Hobo_Jojo

got a new case on order (old one was an ancient time case and my psu has died) and was wondering what way to go with cooling? with the old case temp was about 55 celsius on the processor which i beleive is quite high? (case was steel enclose with 1 cpu fan and 1 fan on psu n that was it.) new case has front intake fans and rear exhaust fans (twins) n was wondering if i should bother putting any more in? like maybe hard disk cooler? card cooler? case fans?

as im soon to be upgrading processor from duron 1ghz to athlon xp 2700? and upgrade my ram from 256 to 768. gfx card is a 64mb geforce 4 and also have 2 40gig hdd and a dvd burner.

any help apreciated

Hobo_Jojo

c'mon ya fanny slugs!

marxsmann

if you're not intending to overclock your machine then what you're getting will be more than enough.

Marc

Hobo_Jojo

im tempted to look into overclocking....would it be poss with an xp2700 on a k7s5a board?

marxsmann

looks like your MOBO only supports up to PC2700 DDR memory. This will limit you to a max of about 188fsb. If you're looking to overclock I'd really suggest a Nforce 2 (rev 2.0) or Abit NF7-S mobo with PC3200 DDR RAM which will get you 200fsb from stock. It also depends on how much you want to OC tho.

Marc



[Edited by marxsmann - 10/15/2003 3:28:53 PM]

Hobo_Jojo

how much do those mobo's cost? will it work with an xp2700?

i dont have very much money! lol

marxsmann

about £80.

Hobo_Jojo

cool cool, might get one of them then put the current mobo n ram in my spares pile! lol dont matter that much as im gona sell a pc made out of my spares to my mate anyway!

Hobo_Jojo

hmm could anyone recommend a good cpu+mobo combo i should go for? under £200?

Mr.Cookie

Asus A7N8X and an XP2500 should be about £130