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Hey everybody!, thanks for reading my post, I'm looking to get a little feedback on a build I'm doing and was hoping to get some of all your deep technical wisdom in on my choices, I have a couple of specific questions but any comments on my build are appreciated. I've already bought the parts and am waiting for shipment which is this week and then will be starting the build, here are the specs...
AMD Phenom II 955BE C2 125watt
Asus M4A87TD/USB (usb 3, sata 3, nb870/sb850)
G-Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH 1600mhz 7-7-7-24
Sunbeam CR-CCTF "Core Contact" cooler
HIS ATI HD 5770 (pciEx16 1Gb GDDR5)
WD WD6401AALS 640Gb Sata2 32mb cache
XCLIO Stablepower 500W ATX2.2
Rosewill Wind Knight Gaming case
Lite-on 24X CD/DVD burner
Acer 23" LCD monitor
($990)
my main considerations are
1. the 955 supports 1333mhz, I've got the 1600 becuase the board supports it without overclocking the HT, will there be any issue running at that speed with this proc?
2. i've read in a couple of places that this mobo doesn't "support all of the black features" what did they mean? I thought 'black' was primarily just an unlocked multiplier? does the north bridge on that board miss out on features of the 955?
3. XCLIO is a good brand and I know that the PSU can get close to load but that i wont have to worry as much about signal noise, I do plan on putting an SSD raid0 in it eventually, and upgrading the proc to an 8 core when available, I dont expect I will need much more for wattage at least not with a good power supply? any opposing opinions on that concept?
lastly
4. seating this cooler, is it true that non silver based paste needs to "set" before lockiing down the heatsink? I'll have a liberal amount on both die and cooler to prevent air bubbles, will it require any time to set? it's tuniq X2 paste
I have built about 7 systems in the last 10 years mostly for other people, on paper I have put a few together just to keep my hands in it, but without really researching all the parts all the time it's hard to know if there will be any incompatibilities with this and that, the ram is on the QVL for the mobo, but the board is not on the "approved" list for the proc but this does not worry me. I also heard this board doesn't like to read 1600mhz's SPD correctly and will drop it to 1333 without manually setting the timings, ram has changed a lot since the last time I tweaked those. waiting till I have the bios in front of me before I start to get into that!
I thank you before hand for any thoughts or opinions you may have on this build
AMD Phenom II 955BE C2 125watt
Asus M4A87TD/USB (usb 3, sata 3, nb870/sb850)
G-Skill F3-12800CL7D-4GBRH 1600mhz 7-7-7-24
Sunbeam CR-CCTF "Core Contact" cooler
HIS ATI HD 5770 (pciEx16 1Gb GDDR5)
WD WD6401AALS 640Gb Sata2 32mb cache
XCLIO Stablepower 500W ATX2.2
Rosewill Wind Knight Gaming case
Lite-on 24X CD/DVD burner
Acer 23" LCD monitor
($990)
my main considerations are
1. the 955 supports 1333mhz, I've got the 1600 becuase the board supports it without overclocking the HT, will there be any issue running at that speed with this proc?
2. i've read in a couple of places that this mobo doesn't "support all of the black features" what did they mean? I thought 'black' was primarily just an unlocked multiplier? does the north bridge on that board miss out on features of the 955?
3. XCLIO is a good brand and I know that the PSU can get close to load but that i wont have to worry as much about signal noise, I do plan on putting an SSD raid0 in it eventually, and upgrading the proc to an 8 core when available, I dont expect I will need much more for wattage at least not with a good power supply? any opposing opinions on that concept?
lastly
4. seating this cooler, is it true that non silver based paste needs to "set" before lockiing down the heatsink? I'll have a liberal amount on both die and cooler to prevent air bubbles, will it require any time to set? it's tuniq X2 paste
I have built about 7 systems in the last 10 years mostly for other people, on paper I have put a few together just to keep my hands in it, but without really researching all the parts all the time it's hard to know if there will be any incompatibilities with this and that, the ram is on the QVL for the mobo, but the board is not on the "approved" list for the proc but this does not worry me. I also heard this board doesn't like to read 1600mhz's SPD correctly and will drop it to 1333 without manually setting the timings, ram has changed a lot since the last time I tweaked those. waiting till I have the bios in front of me before I start to get into that!
I thank you before hand for any thoughts or opinions you may have on this build
! getting excited to start putting it all together!
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