OC'ing Build for $500?

commandercup · 03-14-2008, 07:19 PM

As you guys may know... I'm going to try and sell my rig for ~999 on ebay...

If it does sell for somewhere around there, I'll be buying a totally new system with the idea of having it phase cooled...

I'll be buying a pretty cheap phase cooling setup since I can't afford anything crazy... thus it'll rack me probably around ~500 which is already half of my original PC price...

So... I'll need some great overclocking stuff for ~500!

That includes everything! I'll have nothing left once my PC sells... no hard drive... no optical drive... no motherboard... no case etc.

I don't plan to use SLI... I don't want only DDR3... I want standard ATX... I need a DVD capable optical drive... I only need ~250 maybe ~320 GB of space... I'll be running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004

vernong1992 · 03-14-2008, 09:58 PM

e2180
DFI Lanparty DK p35 (huge selling point there

)
hd3850/8800gs
Corsair 450vx (its enough)
Crucial Ballistix 2gb ddr2 667 kit (with its low timings it should be an easy OC)
choose HD, optical drive, case

commandercup · 03-14-2008, 10:07 PM

i agree with mostly everything, but I want a hiper PSU

and... 8800 GS or 9600 GT?

vernong1992 · 03-14-2008, 10:47 PM

9600gt outperforms 8800gs, and the 9600gt = hd3870

also the Hiper Type-R 580w is fine too

commandercup · 03-14-2008, 10:54 PM

nvidia > ati

lol xD

I'll get the 9600 gt then

the e2180 is great also, as is the mobo

so pretty much everything is set, it seems a bit over 500 (more like 600 or 700 lol)

I might dump my phase idea and get a quad...

03-14-2008, 07:19 PM	#1 (permalink)
commandercup Monster Techie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,384	OC'ing Build for $500? As you guys may know... I'm going to try and sell my rig for ~999 on ebay... If it does sell for somewhere around there, I'll be buying a totally new system with the idea of having it phase cooled... I'll be buying a pretty cheap phase cooling setup since I can't afford anything crazy... thus it'll rack me probably around ~500 which is already half of my original PC price... So... I'll need some great overclocking stuff for ~500! That includes everything! I'll have nothing left once my PC sells... no hard drive... no optical drive... no motherboard... no case etc. I don't plan to use SLI... I don't want only DDR3... I want standard ATX... I need a DVD capable optical drive... I only need ~250 maybe ~320 GB of space... I'll be running Windows XP Media Center Edition 2004 __________________ I'm so cool that someone on tech forums should donate an OLD PC to me... I can pay shipping... (THANKS, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME)

03-14-2008, 09:58 PM	#2 (permalink)
vernong1992 Mod and Post Count Hacker Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,211	Re: OC'ing Build for $500? e2180 DFI Lanparty DK p35 (huge selling point there ) hd3850/8800gs Corsair 450vx (its enough) Crucial Ballistix 2gb ddr2 667 kit (with its low timings it should be an easy OC) choose HD, optical drive, case __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 2900Pro/ R600 HR-03 Cooler I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born.

03-14-2008, 10:07 PM	#3 (permalink)
commandercup Monster Techie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,384	Re: OC'ing Build for $500? i agree with mostly everything, but I want a hiper PSU and... 8800 GS or 9600 GT? __________________ I'm so cool that someone on tech forums should donate an OLD PC to me... I can pay shipping... (THANKS, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME)

03-14-2008, 10:47 PM	#4 (permalink)
vernong1992 Mod and Post Count Hacker Join Date: Dec 2006 Posts: 15,211	Re: OC'ing Build for $500? 9600gt outperforms 8800gs, and the 9600gt = hd3870 also the Hiper Type-R 580w is fine too __________________ AMD Athlon64 X2 4600+ 2.4Ghz/ Arctic Freezer Pro64 Biostar TA780G-M2+ / 2GB DDR2 1066 RAM 80gb Western Digital Caviar / Windows Server 2008 Antec BP550 / Coolermaster Centurion 534 Soundblaster Audigy / Steelsound 3H Headset HD 2900Pro/ R600 HR-03 Cooler I do not accept support requests by PM, Profile or IM/Email. Please ask it on the forums! I need to RMA myself because I was DOA when I was born.

03-14-2008, 10:54 PM	#5 (permalink)
commandercup Monster Techie Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 1,384	Re: OC'ing Build for $500? nvidia > ati lol xD I'll get the 9600 gt then the e2180 is great also, as is the mobo so pretty much everything is set, it seems a bit over 500 (more like 600 or 700 lol) I might dump my phase idea and get a quad... __________________ I'm so cool that someone on tech forums should donate an OLD PC to me... I can pay shipping... (THANKS, YOU GUYS ARE AWESOME)

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