General Discussions

**BamaStangGuy** · 01-04-2007, 06:23 PM

I'm almost done with my new computer setup. I got it up and running right now but some of the parts aren't staying.

Right now it consists of:

AMD Anthlon 64 X2 3800+ AM2 socket
Asus M2N4-SLI (This motherboard blows. Don't recommend it at all. I am thinking about this motherboard: Newegg.com - DFI LANPARTY UT NF590 SLI-M2R/G ATX AMD Motherboard - Retail)
2GB G.Skill DDR 800
Antec NEO HE 550 SLI Power Supply
BFG 7900GS (This card is awesome. For $189 it will play F.E.A.R. all the way up at 1440x900. Got it running 575/745, stock is 540/660. Using stock cooler for now. This should be here tomorrow: Newegg.com - ZALMAN VF900 – CU 2 Ball VGA Cooler - Retail )
36GB Raptor (It will be replaced with 2 250GB 16MB Cache WD Sata 3gb/s hard drives that I just ordered

Will be Raid 0)
320GB WD
Sony 16x DVD Burner
The case is a Lian Li Mid tower. Its a very nice case.

So far the only thing I hate is the motherboard. It won't allow me to over clock at all. It will double my CPU temps if I go from 2.0GHZ to 2.1GHZ. I researched and it seems I am not the only one with these problems. I have one of the best heatsinks out there too so it shouldn't be an issue but it is.

The raptor is one of the first that came out a couple of years ago and is only 8MB cache and has a high pitched whine with it. I dont feel like spending more money on these things as you get very little space for your money and they are loud as hell when accessing data. The raid 0 250GB 16MB should out perform my single one by a long shot and give me more space

What does everyone else run?

**Moelman** · 01-04-2007, 10:32 PM

Nice system Brent.

My system consists of:

ASUS AGP mobo
Pentium IV 2.4 GHz CPU
nVidia GeForce 7300 GT
200gb Hard Drive
1gb RAM
Sony 16x DVD burner
15" BenQ LCD monitor

The memory and video card are very recently upgraded from 512mb RAM and GeForce TI 4200, respectively.

**Lucas3677** · 01-05-2007, 06:42 PM

My computer is over 4 years old now, but I upgraded it a bit along the way.

P4 2.4 Ghz
1.5 GB RAM
256 MB nVidia GeForce FX 5500
160 GB HDD
250 GB External HDD
DVD-RW Drive (Sony)
CD-RW Drive (LG)
DVD-R Drive (No Name :P)
19" LCD Monitor

**Elemak** · 01-05-2007, 08:30 PM

Why would you want to overclock your cpu anyway? Years ago it made a noticeable difference but at today's CPU speeds you're not going to notice any kind of difference unless you're doing VERY high end mathematical computations... more often than not the bottleneck these days in a system is the RAM, the video card, or the internet connection -- not the main cpu.

**BamaStangGuy** · 01-05-2007, 08:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elemak

Why would you want to overclock your cpu anyway? Years ago it made a noticeable difference but at today's CPU speeds you're not going to notice any kind of difference unless you're doing VERY high end mathematical computations... more often than not the bottleneck these days in a system is the RAM, the video card, or the internet connection -- not the main cpu.

That's not true at all. You can notice a decent increase in performance going from a 2.0ghz dual core, which is what I have, to a 2.4ghz dual core. There are plenty of benchmarks to prove it.

**Lucas3677** · 01-06-2007, 09:25 PM

Is it really that significant if you have to benchmark it to prove it?

**BamaStangGuy** · 01-06-2007, 11:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lucas

Is it really that significant if you have to benchmark it to prove it?

You benchmark it for numbers reference and to show that it is better. How else can you show someone that isn't in the room with you that the overclock benefited you?

I have my 7900GS overclocked to 590/755. The stock settings are 540/660. You notice a difference in that kind of overclock.