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    Posted: 17 Nov 2008 at 7:34pm
i ordered a computer about a week ago and its in stage 4, i got a few questions about what i got tho. i do not know that much about computers so bare with me.
 
1.what is advantage of controlling fan speeds. i got the lcd monitor to control speed of the fans and recently found out it can only control 2 of the 4 fans. so i questioned weather i really needed it or not?
 
2.my computer is going to be solely for gaming i am not even going to go on internet unless the game needs it(or playing online) for fear of viruses. is 2gigs of 800mhz ram going to be enough or am i going to need to upgrade soon?
 
3.is liquid cooling worth getting?
 
 
i would give the order number for specs but i got emailed the wrong specs(i called and they said they had right order just sent wrong reciept. appreciate any feedback.
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1. you don't need it, you can control your fans with a software. advantages are that you can adjust temps and noise.

2. 4GB is a safe bet, but when you get your pc, if 2 is not doing it for you, you can always order 2GB, installing them will be very easy.

3. if you OC yes, LC is very much so worth it.


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how do you overclock and what does it do?
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OC is nothing but settings in the bios to raise the speed of your CPU.

for example we have people on the forum with the q9550 chip.

now this chip's stock speed is 2.83GHz, people here that have it OCed, have speeds of 3.4 to 3.8GHz, a PC running at 3.8GHz is much much faster then one running at 2.83GHz.


also just fyi, remember you only want the cpu Liquid cooled.

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ok, i got just the cpu watercooled.
 
i got the gtx 260, 500gig HD, 2gigs of 800mhz ram, 750watt power supply,nvidia 680i sli core2 quad for motherboard and intel E8600 3.33ghz. is there any games that i wont be able to play or that will give it trouble?
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if your gonna oc u might want to go with the e8400  or 8500 and save some money im pretty sure itll hit 4ghz

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nope there are no games that will give you trouble, and if you OC the e8600, you can expect around 4.0GHz OC speed which is very nice.

with that psu, you have room to add another 260 gtx down the road if you need to

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k thanks for the feedback, i had one more question but the config options changed for the computer i got so i forgot but thanks again.
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NP, you are very welcome and good luck, if you have anymore questions, just ask

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u can get a q9650 and overlock to 4.05   SmileSmile
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hey every little be counts, it trumps a 4.0

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when your computer is on stage 4 its to late to change anything right?
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I dont think its too late. Call them tomorrow morning if possible.
Q9550 @ 3.4Ghz for now
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4 is in the process of being assembled, I think you can still catch them if get you get them first thing

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hmmm cause i am debating weather i should keep the fan controller or get an extra 2gigs of ram.
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2 gig of ram.

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Drop the fan controller and get the 2 more gigs of ram.
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ok i will call tomorow thank you for advice. i hope this does not set it back any, the wait is killing me
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na this should be no big deal if they have not started on the fan controller

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ya loose the fan , get the ram Dead
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well i ended up keeping fan controller because i was unaware that xp could only handle 2 gigs. thast fine tho because the lcd monitor looks good lol
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who told you XP can handle only 2GB of ram? thats false, I'm running XP with 4GB of ram, any 32bit OS can address 4GB of total ram

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o i called and the person said xp could only use 2 maybe 3 gigs of ram and to get the full 4 gigs of ram to work i would have to upgrade to a 64bit vista.
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NO that is completely wrong, any 32bit OS can address upto 4GB of ram total, that includes your gpu ram.

I'm surprised they told you that, which and how many GPUs did you get?

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i got the GTX 260 (1), although i think they upgraded from 800mhz to 1066 which would be cool
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GO with 4 GB of ram, trust me.

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blah its to late now, my comp is just about done and ready to be shipped. i guess i can always upgrade down the road when the time comes.
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ya you can upgrade later

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