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aznknife

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Alright after P4 and a crappy Dell I built my first pc.

Case: Antec 900
PSU: Sunbeam 580WAT
CPU: Intel E2180 2.0GHz (will overclock this)
MOBO: ECS 610i/7050
RAM: 2x 2GB Corsair DDR2-800 RAM
GPU: 8600GTS 256MB XXX
Hardrive: Western Digital 320GB 7200RPM, and Western Digital 80GB 7200RPM

Alright so I am going to be using this rig for gaming, and homework :), and random, stuff like music, movies, burning crap.

My question is my motherboard says it supports DDR2-800 over clocked, and the guy I bought it from said he runs DDR2-800 in the same motherboard.

So why does the manual say it has to be overclocked to run?? On the offical website it says it supports DDR2-667.

Anyways 99.9999999% sure it will work.


The CPU and motherboard were really cheap.

In December planning on getting a Intel Q6660, and a 680i.





The motherboard specs http:

//www.shopwiki.com/detail/?q=7050%2F610I+mATX+Motherboard&s=387815&o=224789424&d=ECS+GF7050VT-M(V1.0)+Core+2+Quad/+Geforce+7050/+DDR2/+A%26V%26L/+MATX+Motherboard

My ram

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145184


So will it work :)?


I will also post pics when I finish bulding it, should be tomorrow!

Also the heatsink that came with my CPU had Thermal Compund applied on it since it was OEM, so should I add more?
 
The RAM will work fine.

OC'ing the E2180 will be limited to its capabilities on stock voltage, which should be around 3.0Ghz. I don't think you can lower the CPU multiplier on that board (I don't remember), just change the strap. If you can't change the multiplier, hopefully your chip can do 3.3Ghz (10*333) on stock voltage. If not, you'll only be able to do 2.6Ghz (10*266), still a nice bump from 2.0Ghz and should last you until December. No need to OC the RAM to DDR2-800 without the CPU OC'd, since that won't improve performance at all.

Speaking of December, avoid the 680i. Are you buying those parts from a friend or brand new? If brand new, the 680i was replaced with the 780i, which has much better support for quad core overclocking, specifically the FTW model (nForce 780i SLI FTW).

If the HSF already had TIM (thermal interface material; aka thermal compound/paste) on it, then it should be fine. However, most OEM CPUs don't come with a HSF, and wouldn't have TIM already applied. Are you talking about the IHS (integrated heat spreader)?
 
I got my RAM,and my PSU. My case......? Well thats still in CA after 2 FUCKING days......
 
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