Well it's been 4 months since I last posted on the PC I was building. Of course it's taken me 4 months to save up for every piece (damn you college, damn you!)
Anyway, I put the bad boy together yesterday.
So my specs are:
Intel Core 2 duo, E6750-2.66ghz-- (ive sinced OC it to 3.2)
4gb OCZ DDR2 800 (having a problem getting the timing to 4-4-4-12, right now its 5-5-5-15)
MSI Geforce 8800GT 512-- (OC from 600mhz to 700mhz)
Gigabyte P35 DS3L --(easiest mobo i've ever worked with)
Antec 900 case --(3x 120 mm fans, one 200mm fan, and 3 more slots for more)
Rosewill PSU 600W (not a big name brand, but this one had great rankings)
Vista x64 (I love vista, honestly i dont see how people bash it, also x64 allows for 3gb+)
Anyway, after about an hour of tweaking. I found Overclocking to be quite simple on my Mobo. I could easily go over 3.2 ghz and still run cool, but I don't need to. I running my cpu voltage at 1.28, which is pretty low, but stable, so heat is pretty low. After playing The Witcher on 1680x1050 on maxxed out settings at 100FPS for 2 hours, my CPU temp never went over 35c and the system didnt go over 44c.
My memory could go down to 5-5-5-15, but would always restart if I tried 4-4-4-12. Could be my voltage is too low for memory? Guess i need to try 2.1v for that? I haven't tried it yet.
Well anyway overall im happy. Everygame i've attempted so far, i can play on max settings and max resolution at a very high FPS.
Anyway, I put the bad boy together yesterday.
So my specs are:
Intel Core 2 duo, E6750-2.66ghz-- (ive sinced OC it to 3.2)
4gb OCZ DDR2 800 (having a problem getting the timing to 4-4-4-12, right now its 5-5-5-15)
MSI Geforce 8800GT 512-- (OC from 600mhz to 700mhz)
Gigabyte P35 DS3L --(easiest mobo i've ever worked with)
Antec 900 case --(3x 120 mm fans, one 200mm fan, and 3 more slots for more)
Rosewill PSU 600W (not a big name brand, but this one had great rankings)
Vista x64 (I love vista, honestly i dont see how people bash it, also x64 allows for 3gb+)
Anyway, after about an hour of tweaking. I found Overclocking to be quite simple on my Mobo. I could easily go over 3.2 ghz and still run cool, but I don't need to. I running my cpu voltage at 1.28, which is pretty low, but stable, so heat is pretty low. After playing The Witcher on 1680x1050 on maxxed out settings at 100FPS for 2 hours, my CPU temp never went over 35c and the system didnt go over 44c.
My memory could go down to 5-5-5-15, but would always restart if I tried 4-4-4-12. Could be my voltage is too low for memory? Guess i need to try 2.1v for that? I haven't tried it yet.
Well anyway overall im happy. Everygame i've attempted so far, i can play on max settings and max resolution at a very high FPS.
It hides the 4th GB and preallocates it for other uses (like video memory).
