D.F.I setup?

[philb34]

Hi there,

looking for a new setup,primarily for gaming and o,c'ing(i hope)!

This is what I have come up with so far:

Gigabyte 3D Aurora Aluminium Chassis - Silver
AMD Athlon 64 3000+ Venice 90nm (939 Pin) CPU - OEM
Patriot Dual Channel 512MB PC3200+ XBLK DDR (2x256MB) Extreme Bandwidth / Extreme Low Latency Kit
DFI LanParty UT nF4 Ultra-D PCI-E (Socket 939) Motherboard

What my main question is about is memory,as over on dfi street there is a hell of a lot of mind blowing questions/answers on memory,and i think reading it all has fried my memory!!
Also what p.s.u. to get with all this??Graphics card?
errrr help.....

Phil

[kempez]

I would reccomend the OCZ Gold PC3200 1gb kit. Great stuff and ges well on DFI.

Either that or OCZ Platinum Rev 2 1gb kit

For 2gb you need Crucial Ballistix Tracers - though they're a hefty price

Tell us what your graphics budget is: then we can reccomend a nice one (7800GT/GTX if you have the cash)

PSU:

PCP&C/OCZ or Tagan go well on DFI boards

[philb34]

Hi

due to cash constraints cant really stretch to a 7800GT/GTX(at the mo).So would need a little cheaper card.
I know OCZ an Tagan what/who are PCP&C?

[menthel]

Definately get at least 1gb of ram. A tagan is always a good psu, very reliable. The new sli ones are especially good.

[kempez]

PC Power and cooling. Probably a little out of your budget (but check for sale forums and there's one there for £90 IMO the best PSU's out atm.

OK then: x800 pro or 6800GT

[ajones]

PSUs: The DFI board sucks a lot of juice. Make sure you get at least 480W, with native 24pin power connector. I had a Tagan ATX2 PSU, but since upgrading to OCZ PowerStream have found my system a lot more stable. The newer Tagan SLI version do seem improved over the one I used however, so please don't take this as a Tagan bash! Enermax is also another alternative. PC&P seem to be the dogs bo**ox, but come at a premium price.

RAM: OCZ have a close relationship with the DFI guys.

[philb34]

Where is the best place to get the OCZ memory?

[NikolaX]

for OCZ
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...e_OCZ_144.html

i suggest PC3200 Dual Channel Gold VX EL-DDR CAS2.0 - £135

and here
http://pc-memory-upgrade.co.uk/memor...ram-pc3200.asp

and for GFX
go for 6800GT or 6600GT

[kempez]

for OCZ
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/acatal...e_OCZ_144.html

That should do the trick nice. DFI recommend that exact kit. Would do wonders with the DFI board.

6800GT is my personal thing too

[ajones]

and here
http://pc-memory-upgrade.co.uk/memor...ram-pc3200.asp

Thinking of getting some memory from these guys myself (2Gb OCZ Gold)... Anyone used them before?

[nvening]

I have that mobo, and i would not chose it again.

get a 7800 gt for £260 if you can (wht a 6800gt cost a month ago)

[philb34]

Why not nvening?

[kempez]

Why not nvening?

He has Corsair memory

Corsair + DFI = nooooo!

[nvening]

corsair mem was said to be good with dfi, but thats not it. Its just, not rounded, if u get me.
and it costs too much
has a fan on the north bridge (me want a heat pipe cooler, can u get those?

[kempez]

corsair mem was said to be good with dfi, but thats not it. Its just, not rounded, if u get me.
and it costs too much
has a fan on the north bridge (me want a heat pipe cooler, can u get those?

Abit boards and Asus Premium boards have heatpipes.

DFI's are good overclocking motherboards - thats their purpouse in life

[nvening]

but so are the other boards, unless u r mental. i want a heatpipe northbridge cooler i can add to my dfi