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grayp95

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Ok guys here we go again, i unloaded my 939 setup and went with this instead. I plan to overclock this system 500-1000 MHz.

Quick note about the PSU, i called and talked to eVga's tech support and gave them the ratings on my psu and told them that i would be oc'ing this system, and they said i was fine. The psu calculator tells me i should be fine as well.

Here is my setup.


Enermax Noisetaker 2 485w - 2x +12v @ 22A
Intel C2D - E6400 Processor
Zalman 9500 Cooler
GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Motherboard
G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin SDRAM DDR2 800 Rated @ 4-4-4-12
eVGA 640-P2-N821-AR GeForce 8800GTS
Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 7200 RPM SATA HDD



Anything look totally off? Any suggestions? Thanks.
 
most people post their builds in the General Hardware section if you PM a mod them may move it for you, the currently on mods are listed at the bottom right but other then that it looks solid I'm partial to corsair memory though, you will want to be careful of the volts on that ram I don't know what the specs are on the RAM you listed but you won't be able to post above say 1.9v to enter the bios and change it higher due to that motherboard. If you look on newegg they list that. I just did a very similar build for my friend and we used the Corsair XMS2 6400 on his rated at 1.9 volts with no problem.
 
shmitty said:
most people post their builds in the General Hardware section if you PM a mod them may move it for you, the currently on mods are listed at the bottom right but other then that it looks solid I'm partial to corsair memory though, you will want to be careful of the volts on that ram I don't know what the specs are on the RAM you listed but you won't be able to post above say 1.9v to enter the bios and change it higher due to that motherboard. If you look on newegg they list that. I just did a very similar build for my friend and we used the Corsair XMS2 6400 on his rated at 1.9 volts with no problem.
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Ok ill ask it to be moved, thanks for the heads up. As far as the voltage goes, at newegg under specifications they have Voltage 2.0V-2.1V. Are you saying that G.Skill ram wont post above 1.9v?

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?item=N82E16820231087

Thanks for the help.
 
No your motherboard this is a quote straight off neweggs site for that board,

Features Notice: Only DDR2-800 memory supporting JEDEC approved 1.8V operation with timings of 5-5-5 or 6-6-6 is supported on Intel Desktop Boards based on Intel 965 Express Chipsets
 
Ahh ok i got ya, so i need to make sure my ram is at 555 or 666 instead of 444?
 
Ok gotcha, going with the ZALMAN 9500. That thing looks huge, i assume it will fit in a normal ATX mid tower case?
 
I think corsair xms is overpriced. Shmitty was talking about the voltage for the ram. I know that the 2GBNQ g.skill sticks boot fine with the DS3 (and E6400). I can't say the same for the 2GBPK sticks, since I have yet to try them. I was able to run the NQ sticks to 433 @ 5-5-5-15 w/ 1.8v.

The DS3 is now $135 and the S3 has been bumped to $125 (at the egg). So now the S3 is no longer attractive since better capcitors are available for only $10. I'm not sure what a D3 is, that shmitty refers to in his other post.

$125 - Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express
$135 - GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express

$210 - G.SKILL 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ

Not sure if that Zalman will fit in your case, but it should. Measure your case and check the specs of the zalman online.
 
enginurd said:
I think corsair xms is overpriced. Shmitty was talking about the voltage for the ram. I know that the 2GBNQ g.skill sticks boot fine with the DS3 (and E6400). I can't say the same for the 2GBPK sticks, since I have yet to try them. I was able to run the NQ sticks to 433 @ 5-5-5-15 w/ 1.8v.

The DS3 is now $135 and the S3 has been bumped to $125 (at the egg). So now the S3 is no longer attractive since better capcitors are available for only $10. I'm not sure what a D3 is, that shmitty refers to in his other post.

$125 - Gigabyte GA-965P-S3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express
$135 - GIGABYTE GA-965P-DS3 Socket T (LGA 775) Intel P965 Express

$210 - G.SKILL 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2-800 F2-6400CL5D-2GBNQ

Not sure if that Zalman will fit in your case, but it should. Measure your case and check the specs of the zalman online.
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Thanks for the input, i think i might go with the Scythe Ninja instead of the Zalman, and i think im going to go with the 2GBNQ that you suggested as well.
 
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