Patrickrio Posted December 16, 2005 Posted December 16, 2005 I want a system that is stable but that I can overclock a bit to wring some extra editing/encoding speed from this computer computer will not be used for gaming so im not to concerned with the graphics side. current ideas are: NF4-D Motherboard Opty 175 dual core OEM 4 gigs of the $199 G.Skill PC4000 2x1gb kit Seagate SATA2 hardrive for os/swapfile/software 2 terabytes of additional hard drives eventually (800 gigs old drives to start) sony dual layer dvd burner (already have it) old nvidia 5700 vid card or uprgrade to 6600gt (no gaming on this rig...) Evercool VC-RE chipset cooler Arctic Silver 5 paste Antec sonata, antec p180 or nexus breeze case Thermalright SI-120 Nexus 120mm fans all around How can I improve the quiet and overclockability/ultimate speed of the above system??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JVG81 Posted December 16, 2005 Posted December 16, 2005 You can try the oc guide here in this forum, has everything there is to know about oc'ing this system. I would recommend a good psu though with all 2Tb hard drives, 4Gb of RAM and numerous 120mm fans and so on. Look here: http://www.dfi-street.com/forum/showthread...hlight=psu+list And wouldnt it be wiser to go for the SLI-DR for example cause it has 8 SATA ports instead of 4? Or are you gonna buy a seperate controller or something. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest FZ1 Posted December 16, 2005 Posted December 16, 2005 Definately go with dual core and get at least 2GB of RAM. The opty 175's are good AT LEAST for a modest OC and depending on the stepping some OC very well. Dual cores run hot though so unless you plan on water cooling (I see that is not currently in your plan) don't expect to OC too far....maybe 2500-2600. That Si-120 is a good air cooling sys though. Still that should be great for vid editing. I would go with 2 HD's (NOT in RAID) and use one for OS and the other for the data file and app. The real bottleneck with video editing is rendering and the only way to really speed it up is with ^ processor speed. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patrickrio Posted December 16, 2005 Posted December 16, 2005 actually, the 8 SATA ports is a great idea, but not too necessary as I will probably be buying some 400 gig seagate IDE drives (CHEAP!!!) IDE acess speeds are not a problem for raw video files, only need SATA2 for the encoding process and during editing, so 4 sata2 should be fine. I have read the overclockers forum quite a bit, and this parts list is what I have come up with... Just want to check if this is a good parts list for what I want before I pull the trigger. sorry I didnt put it above, but I am thinking of the seasonic s12 500w power supply Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InVeNtOr Posted June 8, 2006 Posted June 8, 2006 i have an opteron 170 and it's oced to 2750. i wouldn't go with the 175 because it won't oc much higher, just a waist of money. i would go with 165, if you have a good stepping, (do a search, there is a tread on them) and it too can oc up to and past 2750. i have 8 fans going now i would call my system quiet. go with a freezer 64 pro for your cpu cooler, i have it and my system idels at 25c and lower. it has a db rating of 16, which means you can't hear it. even when i play a game for hours i don't see temps above 35c. (i think the highest i have seen is 33) i would also go with the ultra d board, not just the "D." i don't know much about the video editing, but i would think 4gb is a little overkill, but newegg has that ram, same as me, for less. they are selling it for about $169 with rebate. as for the psu, don't go cheap, i repeat, don't go cheap. it's the heart and sole of your computer. if it has unstable voltages, you won't be able to oc as well and in the long run will wreck your computer. try the dfi guide on it, they have some very good suggestions. i hope this helped you. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
red930 Posted June 8, 2006 Posted June 8, 2006 i don't know much about the video editing, but i would think 4gb is a little overkill it seems like you answered your own statement Video editing, much like 3D Modeling, & large photo-editing is very sensitive to how much ram you have...so the more the better Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
InVeNtOr Posted June 9, 2006 Posted June 9, 2006 well i do computer drafting using inventor 10 which is very heavy in video runs great on 1 gb of ram, i went for 2 for the overkill. i am just figuring that 4 gb is overkill squared...lol. it's his money...if it makes you feel all warm and cozy inside to have 4gb, then get it....lol Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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