junkmonk
08-17-2008, 12:25 PM
As the title says, I'm building a computer now, but am going to upgrade to Nehalem in october (or whenever it comes out.)
This is what I'm buying for sure:
- HD 4870
- E8400 (or something like E4300) [$$-> ebay when nehalem]
- Cheap P35 or P45 motherboard (as I'll be pillaging it on ebay when time comes)
I know that atm there's not MUCH information on nehalem. I know it uses some strange 22X multiplier. Here are where my questions come in:
RAM: is there any information on how nehalem will overclock? will it be limited by the frequency of the ram or will its low multiplier allow for even DDR2-800 to do a good job overclocking the CPU? See, I want to buy a good set of ram that will be easily transferable into the nehalem system. I've read some things about the memory bandwidth being improved, as such DDR3 will become useful? Should I buy an expensive DDR3 kit now and transfer it into the nehalem when it will be useful or will DDR2-800 or DDR2-1066 do just fine (I do want good gaming performance though!)
This is what I'm buying for sure:
- HD 4870
- E8400 (or something like E4300) [$$-> ebay when nehalem]
- Cheap P35 or P45 motherboard (as I'll be pillaging it on ebay when time comes)
I know that atm there's not MUCH information on nehalem. I know it uses some strange 22X multiplier. Here are where my questions come in:
RAM: is there any information on how nehalem will overclock? will it be limited by the frequency of the ram or will its low multiplier allow for even DDR2-800 to do a good job overclocking the CPU? See, I want to buy a good set of ram that will be easily transferable into the nehalem system. I've read some things about the memory bandwidth being improved, as such DDR3 will become useful? Should I buy an expensive DDR3 kit now and transfer it into the nehalem when it will be useful or will DDR2-800 or DDR2-1066 do just fine (I do want good gaming performance though!)