GriFFen Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 Hello Fellas, This is my first post on this forum and id just like to say hi to everyone. I recently bought a DFI LanParty SLI-DR w/ a A64 3200 Winni. I used to run a P4 2.8 pressy oced to 3.3, but wanted to join the A64's and their amazing gaming performance. Any way, I bought a Swiftech H20 Rev. 3 for my Pressy because it was blistering hot. I had a Zalman 7000 Cu on it but that wasent cutting it. I bought the Water system and never installed it on my Pressy because i got the A64 faster than i thought i was going to . My A64 runs temps at 26/35 going 2.3 Ghz, a LOT cooler then the Pressy. My question is, since these Winnies seem to keep so cool, should i sell the Watercooling system and upgrade with some faster, lower latency Memory, or just use the system. I also have a MSI 6800 gt that i was gonna run in the Water system, but if i decide not to use the system, i would probably rock the Artic Cooler. I know thats a lot to take in but any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. P.S. Running Value Corsair 3200 at 2.5 @2.7 Volts (running at 230 FSB) Thanks fellas, GriFFen Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 My feelings with a similar setup: sell the WC, upgrade the RAM if you want, please read the sticky and post your rig specs in your User CP Signature! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriFFen Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 Thanks Vista, I was leaning towards selling it. Stinks that I was gonna cross over to Water Cooling and never made the final step. Any suggestions on sum good ram under $200. Any other advice would be nice too. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nSaNe Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 id sell the ram.. and buy a good HS like a xp-120 or xp-90c and you would be laughin... with some good ram. like UTT aka VX or tccd Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriFFen Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 I know the ram i have now is definitely limiting me. The HS i have now seems to be working great though, Zalman CU7000 is pretty quite and gets the job done. Thanks ][nSaNe any other comments? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chennhui Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 get a low latency ram. OCZ Vx PC4000 will be a sweet spot. you can easily running at 250HTTx10 at 2.0-2-2 1:1 1T. PDP TCCD PC3200 will run at higher memory frequency, but required a loose timings... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smoken Joe Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 Get the ram. Had the 7000cu moved to a G4 and there just isnt a better water cooling block. Even with that there wasn't much diffrence in operformance. I did try good and cheap ram and there was a very big diffrence. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
nSaNe Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 yea id go for tight timings. UTT VX BH-5 BH-6... any of those make for a snappy system. 250FSB+ plays games nice with LL ram. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vista Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 I know the ram i have now is definitely limiting me. The HS i have now seems to be working great though, Zalman CU7000 is pretty quite and gets the job done. Thanks ][nSaNe any other comments? That Antec 380w PSU might be limiting you as well. Way under spec for this board unless you are going for dead-silent, no fans, minimal GFX, passive cooling, etc. Thanks for posting your specs! Every bit of data helps. Most people hate that Corsair stuff on this board. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hemidare Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 I would go with the ram for sure! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Angry_Games Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 ram and psu now sell the water kit then get a Danger Den water kit down the road (better anyway in my opinion) as water is still a perfect upgrade for overclocking A64's Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
GriFFen Posted April 25, 2005 Posted April 25, 2005 Yea, i figured the PSU was limiting too. This DFI board and GFX card really sucks up power. Looks like im gonna go for the OCZ PC4000, lots of good things said about it. Any suggestions for a good power supply? Something not to expensive and has a 120 fan? Thanks Fellas Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
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