Howdy all,
I've recently purchased (and am still waiting for it to arrive) these components:
Thermaltake Xaser V Damier Silver Chassis 1.0 mm All aluminum made Front Door Aluminum made ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
ASUS P5B Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
XCLIO GREATPOWER X14S4P4 700W ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail
BFG Tech BFGR88640GTSOCE GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 OC HDCP Video Card - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 CPU Cooler - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail
Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
LITE-ON Combo Drive Black SATA Model SHC-52S7K-05 - OEM
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AA804 - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Creative Sound Blaster SB0610VP 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Audigy 4 SE Sound Card - OEM
And I have a few questions about the OC'ing abilities of this rig. I would really appreciate anyone's help as this is my first time trying to OC and I just hope that I purchased all the right parts for it. Before purchasing I studied the FAQ's from here as well as from AnAndTech, Tom's Hardware, and Overclocking.net.
Questions:
1.) After reading about FSB and how Memory works best at a synchronus rate (1:1), I was curious how far I could push this rig. I keep seeing people talking about trying to go over 500 FSB with a P5B-Dlx, but if my memory is rated to 400Mhz (don't you divide DDR2 in half? so that my DDR2-800Mhz is actually at 400Mhz?) how could I possibly move it close to my processor's FSB of 1066Mhz?
2.) Does The Duo Core 2 use the "Quad-pumping" of the old P4's? If so, does that mean that each processor on the DC2 is getting "quad-pumped" ? And if so, perhaps I am wrong about my actual FSB. Could anyone shed some light on that?
3.) Back to memory - When I went to ballistix website and used their flash page to see what memory would work best for my MB, they recommended 1GB of PC-6400 was "Good", 2GB of PC-4200 was "Better", but that 4GB of PC-5300 would be the "Best". How is it that the "Best" option is the middle speed one? Why not 4 GB of PC-6400 ??
4.) Can anyone tell me if the RAM I have chosen is this "D9" type that I keep reading about, and does anyone have a link to someplace that can explain what it is and why is it important?
Well, I hope you don't mind my very noobish questions, and I look forward to any responses. Have a great day!
Cheers,
Tata
I've recently purchased (and am still waiting for it to arrive) these components:
Thermaltake Xaser V Damier Silver Chassis 1.0 mm All aluminum made Front Door Aluminum made ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
ASUS P5B Deluxe LGA 775 Intel P965 Express ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
XCLIO GREATPOWER X14S4P4 700W ATX12V 700W Power Supply - Retail
BFG Tech BFGR88640GTSOCE GeForce 8800GTS 640MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 OC HDCP Video Card - Retail
Tuniq Tower 120 P4 & K8 CPU Cooler - Retail
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 Conroe 2.4GHz LGA 775 Processor Model BX80557E6600 - Retail
Microsoft Windows Vista 32-Bit Home Premium for System Builders Single Pack DVD - OEM
LITE-ON Combo Drive Black SATA Model SHC-52S7K-05 - OEM
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model BL2KIT12864AA804 - Retail
Western Digital Caviar SE WD2500JS 250GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive - OEM
Creative Sound Blaster SB0610VP 7.1 Channels PCI Interface Audigy 4 SE Sound Card - OEM
And I have a few questions about the OC'ing abilities of this rig. I would really appreciate anyone's help as this is my first time trying to OC and I just hope that I purchased all the right parts for it. Before purchasing I studied the FAQ's from here as well as from AnAndTech, Tom's Hardware, and Overclocking.net.
Questions:
1.) After reading about FSB and how Memory works best at a synchronus rate (1:1), I was curious how far I could push this rig. I keep seeing people talking about trying to go over 500 FSB with a P5B-Dlx, but if my memory is rated to 400Mhz (don't you divide DDR2 in half? so that my DDR2-800Mhz is actually at 400Mhz?) how could I possibly move it close to my processor's FSB of 1066Mhz?
2.) Does The Duo Core 2 use the "Quad-pumping" of the old P4's? If so, does that mean that each processor on the DC2 is getting "quad-pumped" ? And if so, perhaps I am wrong about my actual FSB. Could anyone shed some light on that?
3.) Back to memory - When I went to ballistix website and used their flash page to see what memory would work best for my MB, they recommended 1GB of PC-6400 was "Good", 2GB of PC-4200 was "Better", but that 4GB of PC-5300 would be the "Best". How is it that the "Best" option is the middle speed one? Why not 4 GB of PC-6400 ??
4.) Can anyone tell me if the RAM I have chosen is this "D9" type that I keep reading about, and does anyone have a link to someplace that can explain what it is and why is it important?
Well, I hope you don't mind my very noobish questions, and I look forward to any responses. Have a great day!
Cheers,
Tata
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