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[Iceman]

You wouldnt notice it for normal every day use. When overclocking though, most people(like myself) like to push the absolute best possible preformance out of their stuff, so insane low timings are more importat for that.

- That's the point right here... Some people (mostly gamers), try to get the most juice out of their system.

OC usually means your system is more prone to stability issues too. If you're building a computer for normal use, there is no reason to OC and put more stress on your system.

Also, what does OCing the memory actually do for you in terms of performance? Memory-specific-bandwidth tests aside, where are the benchmarks that show you get a performance increase (the ones that show performance in games, applications, etc..)? (I'm talking about Conroe only)

ill explain. lower timings equal better overclock ability. Can you argue that?

- Re-read my question "how memory timings are affected with Conroes".... How big of a difference is 4 going to make from 5? With AMD, it seemed to be pretty significant.

Edited by Iceman, 08 January 2007 - 08:57 PM.

[Mike2077]

Ordered:

Gigabyte p965 ds3 mobo

evga 8800gts

Core 2 Duo E6600

Corsair xms 2gb pc 6400 ddr2

Corsair 620 w Psu

Sennheiser p 155

Logitech z 5300 speakers

G5 Mouse

G 11 Keyboard

Viewsonic vx922

74 gb raptor/ 320 seagate 7200.10

nzxt apollo case

God I can't wait for it to get hizere.

Edited by Mike2077, 12 January 2007 - 09:32 AM.

[vet.mad hatter]

Ordered:

Gigabyte p965 ds3 mobo

evga 8800gts

Core 2 Duo E6600

Sennheiser p 155

Logitech z 5300 speakers

G5 Mouse

G 11 Keyboard

Viewsonic vx922

74 gb raptor/ 320 seagate 7200.10

nzxt apollo case

God I can't wait for it to get hizere.

Where's the ram and power supply??

[medel]

OC usually means your system is more prone to stability issues too. If you're building a computer for normal use, there is no reason to OC and put more stress on your system.

Also, what does OCing the memory actually do for you in terms of performance? Memory-specific-bandwidth tests aside, where are the benchmarks that show you get a performance increase (the ones that show performance in games, applications, etc..)? (I'm talking about Conroe only)
- Re-read my question "how memory timings are affected with Conroes".... How big of a difference is 4 going to make from 5? With AMD, it seemed to be pretty significant.

For the first part, very few people run an OCed system that isn't stable. The only time I run mine unstable is for benching/bragging, and it's 100% stable when I actually use it for real things/with my real HD.

*edit* tighter timings help with folding times, I can tell you that. You get a higher memory bandwith because it's fewer clock cycles to recharge/clear/charge etc. so there's thess time between reads and writes.

Looks like a good build! I just need to finish selling mine off so I can start buying for my conroe! :D You'll probably get to 3.6 on that board, if you get a good one it'll go higher, though! Good luck with the OC

Edited by medel, 12 January 2007 - 01:24 AM.

[Mike2077]

Where's the ram and power supply??

Edited: Corsair xms 2gb pc6400 4-4-4-12

Corsair 620 W PSU

[Novahawk]

Is the mobo the S3, or the DQ6?

And that build is very close to what i'll be building lol... that's wierd

Except i dont need things like the monitor and speakers... And if you got the S3, then that would be even weirder, because that was the mobo i was looking at, that or this asus that i also found and i'll also probably be getting a GTX, not a GTS :)

Edited by Novahawk, 12 January 2007 - 10:26 AM.

[medel]

DS3 is a nicer version of the S3. It's better than the S3 but slightly worse than the DQ6.

[Iceman]

i'll also probably be getting a GTX, not a GTS :)

- 8800 GTS is at $370 right now, paying nearly double that for a GTX, is only going to take you from 60fps to 75-80fps on high resolutions

make sure you take a look at these reviews http://xtreview.com/review159.htm and http://www.firingsqu...view/page11.asp and think about what you're paying extra for, before you make the final decision for the GTX card

also, looks like the ZZF and Newegg are having a sale on the 8800 GTX right now - so keep this price in mind, $530 after $50 MIR

[The Drizzle]

Dude thats an awesome rig. If you dont show us pics of that rig when its finished ill kill you.

[Mandraque]

sexy machine.......i envy you

[Mike2077]

Of course you'll get pictures, many many pictures, benchmarks etc. once its all built and once I undo everything that I do wrong at first lol.

Edited by Mike2077, 12 January 2007 - 06:13 PM.

[Mike2077]

I got everything except the monitor so that's all I can do right now.

[Mike2077]

Finished building it now I just gotta wait for the monitor and get er up and running. Looks great so far, can't wait to see how fast it runs compared to this thing. And my god cutting out all the upcs for the mail in rebates was harder than building the damn thing

[medel]

Lookin sexy so far! Making me really impatient to get mine going (CPU comes tomorrow!)

[Mike2077]

haha yeah the waiting is the hardest part, wheres my f*ckin monitor!!!!!!!1!111shift1111

[Silent Bob]

I'm guessing that because you have not replied in a while you're gaming your coon ass off with a sweet new monitor.