Upgrading My Rig

thanks adamp2p. those are some great links. but i don't have 170 to spare for a 875 chip. i'd love to get one, but that's a bit beyond my budget. well, i've decided on the mobo, for now. hows the hsf and ram? i'm still thinking the ram is overkill if i only want to oc. and will that hsf keep my cpu cool for ocing?

EDIT: nevermind... ic. pretty cool. so the p4p800 has pat too aye? i'll look into that. it's just $10 more expensive. i'll find a way to get that $. in the meantime, answer the above q. thanks

ok. thanks for pointing that out adam. i'm goin with the p4p800 now! looks good, and it has sata support, not necessary, yet...


anyways, i've decided to stick with my current hsf (intel stock) and c how far i can get with it.

can anyone give me some suggestions for good ocing ram that doesn't have to be this expensive?

Thats not that bad of a price. I paid $135 for my Mushkin PC3200 2X256MB 2-2-2-5. There is no level II 2X256MB of it on newegg right now..just PC3500 but thats like $170. That corsair is a good price, I would get it. The only thing is that its timed at 2-3-3...but you can prob tighten.

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Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@19 January 2004 - 11:23
Thats not that bad of a price. I paid $135 for my Mushkin PC3200 2X256MB 2-2-2-5. There is no level II 2X256MB of it on newegg right now..just PC3500 but thats like $170. That corsair is a good price, I would get it. The only thing is that its timed at 2-3-3...but you can prob tighten.

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i can change the timings with the asus and the abit. but most likely i'd get the asus. wat i want to know is if there's any cheaper ram that still ocs well

well, for the Mushkin 184 Pin 512MB(256MBx2) DDR PC-3200 Level One Dual Pack - Retail, newegg is out, but they sell it. same price as the corsair. which one should i get? i'm thinking corsair has a bigger name, i may be wrong.

heres the link
http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc....alog=147&depa=1

Thats level one not level two ram. The Corsair is timed at 2-3-3 and the mushkin is at 2-3-2.

Another quesiton, I heard on a site that mushkin says to take the middle to number in the timing, for me it would be 2 and 2 (2-2-2-6) and then add those together equaling 4, then add 2 to that equalling 6 and thats what the last number should be...will i loose performance by making it 2-2-2-5?

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Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@19 January 2004 - 12:19
Thats level one not level two ram. The Corsair is timed at 2-3-3 and the mushkin is at 2-3-2.

Another quesiton, I heard on a site that mushkin says to take the middle to number in the timing, for me it would be 2 and 2 (2-2-2-6) and then add those together equaling 4, then add 2 to that equalling 6 and thats what the last number should be...will i loose performance by making it 2-2-2-5?

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prob not. and wat's the difference with level 1 and 2? wat's the corsair one's level? can't i just change the timings?

Level 2 has better timings. 2-2-2-6 instead of 2-3-2-7. You can change the timings probably..its just that with level 2 its garunteed to run at 2-2-2-6.

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Originally posted by bigdawgfoxx@19 January 2004 - 12:47
Level 2 has better timings. 2-2-2-6 instead of 2-3-2-7. You can change the timings probably..its just that with level 2 its garunteed to run at 2-2-2-6.

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ok. so i should stick with the corsair ram i have up there?

hey im looking into upgrading my system as well.

i dont have the $$ yet, but will have sum around 7th february, so should i wait till games like HL2 and UT2004 come out or can i safely upgrade my system now without the fear of the games not working so good on my new system.

ill have NZ$400 to do a new graphics card, mobo and memory.

i no that is not enough but ill probably get the mobo and graphic card first, then get sum better memory.

does $400 sound like it will get me sum good shit

p.s is a radeon 9600 pro better than a 9600 XT?