Hi,
This will be my first time OCing and building a pc. I tore apart my old dell dimension 4500, and will be building a new pc mostly from scratch. I have three questions, but first here are the details:
I've ordered:
AMD 64 3800+BV Athlon X2 CPU
ASUS A8N-SLI NF4 mb
eVGA 7800GTX
2X Corsair 512mb DDR 400 SDRAM
and will house it in an ASPIRE XNavigator ATXA8NW-AL case with a 500w power supply.
I plan on putting in my old 80gb WD Caviar HD @7200rpm, and am debating whether to put in a stick of my old 266mhz 512mb DDR Ram.
I hope to OC the cpu to around 2.6gghz (2.0gghz unclocked). I plan to primarily game on this computer. 1) Would the added benefits of having an extra 512mb ram outweigh the disadvantage of running my 3 sticks at a lower speed (i.e. 133mhz FSB for all 3 sticks instead of 200 FSB for just the two corsairs)? Also, would you reccommend overclocking the memory?
2) will I need a better heatsink/cooling system (the case has 5 80mm fans already)?
3) Would there be any benefit to OC the video card?
Advice regarding any of the questions posed would be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help!
This will be my first time OCing and building a pc. I tore apart my old dell dimension 4500, and will be building a new pc mostly from scratch. I have three questions, but first here are the details:
I've ordered:
AMD 64 3800+BV Athlon X2 CPU
ASUS A8N-SLI NF4 mb
eVGA 7800GTX
2X Corsair 512mb DDR 400 SDRAM
and will house it in an ASPIRE XNavigator ATXA8NW-AL case with a 500w power supply.
I plan on putting in my old 80gb WD Caviar HD @7200rpm, and am debating whether to put in a stick of my old 266mhz 512mb DDR Ram.
I hope to OC the cpu to around 2.6gghz (2.0gghz unclocked). I plan to primarily game on this computer. 1) Would the added benefits of having an extra 512mb ram outweigh the disadvantage of running my 3 sticks at a lower speed (i.e. 133mhz FSB for all 3 sticks instead of 200 FSB for just the two corsairs)? Also, would you reccommend overclocking the memory?
2) will I need a better heatsink/cooling system (the case has 5 80mm fans already)?
3) Would there be any benefit to OC the video card?
Advice regarding any of the questions posed would be very much appreciated. Thank you in advance for your help!