- Feb 9, 2008
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Hey guys, I'm planning on doing some upgrading to my system but wanted some advice before I do. At the current moment I'm planning to do things bit by bit, first on the agenda being the CPU, motherboard, and RAM. Here's what I got so far off Newegg:
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
I don't think I would need to buy anything else other than that right away, I'm hoping I can plug the rest of my stuff in temporarily until I get the money to buy the rest of the stuff I'm planning on getting. I saw that the motherboard won't support DDR2 which is why I'm getting the new RAM. I know my 8800 GTS 512 will work on that board because it's a 2.0 card. I'd assume stuff like my DVD drive won't be an issue, and the power supply won't need to get upgraded since I'm not doing SLI or anything like that.
Just getting some feedback here since you guys helped me out before and did a very impressive job (my friend John who helped me build my system was very impressed that I did my research last time). Is this a good start for someone wanting to upgrade to i7?
PS another question I saw the board says it runs in triple channel for RAM, do I have to have 3 sticks of RAM or can I still use 2? That's one of my main questions I had.
Intel Core i7 920 Nehalem 2.66GHz 4 x 256KB L2 Cache 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1366 130W Quad-Core Processor - Retail
GIGABYTE GA-EX58-UD3R LGA 1366 Intel X58 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
Patriot Viper 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 2000 (PC3 16000) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Retail
I don't think I would need to buy anything else other than that right away, I'm hoping I can plug the rest of my stuff in temporarily until I get the money to buy the rest of the stuff I'm planning on getting. I saw that the motherboard won't support DDR2 which is why I'm getting the new RAM. I know my 8800 GTS 512 will work on that board because it's a 2.0 card. I'd assume stuff like my DVD drive won't be an issue, and the power supply won't need to get upgraded since I'm not doing SLI or anything like that.
Just getting some feedback here since you guys helped me out before and did a very impressive job (my friend John who helped me build my system was very impressed that I did my research last time). Is this a good start for someone wanting to upgrade to i7?
PS another question I saw the board says it runs in triple channel for RAM, do I have to have 3 sticks of RAM or can I still use 2? That's one of my main questions I had.
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