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Re: DIY PC
- To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
- Subject: Re: DIY PC
- From: "musashi1977uk" <musashi1977uk@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Jan 2002 13:59:29 -0000
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Well Tim, if you speak to Andy Gibson at Overclockers (who currently
holds the World Record for Overclocking a PC), his opinion, after
extensive testing, was that the bandwidth gained between the Corsair
and the Crucial was not really justified in the price difference. yes
Overclockers do sell Crucial and Yes I have just built 3 systems on
the Abit KR7 Raid mobo, but personally I see no point in clocking
these sytems any further so the price difference in 2100 Crucial and
2700 Corsair is better spent on buying an XP1700+ !
I realise in this I am a bit of a hypocrite because I have my 1gig
axia running at 11x134 = 1474mhz. It runs a little warm but is rock
steady.
Simon Rafferty
--- In ukha_d@y..., "Timothy Morris" <timothy.morris@i...>
wrote:
> Simon,
>
> That may be true if you want to run at standard clock speeds, but
if you
> want to get the best "bang for your buck" and run say an XP
1500+ at
> 166MHz FSB or higher then the Corsair RAM is certainly worth the
extra.
>
> Don't forget increasing memory bandwidth means that a machine
running at
> 1.67 GHz with memory set to 166MHz is faster than one running at the
> same speed with memory set to 133.
>
> The chips come out of the same plant, but are selected based on
testing,
> much in the same way that CPUs with different speeds are
"locked"
once
> they have been tested even though they are made in exactly the same
way.
>
> Tim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: simon rafferty [mailto:musashi1977uk@xxxxxxx...]
> Sent: 23 January 2002 21:35
> To: ukha_d@y...
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] DIY PC
>
> Dont bother wasting your money on 2700 Corsair RAM it
> isnt much faster than 2100 Crucial and the Crucial is
> a lot cheaper.
>
> Simon Rafferty
>
> --- Timothy Morris <timothy.morris@i...>
> wrote:
> <HR>
> <html><body>
>
>
> <tt>
> I've just got off Messenger with Mark. Once I've built
> mine,I'll do a<BR>
> step by step "build and configure" for the
> web site.<BR>
> <BR>
> Tim<BR>
> <BR>
> -----Original Message-----<BR>
> From: Timothy Morris
> [mailto:timothy.morris@xxxxxxx...]
<BR>
> Sent: 23 January 2002 17:04<BR>
> To: ukha_d@y...<BR>
> Subject: RE: [ukha_d] DIY PC<BR>
> <BR>
> Overclockers.co.uk<BR>
> <BR>
> Abit KRA7 (with or without raid - I use scsi so I
> didn't bother with it)<BR>
> Athlon XP 1500+<BR>
> 2x 256Mb (but to be honest 1x256 will be fine unless
> your editing big<BR>
> DVI movies) Corsair 2700 DDR Ram<BR>
> Alpha cooler (the first one on the page - the YS fan
> will be fine) don't<BR>
> forget the thermal compound!<BR>
> Go for any of the Geforce based cards - driver support
> is second to none<BR>
> <BR>
> <BR>
> Run the whole thing with a bus speed of 166MHz and it
> will fly faster<BR>
> than anything available off the shelf.<BR>
> <BR>
> By the time you get to put it together I'll have
> already done mine so<BR>
> will be able to help you with the best bios settings
> :)<BR>
> <BR>
> Tim.<BR>
> <BR>
> -----Original Message-----<BR>
> From: peter.white@b...
> [mailto:peter.white@xxxxxxx...]
<BR>
> Sent: 23 January 2002 16:27<BR>
> To: ukha_d@y...<BR>
> Subject: [ukha_d] DIY PC<BR>
> <BR>
> I want to build my own PC, mainly because I've got a
> few bits lying<BR>
> around that<BR>
> can be reused (DVD, CD, NIC etc) that won't compromise
> the speed of my<BR>
> new PC.<BR>
> I'm not as technical as most of you, so is there a
> good site that help<BR>
> me choose<BR>
> which motherboard, processor & PSU?? I've
> already got about 120GB of HD<BR>
> to go<BR>
> in there (2 x 60), and 512mb of PC133 RAM, but
> presumably if I want<BR>
> quick then I<BR>
> should go for DDR RAM instead? My rough spec
> is:<BR>
> <BR>
> Coolermaster case<BR>
> Athlon XP (or something equally as quick)<BR>
> SB Platinum<BR>
> graphics card (don't play games, so not too bothered
> about this, but<BR>
> would need<BR>
> one with a DVI output)<BR>
> 512MB RAM<BR>
> DVD & CD-R plus all the usual other bits<BR>
> <BR>
> Basically I'd want something quick by current
> standards, and easily<BR>
> upgradeable.<BR>
> I nearly went shopping at Scan Today last night, but
> reminded myself of<BR>
> my last<BR>
> experience with them and managed to resist.
> Might still try to get the<BR>
> CM case<BR>
> from them next time it appears though.<BR>
> <BR>
> Any recommendations? (or should I just buy a pre-built
> one?<BR>
> www.bestpricecomputers.co.uk have some good
> systems)<BR>
> <BR>
> Ta, Pete<BR>
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