looking for opinions on this set up...

AirPenguin

i'm thinking of building the following and am looking for any opinions/suggestions/problems that anyone might have/know of/notice... thanks!

Koolance PC3-720BK, Black (with CPU cooler, GPU cooler, 2 hard drive coolers)
http://www.koolance.com/shop/product_info.php?cPath=28_43&products_id=166
AMD Athlon 64 3500+ Venice 1GHz FSB 512KB L2 Cache Socket 939 Processor
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103533
Antec TruePower 2.0 TP2-550 EPS12V ATX12V 550W Power Supply
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16817103932
DFI LANPARTY UT nF4 SLI-DR Socket 939 NVIDIA nForce4 SLI ATX AMD Motherboard
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813136157
eVGA 256-P2-N528-AX Geforce 7800GTX 256MB GDDR3 PCI Express x16 Video Card
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16814130234

and either this:

Patriot 1GB (2 x 512MB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM Unbuffered DDR 400 (PC 3200) Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220033

or this:

Patriot 2GB (2 x 1GB) 184-Pin DDR SDRAM DDR 400 (PC 3200) Unbuffered Dual Channel Kit System Memory
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820220011


that's it.

thanks again.

ronbo

No replys yet? Thats hard to believe. Well, I for one would get the 1 gig of Patriot memory. I know that has the samsung TCCD chips. That is the pair I bought a few months ago. I should have waited, I see the price droped about $60. The 2 gig set I am not to sure about. I see a 7800GTX listed there, I'm jelous now, I could only afford a 6800GT. Everything in this setup looks super. I am sure you will be more than satisfied with it....good luck.

lemonlime

If you are looking to overclock, you'll have much better luck sticking with the 1GB kit. The 2GB kits do not fair as well in that department. Depending on what you are doing with the PC, the difference between 1GB and 2GB will be minimal. You can usually run 1GB kits with much tighter timings as well.