[philbar71]

well, you could go the intel route. the i5 can easily hit 4GHz. and plus the i5's are faster than the PII at stock speeds.

Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

and use the same ram i posted above.

[farinha]

If you're going to overclock don't forget to buy a good after market sink.

[JamesMW]

An aftermarket heatsink is not necessary if your only gonna push that phenom .2 GHz. If your looking to do some heavy OCing then it would be a good idea.

[znfrazier]

so i should go with the 3.2?

[philbar71]

^ you should really go with this. the i5 750 is good bit faster than the PII 965. and it overclocks alot better.

Originally Posted by philbar71

well, you could go the intel route. the i5 can easily hit 4GHz. and plus the i5's are faster than the PII at stock speeds.

Newegg.com - Intel Core i5-750 Lynnfield 2.66GHz 8MB L3 Cache LGA 1156 95W Quad-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops

Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-P55M-UD2 LGA 1156 Intel P55 Micro ATX Intel Motherboard - Intel Motherboards

and use the same ram i posted above.

[znfrazier]

will my prior setup still work with the mobo and all the other stuff. im still don't know what RAM to get any suggestions

[objecterror]

Originally Posted by znfrazier

will my prior setup still work with the mobo and all the other stuff. im still don't know what RAM to get any suggestions

A great way to pick up ram is by comparing the FSB on your chip to the clock of MHz on the RAM. My PC has a 1000Mhz(for example) but using RAM speeds of 533mhz or 667mhz puts more stress on the CPU reducing some performance.

Also, look into ECC ram, it's equiped with a 9th dimm chip for error checking parity. That way if a ram module produces a problem, the 9th chip will find the bad chip and report to the CPU not to use it. A great way of increasing the longevity of your computer.

[znfrazier]

so this would be acceptable 2 Mushkin Enhanced Blackline Ascent Heatsink 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory Model 996622 - $209.98

[matteumayo]

Do you have all the complete links to your build? It looks really nice, and was wondering if I could use it, since I'm not getting any kind of help with mine...

Hey, this is my first build, I am not crazy about spending tons of money here, and its just mid-range. ATM I have pretty much everything sorted out, but I need help choosing compatible ram, I would only want 3gb max, because I bought Win7 32bit, due to compatibility problems.


If anyone could please help, offering possibly better options or helping me in any way, that would be great.

Also, if anyone can post a link to 2gb of compatible RAM that would be great!

My build


CASE & PSU: comes with 500W PS, very good deal.
Newegg.com - RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WBP Black 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case With 500W Power Supply - Computer Cases - 79.99 (FS)

MOTHERBOARD: Very nice mobo, with 6 USB, Max RAM = 16gb
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-MA785G-UD3H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards - 84.99 (FS)


PROCESSOR: Quad Core, 3.4ghz
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops - 102 (FS)


VIDEO CARD: (Runs great on Windows 7) - 174.99 (FS)
XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16

Newegg.com - XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

HARD DRIVE: 1TB
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - 89.99 (FS)


The total ATM without RAM is around 580 dollars.

[objecterror]

Originally Posted by matteumayo

Do you have all the complete links to your build? It looks really nice, and was wondering if I could use it, since I'm not getting any kind of help with mine...

Hey, this is my first build, I am not crazy about spending tons of money here, and its just mid-range. ATM I have pretty much everything sorted out, but I need help choosing compatible ram, I would only want 3gb max, because I bought Win7 32bit, due to compatibility problems.


If anyone could please help, offering possibly better options or helping me in any way, that would be great.

Also, if anyone can post a link to 2gb of compatible RAM that would be great!

My build


CASE & PSU: comes with 500W PS, very good deal.
Newegg.com - RAIDMAX SMILODON ATX-612WBP Black 1.0mm SECC Steel ATX Mid Tower Foldout MB Computer Case With 500W Power Supply - Computer Cases - 79.99 (FS)

MOTHERBOARD: Very nice mobo, with 6 USB, Max RAM = 16gb
Newegg.com - GIGABYTE GA-MA785G-UD3H AM3/AM2+/AM2 AMD 785G HDMI ATX AMD Motherboard - AMD Motherboards - 84.99 (FS)


PROCESSOR: Quad Core, 3.4ghz
Newegg.com - AMD Phenom II X2 550 Black Edition Callisto 3.1GHz 2 x 512KB L2 Cache 6MB L3 Cache Socket AM3 80W Dual-Core Processor - Processors - Desktops - 102 (FS)


VIDEO CARD: (Runs great on Windows 7) - 174.99 (FS)
XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16

Newegg.com - XFX HD-577A-ZNFC Radeon HD 5770 (Juniper XT) 1GB 128-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card - Desktop Graphics / Video Cards

HARD DRIVE: 1TB
Newegg.com - Seagate Barracuda 7200.12 ST31000528AS 1TB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s 3.5" Internal Hard Drive -Bare Drive - 89.99 (FS)


The total ATM without RAM is around 580 dollars.

What is your budget? What do you want to run? Are you going to use 64bit OS?

In the long run, I'd swap the 1TB drive for two smaller drives and run a RAID configuration. The 16GB capable motherboard is nice, but, are you going to use all that available resources for RAM ? More is always better, but that won't exceed your PC performance. Try maximum's of 8 GB if you're not going to run 64bit software.