Hello all,
After many days of browsing the excellent information on this site, I'm ready to jump in and participate. I have a particular setup I'm looking to get some advice on, so without further ado, here's my information:
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale processor
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
eVGA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 video card.
I am only interested in minor overclocking of the stock processor speed from 3.0GHz to maybe 3.2GHz, so nothing too cutting edge. My loading applications are Photoshop CS4 and Flight Simulator 2004. I don't play any other games other than Flight Simulator, but the game often entails numerous hours of continuous simulation, so my needs are stability over performance. A 9800 GT is more than enough for Flight simulator 2004 anyway. I also want to make sure I get that 1066 speed out of my memory.
Sorry if I am being long-winded in my first post, but I wanted to make sure you have enough information to help me out. I should be receiving all my parts tomorrow and will begin building this week. Obviously the motherboard will be set to optimum defaults at first, but I'm sure we can do a bit better no?
Thanks in advance!
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After many days of browsing the excellent information on this site, I'm ready to jump in and participate. I have a particular setup I'm looking to get some advice on, so without further ado, here's my information:
Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3R motherboard
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale processor
G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Newegg.com - G.SKILL 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 (PC2 8500) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory - Desktop Memory
eVGA GeForce 9800 GT 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 video card.
I am only interested in minor overclocking of the stock processor speed from 3.0GHz to maybe 3.2GHz, so nothing too cutting edge. My loading applications are Photoshop CS4 and Flight Simulator 2004. I don't play any other games other than Flight Simulator, but the game often entails numerous hours of continuous simulation, so my needs are stability over performance. A 9800 GT is more than enough for Flight simulator 2004 anyway. I also want to make sure I get that 1066 speed out of my memory.
Sorry if I am being long-winded in my first post, but I wanted to make sure you have enough information to help me out. I should be receiving all my parts tomorrow and will begin building this week. Obviously the motherboard will be set to optimum defaults at first, but I'm sure we can do a bit better no?
Thanks in advance!
-- Outer Marker
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