JeepGC96ZJ Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 Hello all! I am new to this forum. I have been lurking here lately and finding useful info. Building new PC. I just bought the case today here is what I will be doing to it. ATi 8500DV All in Wonder <--any one know how to over clock it? P4 2.53 Processor 3 256Mb PC2100 DDR sticks Just need to buy the ASUS P4PE MoBo... I think it will be a nice system. My first build and I have done so much research on what to get Also will a 350 Watt Power supply work fine for a little overclocking. I will not be doing water cool. So I know lots-o-fans will be in there. LOL Thanks Jeep Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinal Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 my old system had a 350 watt ps but if you think youre going to add lights or pelts. it would never hurt to have to many watts the less you have the harder the ps has to work if you dont think your going to be moddin a lot tho then a 350 would be enough but if you goin to be moddin i would just buy a 450. hope this helps Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepGC96ZJ Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 Well darn. A 350 PS came with the box.. It has one light in it already. BUt I will not be adding any more. Just mainly some fans to cool the CPU. I want to OC it a little bit maybe to 2.8 or 3.0 GHZ. Well see how much I can get out of it.. Jeep Thanks man ..... Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkos Posted February 11, 2003 Posted February 11, 2003 I have 6 fans and a neon light in mine, with a 350w PS. You will be fine, as long as it quality! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepNPhreek Posted February 12, 2003 Posted February 12, 2003 JEEPS RULE Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
justinal Posted February 12, 2003 Posted February 12, 2003 u should be ok just make sure the ps doesnt get to hot. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensioN Posted February 12, 2003 Posted February 12, 2003 nice going. but why 3 sticks of pc2100?? if money is a prob .. you might have bought 1 stick 512 PC 3200 or something.. and why 3 sticks?? uhm the mobo u want is "perfect". oh give us the default settings of the radeon, so we can give some options greetz , hope your pc is going to work out great Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ukmike02 Posted February 12, 2003 Posted February 12, 2003 The quality of the PSU as mentioned is very important. I usually get supplys that are recommended by AMD or Intel. If the voltages that the PSU is producing are not very good then it can cause random crashes and blue screens with windows. I have just ordered myself a new PSU to upgrade my 400W, to a 550W. It is recommended by Intel and AMD, it comes with connectors for the P4 and works with AMD CPU's aswell, so I can go both ways, but I already have my AMD 2100+. Enermax are a great company for PSU's there are others, but just look out for the AMD/Intel recommendations. Mike Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DimensioN Posted February 12, 2003 Posted February 12, 2003 i 'm glad you gought an ATI you 'll understand after doing an 3dmark 2003 test greetz Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeepGC96ZJ Posted February 12, 2003 Posted February 12, 2003 Thanks Guys I appriciate all the info. My All in wonder Radeon 8500DV is just installed with the normal software default settings. I havent tweaked the settings yet. A friend of mine gave me the DDR2100 memory for free. He upgraded so I took it. Cant beat free stuff! But I eventually will get the DDR2700. Oh and dont know if you you guys have heard. The P5 will be coming out soon to range from 3.2GHZ and up. 1MB of cach, 733 MHZ FSB. Tehy will be making the Pentium smaller but will still fit the 478 pin set. I think thats right. My company had a meeting with Compaq and they were telling us all this stuff. Windows LongHorn will be coming out to in next year or two. Jeep Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mxrider623 Posted February 13, 2003 Posted February 13, 2003 Go with an Nvidia card they make much better cards than ATI! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
intel_inside Posted February 13, 2003 Posted February 13, 2003 Windows LongHorn will be coming out to in next year or two. Jeep what is windows longhorn !!?? is that there new OS ? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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