New AMD Setup

[DragoNs]

this a good setup?

AMD 3500+ Winchester
ASUS A8V rev2 (because told msi neo2 has 2many problems)
ASUS AX800 PRO
OCZ EB PC3500 or PC3700 1024MB
WD or Seagate 160 GB S-ATA 8mbcache
450W enermax dual fan Psu
LG DVD-ROM
LG DVD-RW
CASE - ?

[dnottis]

Looks fine - may want to consider OCZ 470 or 520 Watt PSU though.

MSI Neo2 Platinum works fine here - 320 HT no problems, might want to reconsider motherboard choice though. The newer boards seem to have less problems (don't order a Newegg refurb, get a brand new one from ZipZoomFly, Newegg)

[jjcom]

I'd get some OCZ plat. rev. 2 sticks.
Theres not enough problems on the NEO 2 that it should scare you away. Its not a bad board, just a few quirks, but other wise a nice stable reliable board. The Winchesters dont like phase change is that what your talking about?
Anyway, just stick to air or water on that Winchester and you'll be fine. As long as the temps don't start going to negitive temps you'll be fine

jjcom

[DragoNs]

woops i ment to write OCZ Platinum EB dual channel kit

edit and the ocz psus are so pricy for the 520s what about a 470

[jjcom]

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=20-146-890&depa=1
this is what i'm talking about :D
yeah your PSU isn't "must" be upgraded, just something you may want to look at as a possilbe future upgrade if this one is unable to power your system

jjcom

[MrSeanTsontas]

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yeah your PSU isn't "must" be upgraded, just something you may want to look at as a possilbe future upgrade if this one is unable to power your system


I agree :toast: I used Enermax 465 before when I had Prometeia LOL and Vcore was always > 2.0V and sometimes I used Vcores=2.2 -2.3V :D
A64 needs less power but it depends on your system if you have hungry power graphic card...

[split]

If you look over here (http://msihq.designlab.info/board.php?boardid=28), you can find a few with probs with the new Enermax (the one with Independent 12V rails supply to MB/CPU)

My older Enermax EG465 runs this board a treat much to my surprise, as it has a low 5 volt rail on socket A boards (as many found out)
12 Volt rail seems fine though

[DragoNs]

Well im not a crazy overclocker. so i dont think it should be a problem