Upgrading my PC what do people thing of this.

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17-03-2006, 06:22 PM
flcherb

Upgrading my PC what do people thing of this.

I am thinking of upgrading my PC i am thinking of getting

CPU = Athlon 64 3700+
FSU = Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler
Motherboard = Elite KV2 Lite SKT-939

I have got an AGP Geforce 6800 GT so i dnt feel the need to upgrade the graphics card.
Thats why i want to buy a cheap AGP socket 939 motherboard. any ideas of a Motherboard i found this one on the net for £45. When i want to upgrade my Graphics i shall get PCI-e motherboard, so i dnt want to spend much at the moment.

Thanks all

Herb
17-03-2006, 06:27 PM
herulach

Lots of people are having big success with the Asrock dual board. If you know what youre doing as far as overclocking goes an opteron is also better bang/buck, but oherwise i think youll be pleased Definately go back to just 2 sticks of ram rather than the 3 you have at the moment though, that or upgrade to 2 gigs
17-03-2006, 06:43 PM
flcherb

Thanks for that i have looked into the Asrock boards and found this one it looks like a winner ASRock 939Dual-SATA2: First Retail ULi PCIe/AGP

Herb
17-03-2006, 06:45 PM
herulach

Yep, thats the daddy. Stick around for a while and youll get free postage from scan too ;)
17-03-2006, 11:15 PM
villarule

The 3700+ is a good cpu, it can overclock well. Ive currently got mine at 2.4Ghz which is 4000+ levels and its currently running around 40 degrees on stock cooling, which seems good to me. im getting a Zalman CNPS9500 in a few weeks which should help, and plus I think I need to learn a bit more about it all. :P

I was looking at the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler too, though I did hear it can be quite loud.
17-03-2006, 11:58 PM
flcherb

Quote:

Originally Posted by villarule

I was looking at the Arctic Cooling Freezer 64 Pro CPU Cooler too, though I did hear it can be quite loud.

I thought it was quite. I want to make my pc as quite as possible
18-03-2006, 12:24 AM
johnny02004976

i recommend the AsRock board :mrgreen:, im running my PC on it, my second rig on one, and 2 of my mates have them now thanks to my handywork - a good board and VERY reasonable
18-03-2006, 12:35 AM
Fidley

Another vote for the dual-sata asrock offering, runnin an x2 here and it's fast!
18-03-2006, 02:28 PM
Hefster

The Arctic Cooling unit's are very quiet! Compared with my TT Big Typhoon anyway... I find it frustrating though that AC give all their Noise figures in sones, whereas everyone else on this planet uses dB(A),,,, that must be a marketing trick :crazy:

try www.coolestpc.co.uk they have good pricing on the Arctic Gear and low delivery costs too.
18-03-2006, 07:47 PM
flcherb

I have found this cooler Gigabyte GH PDU21-MF G it got really good reviews might purchase this any one have any dealings with this processer.

Herb
20-03-2006, 06:19 PM
piranha

Big Typhoon loud? - got mine on 100% 24/7 and can't hear a thing; maybe the bearing have gone in one you heard.

Big Typhoon or Thermalrights - win everytime.