CoolFunkMan Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Ok, so after a bit of thought, I've decided on upgrading my hard drive and DVD-RW drive after Christmas, as I currently only have IDE drives. I've also decided that I want to whack in an extra 2gb ram, as i do a lot of editing in photoshop and other design applications. I'm also considering purchasing Vista, is it worth it? I'm planing on geting This SATA-II hard drive, this SATA DVD-RW, and this RAM (which is the same as I already have in my PC.) I was thinking about getting an 8800GT, but as I only upgraded 6 months ago, it'd be a waste of cash imo. I already have one set of SATA cables that came with my old motherboard. Will those work, or are there SATA II cables that I'd need? Also, where can I get an extra lot (if I need them)? Plus, I'm thinking about overclocking my cpu, though this still confuses me, and I have no idea how my system will handle it. Here's my current specs: - Gigabyte GA_945P_DS3 motherboard - Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 640MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI - GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2, - Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU Will this, combined with the extra hardware I'm getting, overclock well? How do I go about it? Sorry for the long post, and thanks in advance if anyone has any tips/help... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted November 11, 2007 Share Posted November 11, 2007 Things you need to check before you upgrade hard drives: Are there enough SATA ports in my motherboard? Are there enough SATA power ports from my PSU? Checking your motherboard, you have enough space for 4 sata hard drives, so you're cool there. That's a good PSU so there shouldn't be any problem there either, so stick em in! Your old SATA1 cables WILL work, but at the price of a new cable (2-3 pounds? - from any pc place) will be worth it. Nice choice of hard drive, I got a pair of those last week, they're excellent. No, Vista is not worth it, maybe in a year or two. Gigabyte aren't ideal overclocking motherboards but you should still be able to overclock a little, I'd need to know the cooler you're using and the current temperature your CPU runs at to give a good idea. To overclock you go in to the bios and choose a higher CPU frequency but you'd get a much better guide if you googled "overclocking" Oh by the way 4GB or RAM in a computer is useless, windows doesn't handle that much. Just add 1 stick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted November 12, 2007 Author Share Posted November 12, 2007 Ok, thanks for that! ^^ I'm deffinitely going for the hard drive and DVD-RW there, then. I'll deffinitely hold on Vista for a bit too. I've also just found this this SATA-2 cable here, is that better? Everest is telling me that my cpu temps are 39c for core 1 and 40c for core 2 (though my pc's been on for a few hours, but it is idle) and I'm using an Artic 7 Pro cooler for my cpu. I also have 2 case fans. And I'll deffinitely look for 1gb RAM too, which is good and would work with my current RAM though? Thanks again! ^^ Sorry for the late reply too, things are rather hectic for me atm, with uni and work, etc.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sanchez Posted November 12, 2007 Share Posted November 12, 2007 That cable is fine, you should be able to overclock 5-10% with that, the same as your current sticks, No problem. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolFunkMan Posted November 13, 2007 Author Share Posted November 13, 2007 So I should be able to overclock my cpu by about 5-10%, then? So that's probably a jump from 2.13ghz to 2.3ghz if my maths is correct (which it probably isn't, as I'm a bit crap at it. ) Ty for that though, now all I have to do is wait. Ty for that. ^^ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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