with the board. That means DDR2 or 3 (for now it will probably be 2, but I'd like a mboard that can use 3, since someday...). But then I still don't totally understand how to match the memory with my CPU's FSB. From what I gather, the CPU mhz is the combination of the FSB * the multiplier. But the 8400's FSB is listed as 1333 mhz. Is that the combination of the two cores? (i.e. each core is 667 mhz FSB (that seems high) with a 4.5 multiplier?) So what type of memory should I be looking at? DDR2 at 800 or 1066 mhz?
Lastly, I'd like to have SATA drives and be capable of RAID.
So - what sort of motherboard / memory should I be looking at, given everything I said above?
Thanks a ton!
So I've been doing some reading, at it seems pretty clear that the GeForce 8800 GT is the card to go with. Probably I'll end up running 2 in SLI, but I'll start with one at first. So I want a motherboard that will run SLI.
Second, since I'll be overclocking (and here's where some confusion on my part sets in), I'd like to get good memory to go with the board. That means DDR2 or 3 (for now it will probably be 2, but I'd like a mboard that can use 3, since someday...). But then I still don't totally understand how to match the memory with my CPU's FSB. From what I gather, the CPU mhz is the combination of the FSB * the multiplier. But the 8400's FSB is listed as 1333 mhz. Is that the combination of the two cores? (i.e. each core is 667 mhz FSB (that seems high) with a 4.5 multiplier?) So what type of memory should I be looking at? DDR2 at 800 or 1066 mhz?
Lastly, I'd like to have SATA drives and be capable of RAID.
So - what sort of motherboard / memory should I be looking at, given everything I said above?
Thanks a ton!