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Getting set to order new parts. Comments? Bad experiences with anything below?

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 (want to OC to approx. 2.7)

DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Sempron Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA

eVGA e-Geforce 7800 GTX PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out, DVI & VIVO

Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PT 1GB DDR400 XMS3200 Dual-Channel Memory w/Platinum Heat Spreader

Thermalright XP-90 heatsink with Volcano 119 cfm, 92mm fan

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WD Raptor 37 gig, 10,000 RPM SATA HD

WD 80 gig, 7200 RPM SATA HD

(2) 512 mb sticks Corsair XMS3200LL (total will be 2 gig)

Audigy 2 SC

Liteon 16x DVD Burner

400 watt Antec PS

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1. If you want to hit 2.7, you can just get a 3000+ Venice, it can hit that at no prob. Or you can get a 3700+ Sandiego.

2. Guess you are into some major overclocking there... guess I cant troll about the A8N-SLI Premium :p

3. Having 4 sticks of 512mb is really hard on the memory controller... better off with 2x1GB low latency memory (Such as those OCZ with 2-3-2-5 latency)

4. If you want quietness opt for the XP-120 with some low RPM SilenX or Panaflo fan...

5. That PSU wont be quite enough... I recommend a OCZ Powerstream 520.

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  Wrath of God said:
Getting set to order new parts. Comments? Bad experiences with anything below?

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 (want to OC to approx. 2.7)

DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Sempron Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA

eVGA e-Geforce 7800 GTX PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out, DVI & VIVO

Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PT 1GB DDR400 XMS3200 Dual-Channel Memory w/Platinum Heat Spreader

Thermalright XP-90 heatsink with Volcano 119 cfm, 92mm fan

Already have:

WD Raptor 37 gig, 10,000 RPM SATA HD

WD 80 gig, 7200 RPM SATA HD

(2) 512 mb sticks Corsair XMS3200LL (total will be 2 gig)

Audigy 2 SC

Liteon 16x DVD Burner

400 watt Antec PS

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All I have to say is, :drool:

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1. If you want to hit 2.7, you can just get a 3000+ Venice, it can hit that at no prob. Or you can get a 3700+ Sandiego.

2. Guess you are into some major overclocking there... guess I cant troll about the A8N-SLI Premium :p

3. Having 4 sticks of 512mb is really hard on the memory controller... better off with 2x1GB low latency memory (Such as those OCZ with 2-3-2-5 latency)

4. If you want quietness opt for the XP-120 with some low RPM SilenX or Panaflo fan...

5. That PSU wont be quite enough... I recommend a OCZ Powerstream 520.

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I totally agree with Chocoline's post :yes: Specially about the RAM: even though the mem controller on San Diego's/Venices is improved to deal with 4xsticks of RAM, you still get better results by going with 2xsticks.

As for the PSU, do yourself a favor and get either an Antec Neopower, Enermax Noisetaker, or OCZ Powerstream :D

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Getting set to order new parts. Comments? Bad experiences with anything below?

AMD Athlon 64 4000+ Processor (San Diego) Socket 939 (want to OC to approx. 2.7)

DFI LANPARTY nF4 SLI-DR nForce4 SLI Athlon 64(FX)/Sempron Skt939 DDR ATX Motherboard w/Audio, Dual Gigabit LAN, RAID/Serial ATA

eVGA e-Geforce 7800 GTX PCI Express 256MB DDR3 Video Card w/HDTV-Out, DVI & VIVO

Corsair TWINX1024-3200C2PT 1GB DDR400 XMS3200 Dual-Channel Memory w/Platinum Heat Spreader

Thermalright XP-90 heatsink with Volcano 119 cfm, 92mm fan

Already have:

WD Raptor 37 gig, 10,000 RPM SATA HD

WD 80 gig, 7200 RPM SATA HD

(2) 512 mb sticks Corsair XMS3200LL (total will be 2 gig)

Audigy 2 SC

Liteon 16x DVD Burner

400 watt Antec PS

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Get a bigger powersupply, that 400W Antec first probably isn't 24pin native, 2nd that 7800 is going to own it. Also you can't run 3 sticks of ram in dual channel..so either stick to a gig, or buy 2 1gig sticks. O/c memory a lot harder with 4 sticks than 2 sticks.

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