what you think of my setup?

[theholylancer]

3890 Arctic Cooling 80mm Arctic Fan 3 w/Thermal Sensor
Availability: In Stock
$5.95 $5.95

3603 OCZ Dual Channel EL Gold VX Series OCZ4001024ELDCGEVX-K w/ Heatspreader (2x 512MB DDR400 Matched Pair, CAS 2-2-2-8@ 3.2V)
Availability: In Stock
$219.95 $219.95

737 Seagate Barracuda 7200.7 160GB - 7200RPM, 8MB Cache, SATA150/NCQ (OEM)
Availability: In Stock
$125.95 $125.95

3561 AMD Athlon64 3200+ (2.0 GHz) 512k L2 Cache, Socket 939 (Retail) *Venice*
Availability: In Stock
$235.95 $235.95

3126 eVGA e-GeForce 6800GT 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express w/Dual DVI, TV-Out (Retail)
Availability: In Stock
$479.95 $479.95

3165 DFI LanParty UT nForce4 Ultra-D, Dual Gigabit LAN, SATA-RAID, Firewire, DDR400 (Socket 939)
Availability: In Stock
$169.00 $169.00

3123 Enermax NoiseTaker EG495P-VE SFMA - 485W ATX12V v.2.01 Adjustable Dual-Fan
Availability: In Stock
$88.95 $88.95

this is my system that i'm gona buy from anitec, i'm resuing my case, a 20 GB HDD, a sony cd/dvd/dl dvd burner and a IBM cd drive.

On a side note will anything short if i run my old PIII in a box? or on dog hair ridden carpet?



BTW do the OCZ can operate at 3.2 V or work at 3.2 V (i hope not lol...)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by TheHolyLancer on 07/21/05 09:24 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Rugger]

OCZ with TCCDs like running around 3.6V...

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[theholylancer]

what are TCCDs??? help?

 

[theholylancer]

o and can i mount another CD drive on the opened up IDE port? or can i use my failing 8GB (quantium firball hehe my dad says that its being used for amlsot 10 years... says he had to pay an arm and a leg for it ATM, i woudl believe him i think most ppl back them didn;t even have 1 gig HDDs...) which my windows xp is currently install on

 

[endyen]

TCCD's are a designation for ram chips, made by Samsung. They are reputed to be the best OCers, but require extra voltage to do it. It's for serious OCers, and carries a serious price tag.
You should get the x800xl instead, it will perform as well, sometimes better, others not quite as good as the 6800GT. Only because it's a waste of $100.

 

[theholylancer]

hmm i heard that the 6800 can be OCed to untra speed though with stock cooling, what are the OC capaibilityes for the 800XL on stock cooling
also i could get the Sapphire Radeon X850 Pro 256MB GDDR3 PCI-Express w/DVI, TV-Out (OEM) how good is it in terms of lifespam performance and OC capaibility


and since that Anitec have horrible selection of ATI brands (only big one is saphier and even ATI have a small selection)
and what do OEM things have less? (i don't know difference except for box colour...)<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by TheHolyLancer on 07/21/05 11:53 PM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[endyen]

And I heard that if you are able to OC the GT to Ultra, the lack of power becomes a problem. That's why the Ultra has an extra plug.

 

[theholylancer]

um extra plug? you mean the SLI 4 pin power thingy?? or is it on the card?

 

[endyen]

The 6800 Ultra cards have an extra 4 pin molex connector, that should be connected to a dedicated line.

 

[Rugger]

Endyen hit it on the head with TCCDs. You can put whatever you want on the free IDE...I don't know if I'd put my OS on a failing 8GB drive using 10yr old tech. Partition your HDD to make a dedicated area for the OS.

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[Guest]

These VX are great just overkill...

Since we recommanded it in another thread I assume you cant get Value VX... What about Ballistix, that too I guess you cant grab them.

As for a 8 gig 10 years ago I suggest more like 5-7 years =)
10 years ago was 1995 and HD where around 2.5-3 gig back then. Thats pretty amazing when you look at it.

You could always run your old rig on a wood table or whatever, carpet really is electronics worst enemy! You can find a Box for like 25$, you can check for used case or whatever.



Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0

 

[Rugger]

I thought I saw some Ballistix on the site, but I don't remember for sure right now. If it was there and I don't remember it's because they were too much $ and the other OCZ was the better deal.

