I found these PC6400 sticks on NewEgg that seems to overclock well: G.SKILL 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory That should be good stuff. Check out this link for good overclocking DDR2. I have the "HZ" version of this RAM. What does all this data me...

In short, both the 6600 and 6700 will OC to 3GHz easily. And it makes no sense to get the 6700. But does the 6700 allow me to OC higher than the 6600? The 6600 and 6700 are identical chips; they are bin-selected at the end of the manufacturing process. The parts at the faster end of the yield curve...

E6700s aren't renown for their overclockability. E6400s, on the other hand. . .Hell, even the E6600 has a better price:performance (although it's not a great overclocker, either). I would strongly advise you (the OP) NOT to get a E6700. Right now the performance difference between the E6600 and E67...

Last, I'd stick with 2GB of RAM for now, by the time you need the upgrade, 4GB prices will be a little better, and you might have DDR3 as a real option (as well as P35 motherboards). [...] Regarding usable memory a 32 bit windows system can utilize more than 2Gb of RAM but it is true that a 64 bit ...

[*]hd: 2x SAMSUNG SpinPoint P Series SP2004C 200GB 7200 RPM SATA Why not one newer, larger drive? Dooh - you're right. I'll get one Samsung Spinpoint 500GB SATA drive instead. That'll give me a tad more storage and take away one drive's worth of heat. Does anyone know whether there's a problem with...

johno wrote:Doesn't the P150 come with a Neo HE power supply? Just wondering if there was really a need for the Seasonic supply.

Either the Solo or the P-150 comes with a PSU (forgot which). I've used Seasonic in the past and am totally sold on them. So I'm getting the case that doesn't come with PSU.

boscomonkey wrote:

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I just remembered that the front fan on the p150 is around 90mm. So I'll have a Nexus 120mm in the back and a Nexus 92mm in the front.

Folks, I need your advice on the spec of my Core 2 Duo build. Its main use will be for programming and gaming. This is my first new build in six years and though I've been following the SPCR forums, I don't feel super confident about my choices. Is this list reasonably sane? cpu: e6700 mobo: Asus P5...

I need a recommendation for a dual-headed AGP/8 video card for a Dell Dimension 4600 desktop. It needs to be: * as quiet as possible (or silent) * dual-headed (I'm a programmer and need my 2 monitors) * capable of playing BF2 reasonably on 1 monitor The monitors will be two Dell 1905 which have both...

I'm trying to decide between a 3700+ and a 3800+ for my next build. The 3800+ is $50 more and runs 200 Mhz faster; but it has a smaller L2 cache (512 KB instead 1 MB).

What got you to use a 3700+ instead of a 3800+?

Those 800MHz PIIIs don't dissipate a lot of heat, so the choice of heatsink isn't really critical. I've used a fairly standard socket 370 HSF with the fan removed . The whole system is cooled by the 80mm PSU fan. I don't think you'll have any problems no matter what HS you choose, and you should ea...

I'm turning my PIII/800 (socket 370) box into a 24x7 server. I need it to run silently so it doesn't drive me batty all day in the office. I've already upgraded the PSU to a Seasonic s12-330 and it has made a huge difference. Now I want to change the stock CPU cooler (fan runs at 4700 rpm) to someth...

Thanks everyone. The noise culprit was the 7-year old IBM IDE disk (should have thought of it - dooh). I unplugged the disk, unplugged the CPU fan, rebooted, and the machine was dead silent - kinda eery. Now all I gotta do is to find a CPU fan that doesn't cost more than the whole system is worth. :...

I'm trying to silence my 4 year old Pentium III 800 Mhz for use as an always-on file & web server. It's been just a workstation up to now. It was pretty obvious that the nosiest part was the PSU, so I bought a Seasonic S12-330 (as per the recommended list) from case-mod.com and installed it. Yes, th...