he would, but if you don't count modifying timings as overclocking then he'd get the best performance at 1:1 with tweeked subtimings
I just don't think he plans on "tweaking" anything. In that instance, he could get a cheaper motherboard (if you're pressed for money.)
if he isn't tweeking anythign whatsoever, he'd be ebst off with an S3, cheepo RAM and an e6600 which is somewhat less memory/bus dependant due to more cache still say e6400 on a moderate OC at stock ro below stock voltages is the best way to go. Mine is rock steady with 1.248V(after vDroop) at 3.066GHz(and possibly study lower I just don't want to comprimise stability) and my BIOS doesn't even allow for this i have to have ti set to do this on startup with crystalCPUid. what I was getting at though is, the 533set(assumign it hasn't changed and still uses micron d9 ICs) could easily be set to the same settings as the DDR2-800 set without issue since the ICs are made on the same dang assembly line.
Again I say, make sure it is compatible, look either here: http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17636047 or here: http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/FileList/Memory...ga-965p-ds3.pdf or here: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?p=1689710 you really don't want to have ram incompability with these boards, I have read lots of really sad stories. I hope my parts next week, including a better cpu cooler, so i'd hope to overclock this thing soon.
Ok, sorry I haven't been to visit this topic for literally ages - sorry. As for the computer, I'm still playing around with the money I have, which isn't much at all. Going through everything I have available to me (wish they had Newegg in Australia) and the suggestions of other people over and over again, I feel like getting: Processor: Intel Core 2 Duo E6400 Motherboard: Gigabyte 965P-S3 Memory: Kingston KVR800D2N5K2/1G 1GB Hard drive: Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 250GB Graphics card: Gigabyte GeForce 7600GT 256MB CD/DVD drive: Pioneer DVR-111 Black DVD-RW Floppy drive: Black 1.44MB Case: Coolermaster Mystique RC-632-SSN1-GP Silver Cooling: Included in case PSU: Antec TruePower 2.0 550W Keyboard and mouse: Gigabyte GKM-RM01CP Slim Multi-Media Desktop Operating system: Windows XP Home Do you guys think this is a good build? I'll be upgrading to 2 gigabytes of RAM and a new graphics card some time later. Since I only want to play CSS, WC3 and BF2 at decent settings and without lag, I think this would be fine for now. However, will my PSU be good enough when I do finish that upgrade? Cheers everone.
expect prices to be a fair amount higher if bought in store and I beleive australia has http://www.shopferret.com.au/ and again you cna easily cut something to the effect of 125-130 AUD
Thanks Xelink. Do you think that my specs are alright? I feel like changing the RAM to another brand at the moment.
if you want you can, just remember that for memory performance brand doesn't matter jsut what you can run it at and what you can run it at it 95% determined by what ICs it uses.
http://www.google.com/search?q=micron+d9&i...lient=firefox-a again if you want the best for what you cna get http://www.google.com/search?q=micron+d9&i...lient=firefox-a micrn d9, all is effectively the same, so those DDR2-1066 kits which are rated for 2.2V and 4-4-4-X timings use effectively the same ICs as the cheepo kit which runs DDR2-400 3-3-3-X with 1.6V have a try at sorting through the list http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=77442