Another "double check my build" thread

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Sorry guys, I hate to burden you all with another one of these dumb threads, but I really need to make sure it all works together before I invest this much money.

Here's my plan:

OCing to around 3ghz, I'm not wanting to break any records or anything.

Asus P5W-DH Delux https://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=247085
E6600 https://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=80860
Audigy Sound card (cheap yeah, I'm just trying to take the sound processing off of the cpu, I'm no audiophile) https://www.zipzoomfly.com/jsp/ProductDetail.jsp?ProductCode=290241
Sapphire Radeon X1900XT 256mb (tom's said it was the best around $250, and that's my budget in that area) http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16814102051
G'Skill 2Gb DDR2800 PC6400 4-4-4-12 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231087
Big Typhoon http://www.newegg.com/product/product.asp?item=N82E16835106061

The total is around $1200. I have a case and a nice 500Watt antec smart power PSU as well as cddrives, hard drives, and windows xp
So, am I good to go? or are their any inconsistencies I should know about?

Thanks guys!
 
I would go with something other than the big typhoon. Great heatsink but it's huge and mine at least was hard to mount. Hard as in the mounting hardware was tricky.

I would look at some other options. Trust me. I've built alot of systems. The big typhoon is nice but kinda hard to mount quickly and correctly.

go with an SI-120 or Scythe Ninja +
 
how about a 7900gto instead of the x1900xt, the 7900gto is basically a downclocked 7900gtx that overclocks to 7900gtx speeds and beyond. The 7900gto retails around $250 and is definitely the best bang per buck card around :)
 
One problem with going with Nvidia instead of ATI is that the p5W-DH deluxe is made for crossfire. So if you ever wanted to upgrade to dual cards you easily could if you already had one ATI card.

There are the hacked drivers for SLI that you could use if you went with Nvidia. I like Nvidia better overall, just from my good experience with them so far.

Everything you have listed should be comptabile.
 
SixFootDuo said:
I would go with something other than the big typhoon. Great heatsink but it's huge and mine at least was hard to mount. Hard as in the mounting hardware was tricky.

I would look at some other options. Trust me. I've built alot of systems. The big typhoon is nice but kinda hard to mount quickly and correctly.

go with an SI-120 or Scythe Ninja +
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They make a Big typhoon with the intel pushpin for easy mounting...Its the VX version I beleive...

edit: review here
 
Not "ANOTHER" one of these threads!

Your options are
6300/6400 + DS3 or P5B

OR

6600/6700 + P5W DH

either combo + ram:
G.Skill ddr2 800 , preferably the HZ
Corsair XMS 800
Crucial Ballistic
OCZ ddr900
etc

the rest of the components aren't that important, and most people are recycling their cases, HD's, etc.
 
Awesome info guys, thanks!

One question, the graphics card I have selected, that's crossfire compatable right? Later on, if I wanted to add a second card, do I buy the exact same one? Or do I have to find a different X1900XT?

Also, are there any tutorials or walkthroughs on OCing the E6600? I'd really like someone to hold my hand so I don't screw anything up :)


tisb0b - I really prefer not OCing graphics cards, I've had some bad experiences with that. Besides, I'd rather stay clear of any SLI hacks and just get what will get the job done right off the bat. Excellent tip though.
 
you would need to buy the X1900XT Crossfire edition card.

Seriously though, the whole buy one card now, and get a 2nd card later idea sucks, b/c the graphics industry moves WAY too fast for that too work.

B/c by the time you wait a while they would have released cards that are cheaper, faster, with newer features, etc... So its usually just better to get a whole new card & sell the old card. Now if you could use different generation cards and not handicap the faster one that would be cool. Or use the old card for physics, etc... that might be worth it.

Anyway, unless you have a HUGE flat screen you should be fine with a nice high end card like that.
 
I'm kind of worried about the ram. Those reviews of it on newegg are pretty bad.
Most of them say the ram doesn't actually run at the advertising timings 4-4-4-12.

A lot of people used it in the OC database thread though, so it can't be too terrible.

Did I make an okay decision?
 
I've got that same exact ram. I have it at 5-5-5-15 for it to be stable at the various overclocks, I've played with. I think its a problem with the 965 motherboards being too aggressive, not necessarily the sticks.
B/c on my old 975 motherboard (not Conroe compatible) I had DDR667 at very tight timings, I moved that ram to the 965 (DS3) and it too would only run reliably at 5-5-5-15.
 
I honestly personally do not like the push-pin mounting setup on the larger heatsinks. Why? Too much weight make the system unstable. I've had a number of these larger heatsinks come lose at one of the corners. If you look at some of the larger heatsinks, you can see they have different mounting hardware to get around the push-pin setup.

In fact, I can promise that some people on these forums have a lose corner from a push-pin mounted heatsink that didn't hold, and is now causing their temps to be a lot higher than they normally would.

I ordered a ton of the Ninja's when they were $34.99 at Newegg w/ free shipping before they jumped back up to $50 dollars without free shipping and all of them have a clip mounting system that I can promise will never come loose.

I think when intel invited this push-pin setup, at the time, it suited those small factory heatsinks just fine. But for the larger heavier heatsinks? No way would I use one. Not saying everyone has problems with them but out of the last 4 systems I used, 2 of the heatsinks popped up on a corner. A Ninja Mine and one other larger heatsink. And yes, I know how to correctly mount these type of heatsinks. It was the larger size and weight that caused it I'm pretty sure.

Before you take my word for it, I would dig into my claims and google it. See if others have had problems. I'm sure there are people out there who have.

Just a FYI.
 
the ram that you refer to as being in the database is the g.skill ddr2 800 hz. its out of stock at newegg at the moment tho. ddr2 prices going insane. i bought the hz a month or 2 ago for $229, its now on sale for $299.

or get this
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220095
which is great ram at a still sort of great price and in stock. last time these were in stock, a few weeks ago, it was $189. now its "$30 instant savings" for $259.
 
Well, is there THAT huge of a difference between HZ and nonhz?

Will I survive with non-hz?

edit: nevermind, I'm taking your advice and finding something better like corsair or crucial, or HZ
 
SixFootDuo said:
I honestly personally do not like the push-pin mounting setup on the larger heatsinks. Why? Too much weight make the system unstable. I've had a number of these larger heatsinks come lose at one of the corners. If you look at some of the larger heatsinks, you can see they have different mounting hardware to get around the push-pin setup.

In fact, I can promise that some people on these forums have a lose corner from a push-pin mounted heatsink that didn't hold, and is now causing their temps to be a lot higher than they normally would.

I ordered a ton of the Ninja's when they were $34.99 at Newegg w/ free shipping before they jumped back up to $50 dollars without free shipping and all of them have a clip mounting system that I can promise will never come loose.

I think when intel invited this push-pin setup, at the time, it suited those small factory heatsinks just fine. But for the larger heavier heatsinks? No way would I use one. Not saying everyone has problems with them but out of the last 4 systems I used, 2 of the heatsinks popped up on a corner. A Ninja Mine and one other larger heatsink. And yes, I know how to correctly mount these type of heatsinks. It was the larger size and weight that caused it I'm pretty sure.

Before you take my word for it, I would dig into my claims and google it. See if others have had problems. I'm sure there are people out there who have.

Just a FYI.
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I buy this 775 to 478 adapter: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16835999351 and then I use the clips included with most HSF's for the 478.
 
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