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June 7th, 2008
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|  new build wondering about bottleneck Hi, I just spent a few hundred dollars on some new computer gear and was wondering if my old 2.13 dual 2 core cpu will bottle neck the rest of my system especially the 8800gt. Here is what my new build will consist of: CORSAIR CMPSU-750TX 750W EVGA GeFORCE 8800GT 512MB A-DATA VITESTA 4GB (2 X 2GB) DDR2 800 DFI LANPARTY DK P35-T2RS WD CAVIAR 320GB 7200 RPM SATA 3.0GB/S HD and 2.13 dual 2 core cpu i plan on upgrading to the 3.0 wolfdale core 2 duo in about a month or so but until then the 2.13 will have to do. Also I was wonderng if anyone could make me a decent sig? Msg me if u can |
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June 7th, 2008
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| oh noes  | Re: new build wondering about bottleneck I know with my old computer, which was pretty similar, a core 2 duo (e6300) running at 1.86ghz would bottle neck my computer... Counter strike source, for example, wouldn't run smoothing (in this case, locked at 60fps for vsync), when at stock speeds, but overclocking the chip to 2.8ghz was enough to keep the game at 60fps... so, I kinda assume it was bottle necking, at least that one game. Even if that chips does bottle neck, a slight overclock would remove it, I'd think. At least, any bottle neck that you would notice.   e8500@4ghz|Asus P5k-e WiFi| 4gb OCZ ReaperX|2x 3870's|1.3tb storage space|MSI tv tuner. |
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June 7th, 2008
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| Re: new build wondering about bottleneck yeah its E6420 1066 fsb 4mb l2 cache |
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June 7th, 2008
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| Foto Lord  Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Pacific Grove, CA
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| Re: new build wondering about bottleneck I don't think it will bottleneck. I easily OCed my E6420 up to 3.2GHz anyways. E8400 DFI Blood Iron P35-T2RL 2GB G.Skill 800MHz ASUS 9600GT TOP Silverstone DA650W WD 250GB + Seagate 160GB |
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June 7th, 2008
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| Re: new build wondering about bottleneck Thanks guys for the help. I guess if i experience any problems i can overclock it a little.   |
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June 8th, 2008
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| Worker Ant  Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: New Jersey
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| Re: new build wondering about bottleneck It can OC to 3.2 and there will be no bottleneck to be found. The HDD is the bottleneck of any PC. Quad Core Xeon 3210@3.22ghz GA-EP35C-DS3R 460FSB x 7 -- 60mm Delta fan on NB 2x2gb Patriot Viper DDR3-1333 Sapphire 4870 512mb GDDR5 2x Raptor 150 ADFD RAID 0--WD320YS RE 16mb Storage Samsung Super WriteMaster 20x DVDRW X-Fi eXtremeGamer w\Logitech Z-2300 Silverstone OP650 54A 12v Rail @50C DamgerDen Torture Rack--MC-TDX--Black Ice GTX240--MCP355 Rev 2--Swiftech MicroRes-- Tygon 3603 3/8"ID Logitech G5 - Logitech LX-710 wireless KB Vista Ultimate 64 |
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June 8th, 2008
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| We take both criticism and positive comments very positively  | Re: new build wondering about bottleneck Well, the HDD is the bottleneck in 99% of systems. Looking at what you have there, theres nothing that really jumps out as a "bottleneck"..... but your system is a fantastic candidate for overclocking...bump that processor up to 2.6 to 3.0GHz and you'll be fine until Nehalem hits the shelves.. INTEL E8400 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 4GB DDR3-1600 // Palit HD 4870 // Antec 1200 // Seagate 750GB HDD // Zalman CNPS9700 // BFG ES 800W PSU |
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June 8th, 2008
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| Join Date: May 2008
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| Re: new build wondering about bottleneck how much do you think i should overclock my cpu on stock fan without risking any damage? |
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June 8th, 2008
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| We take both criticism and positive comments very positively | Re: new build wondering about bottleneck I'd spend $30-40 and get a better Cooler....that would be a good investment and would get you a decent OC. INTEL E8400 // Gigabyte EP45 Extreme // 4GB DDR3-1600 // Palit HD 4870 // Antec 1200 // Seagate 750GB HDD // Zalman CNPS9700 // BFG ES 800W PSU |
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