Budget oc gaming rig

[nathsods]

I am helping a friend build a pc purely for gaming, we plan to overclock the system & gfx card. This is what i had in mind atm. He is using his old crt, case & IDE hdd.

3200+ Venice socket 939 $209.00

DFI Lanparty UT nF4 Ultra D $205.00

XpertVision GF 7600GT 256MB 128-bit DDR3 PCI-E $260.00

G.Skill F1-3200BWU2-1GBGH 1GB Winbond BH5 $229.00

Total $903AU

We are trying to keep it under $1000 Australian those are some of the best prices i could find using http://staticice.com.au/ price search engine.

Any opinions suggestions welcome, i am not sure which is the best reasonably priced cpu cooler for this rig, cheers.

 

[J Macker]

I hear the DFI boards are picky about power supplies. I remember others reporting it doesn't like anything other than a 24-pin plug, while some other motherboards work fine with an old 20-pin connector.
keep that in mind if he has an old psu. also, I'd recommend making sure it's fully capable of powering the system, (at least 400W min, and a good brand)

the asus A8N-SLI I have works fine with a 20-pin connector and is typically a little cheaper than the DFI. Most overclocks on the X2 3800+ and the Opteron 165 hit the max OC for the cpu before the HTT on the motherboard is maxed out.

My motherboard is stable up to 305 HTT, while my cpu topped out around the 270 HTT mark

 

[nathsods]

Thanks for the reply i'll look at A8N-SLI, if it overclocks just as well & supports 20pin psus better than the DFI. If we have instability problems i'll go straight to the psu & do an upgrade.