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[Guest]

Umm thats too bad, you saw the price of these on newegg right soemthign like 90$ for 512 thats a pretty sweet deal!
And perfect for medium to a bit harder OC!

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0

 

[theholylancer]

well the good thing: about being a candaian, we don;t have bush
the bad thing: we got a government who really don't want to advance their techology even if we got the capabilities to do so....

<P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by TheHolyLancer on 07/22/05 10:56 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Starfishy]

oh yeah, and the fact that we are all liberal hippies that don't know how to make a dollar and think everyone else owes us something... but other than that...

 

[theholylancer]

lol that would be the part where we try to protect our *heritage* and the governemnt don't offer any help to high tech industries and wanting to keep induestries like iron melting going...... i'd be surprised if i get to work in canda when i grow up....

IMO better education = better labout force = high tech industries = lots of tax $$ when they get big (help em out when they are starting or something...)

 

[theholylancer]

BTW how do ya think of my list now, starfishy? after you guys got through my skull about using a nice looking (or monstrous if you will ) i have chosen a better ram, now the question becomes can i use the 4 pin connector on my mobo to power the OCed 6800GT (or do my mobo even have one or is it only for SLI things (in mobo manual it wasn;t clear and it was saying that it is also for high end card as well so i assumed its gona be there)

 

[Starfishy]

You can order that rig just like that... It looks good. You won't need any extra cables or anything. I think you have a pretty good looking rig there, you will be very happy with it I'm sure.

 

[theholylancer]

hehe gon up another notch in RAM.... after reading what the hell them number mean i got OCZ Dual Channel EL Gold Gamers eXtreme Series OCZ4331024ELDCGEGX-K w/ Heatspreader (2x 512MB DDR43, CAS 2-2-2-5@ 2.8V) so that the timming are a bit faster (5 in the end instead of 8) and runs at a lower voltage (more OC capabilities?) and its about 40 CAD more so i think i could handle it



and yoiu goto love their EVP program <P ID="edit"><FONT SIZE=-1><EM>Edited by TheHolyLancer on 07/22/05 11:57 AM.</EM></FONT></P>

 

[Guest]

Stick with the VX!
<A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2369&p=4" target="_new">Click</A>
Nothin overclocks better hehe.
2-2-2-6 all the way to FSB267!
You can keep this timming with 3.2v up to 250mhz! and 3volt will be OK for a while!

As for 2-2-2-5 vs 2-2-2-6 <A HREF="http://www.anandtech.com/memory/showdoc.aspx?i=2369&p=3" target="_new">click here</A>

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0

 

[theholylancer]

um problem is that the one i'm getting is a OCZ Dual Channel EL Gold VX Series OCZ4001024ELDCGEVX-K w/ Heatspreader (2x 512MB DDR400 Matched Pair, CAS 2-2-2-8@ 3.2V)(PC3200)...
and the one you are refering to is a PC4000, its about 100 CAD more expensive...

is it worth it? i mean will bad ram be the bottle neck when i OC my video card to ultra speed (if it don't have any voltage problem that is)... if so i try and get the PC4000 and since i wasn't really looking at their names (just the gold plate lol) i kinda missed that it wasn't a VX one so i think i might as well go back the PC3200 or else try the PC4000 one...

 

[theholylancer]

o and one more thing:
the PC4000 listed at anitec have these specs:
OCZ Dual Channel EL Gold VX Series OCZ5001024ELDCGEVX-K w/ Heatspreader (2x 512MB DDR500 Matched Pair, <b>CAS 2-2-2-8@ 3.3V</b>) and on them review at stock speed its 2-3-2-6 2.6V 1T (Stock V)..... anitec screw up? they already empitied my cart a few times (server maintance my arse) and they mistyped the warrenty of the SATA seagate warrenty...... i had a fit about it about how SATA might not be as good as the IDE one because no warrenty

 

[Guest]

Well the thing is that this ram CAN run at this speed...Maybe OCZ chanegd their rating because of this . They where pretty conservative with their timmings!

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0

 

[theholylancer]

oic so is it worth the extra 100 CAD???

 

[Guest]

Extra 100 versus what?

Asus P4P800DX, P4C 2.6ghz@3.25ghz, 2X512 OCZ PC4000 3-4-4-8, MSI 6800Ultra stock, 2X30gig Raid0