Seedler
02-01-2010, 08:39 AM
Finally upgraded from my ancient athlon socket 939 system. It has served me well for its time, but the single-core 3200+ was really starting to show its age.
Anyway, I kept the PSU, harddrive and DVD RW drive, and now my current setup is:
MOBO: Biostar T5 XE (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138160&cm_re=biostar_t5_xe-_-13-138-160-_-Product)
CPU: Intel i5 750 (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215&cm_re=i5_750-_-19-115-215-_-Product)
RAM: CORSAIR XM3 DDR3 16000 2x2GB (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260&cm_re=xms3_ddr3-_-20-145-260-_-Product)
Hard Drives: 250 GB Maxtor Diamondmax IDE
750 GB Seagate Barracuda SATA II
Video Card: 7900GS
Case: Thermaltake Sopranos
PSU: Thermaltake Noisetaker 485W (32A dual 12V rails)
Now, a few questions:
1. Video card is bottlenecking the crap out of my system currently. Should I jump the gun right now and get a 5850 or should I wait for Nvidia's GT300 fermi (Due some time in March?)
2. I'm planning to overclock the CPU after I get an aftermarket cooler (4.2GHZ easy according to OC sites), currently it's sitting at 3.4Ghz up from 2.66ghz on the stock cooler. Along with a new 5850 video card, will my PSU be enough? Most wattage calculator websites gives me results saying that it would be enough, but I have my doubts.
3. The DDR3 1600 RAM is only running at DDR3 1333 speeds... the mobo clearly supports 1600 ram, so why is it doing that?
4. The old parts are still working with a hitch sitting in a box, could someone recommend me a forum or trading site where I can sell my athlon 64 3200+, 512mb X 2 DDR Ram, and Asus a85nx mobo for pretty cheap? (maybe even the 7900GS)
Thanks in advance.
Anyway, I kept the PSU, harddrive and DVD RW drive, and now my current setup is:
MOBO: Biostar T5 XE (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138160&cm_re=biostar_t5_xe-_-13-138-160-_-Product)
CPU: Intel i5 750 (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115215&cm_re=i5_750-_-19-115-215-_-Product)
RAM: CORSAIR XM3 DDR3 16000 2x2GB (http://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820145260&cm_re=xms3_ddr3-_-20-145-260-_-Product)
Hard Drives: 250 GB Maxtor Diamondmax IDE
750 GB Seagate Barracuda SATA II
Video Card: 7900GS
Case: Thermaltake Sopranos
PSU: Thermaltake Noisetaker 485W (32A dual 12V rails)
Now, a few questions:
1. Video card is bottlenecking the crap out of my system currently. Should I jump the gun right now and get a 5850 or should I wait for Nvidia's GT300 fermi (Due some time in March?)
2. I'm planning to overclock the CPU after I get an aftermarket cooler (4.2GHZ easy according to OC sites), currently it's sitting at 3.4Ghz up from 2.66ghz on the stock cooler. Along with a new 5850 video card, will my PSU be enough? Most wattage calculator websites gives me results saying that it would be enough, but I have my doubts.
3. The DDR3 1600 RAM is only running at DDR3 1333 speeds... the mobo clearly supports 1600 ram, so why is it doing that?
4. The old parts are still working with a hitch sitting in a box, could someone recommend me a forum or trading site where I can sell my athlon 64 3200+, 512mb X 2 DDR Ram, and Asus a85nx mobo for pretty cheap? (maybe even the 7900GS)
Thanks in advance.