Your thoughts on this hardware....

[madpete]

I'm planning on a couple of upgrades for my rig, they are as follows:


OCZ EL DDR PC-3200 Dual Channel Gold 1GB (BH-5)

http://www.ocztechnology.com/product...l_channel_gold



PC Power & Cooling TURBO-COOL 850 SSI (I'm planning on going to ATI SLI when its released)

http://www.pcpowercooling.com/produc...hp?show=T85SSI

Am I on safe ground with these? Does anyone have any personal experience of them?

I don't think I can go wrong with the PCP&P (expensive but I look at it as an investment), but i'm not sure about the OCZ. I want good BH-5, am i doing the right thing or not?

[Major]

PC Power and cooling

The OCZ is good stuff, but I'd look at the Muskin Redline. Thats what everyone is going to it seems.

[pablo]

isnt that pc power and cooling like 400 bucks lol thats alot for a psu but it great for sli setups. it enough power to take over the world lol

[madpete]

PC Power and cooling

The OCZ is good stuff, but I'd look at the Muskin Redline. Thats what everyone is going to it seems.

Thanks MS, I'll take a look at that.

[madpete]

isnt that pc power and cooling like 400 bucks lol thats alot for a psu but it great for sli setups. it enough power to take over the world lol

Lol yeah, $465 or about £250 quid over here, but I just love the thought of the build quality and stability it should bring to a system. I always think of the PSU as the foundations of a PC, and want something solid to build on.

Plus Liverpool won me a lot of money last night by beating Ac Milan in the Champions League Final LOL

[madpete]

So anyone got anymore thought on RAM?

I'm looking for around 260+ mhz @2-2-2 timings.

I will keep the Redline in mind, anyone know how it compares to VX?

[[XC] leviathan18]

gold vx are very good indeed and lucky liverpool :S well lucky dudek.....

i think that psu just ROX and you should consider corsair 4400le i think they are...

[i found nemo]

pc 4200 is rated @ 262 ... see if you can get a hold of some of that

[Major]

Most of the top end UTT stuff with do 250mhz with ease, 260mhz with some effort, 270mhz if you very very lucky, and 280mhz if your blessed by the gods (or know someone at Mushkin, OCZ, G.Skill ! lol)

[KoolDrew]

I'd look at Mushkin Redline for UTT or G.skill for TCCD (or is that G.Skill TCC5 now?)

That PSU is a great choice btw. A bit expensive, but you won;t be disapointed.

[Jomiy]

I actually just bought that OCZ ram for 139...waiting for it! There's thread on it here:
http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=58374

Value VX: http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=61627
Mushkin Red : http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...ad.php?t=61037

[pablo]

yeah i would go with some redline from mushkin they seem to be hitting 275 pretty simple so those are good if you like the high volts

[madpete]

Cheers guys, I think I am going to order the PSU right now, I have good TCCD at the mo so I'm looking for BH-5 / UTT really.

Found a review of that Mushkin Redline at Anandtech, looks sweet...very tempted now. Anyone know how good Mushkins customer service is? (you never know), I ask because i once had to use OCZ's and they rocked.

[KoolDrew]

Since you are looking for BH-5 / UTT then MUshkin Redline is definitely the best way to go. I don't know about their customer service though.

[lutjens]

I'm in need of a power supply also...and I'll be investing in one of those bad boys as well...

850W sustained...

I'm going to call them on Monday and find out what they want for the custom upgrades......custom input capacitors and 1200W...