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Limp Gawd
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hey all,

hopefully during the festive season ill be upgrading. This is what i currently have:

P4 Northwood 2.8ghz w/HT s478
1024 mb Kingston DDR
nVidia 6600gt AGP
80gig Maxtor IDE
480w Antec True Blue

i am planning on keeping most of the PC, but this is what i will upgrade to:

AMD Opteron 170 s939
MSI K8N Neo4 Platinum
nVidia 7800GT 256mb
Antec Neo HE 500w

i want to overclock the Opty and 7800gt, and i think a Scythe Ninja and Zalman vf-700cu fits the bill :D the motherboard isnt as good as a DFI, but its prolly one of the best without SLI, cause im not an nvidia or ati fan, just get the best bang for my buck :D

whatcha reckon? i read that the chipset fan on the MSI is pretty loud, is this true?
 
thanks for the reply mate. how much performance can i expect from the EPox over the MSI?

ahh the site im ordering from doesnt have it... im in Australia btw :D i origianlly had my sights set on the Abit AN8 ultra, until i found out it isnt being made anymore :(
 
i cant notice the motherboard fan on mine....so far ive gotten great results on my computer and i havent even done hardcore tweakin to it
 
well my chance of getting a second hand AN8 Ultra is doomed, do u think the MSI will perform as good?

btw the Epox only sells in like 1 place here in Aus, and i dnt like the look of the site..

EDIT: was also looking at the Asus A8N-E, good for overclocking?
 
yea im pretty sure they ar ethe same besides the xtra pci-e x16 slot...its a good overclocker too, im very happy with it...ive read that the asus isnt as strong as an overclocking board but is stable...
 
fair enough, i can see from ur sig that it clocks pretty good, and Optys have a good reputation in that area so :D so the chipset fan isnt loud and does the job?
 
its not loud to me and the temps in my computer are good! CPU is 32 idle 38-39 load...ambient is like 31-32...video card is 49 idle and i forgot the load lol
 
well i managed to get a sweet deal on the MSI K8N Diamond SLI here in Aus, so im going with that :D hopefully getting the other parts later :D
 
argh.. when will it stop :( Opterons won't be available until after the new year around here..... might drop the MSI board and see what comes out Januaury, got any suggestions?
 
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