DS3 / E4300 Help - First time overclocking

[digitizer123]

Hi . . I have been away from building my own systems for a long time but I am always maintaining my own and others pc for fun. Even though my profession is not in the Hardware line - I spend a lot of time reading up just for hobbie. Now I am planning on putting together a system and planning on OC.

Heres my list of components and where I am getting them.
Case http://www.savingsshopping.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=611
Mobo http://www.savingsshopping.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=1728
Ram http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=T6UX2G...1d373b23a76e3f97c8c2be2ce76a7430d7c27d
CPU http://www.ewiz.com/detail.php?p=E4300B...e9c7d8323f8377d4e47d99fc1a402b90c42435

I have 2 Seagate SATA II 320 GB drives that I want to set up in RAID 0
For VGA - I don't need any hifi card or anything - I don't play games but I need to set up 2- 22 inch wide screen monitors . I trade stocks and I usually run over a dozen real time charts simultaneously. If you guys have any suggesting - let me know,

Please recommend a inexpensive aftermarket cooler.

I plan to OC 3+ GHz. I am totally agains wasting anything and I believe most people really use 30% of their system resourses - please keep that in mind when making recommendation. Also I keep reading bout this memory issue with DS3 - until BIOS is updated - how do you update the BIOS if the system is not even going????

If anyone has a better deal on these components post here.

Sorry for the long essay.

Thanks for your input

 

[3LEMENT0]

HSF - Scythe Katana/ Scythe Katana Cu/ Artic Cooler Freezer Pro /Scythe Ninja/look at cooler master and Thermaltake brands too

Video Card - any that can handle the resolution, look at the specs of the monitor and buy a card that will support the resolution.

Someone with more time should be able to help you hunt down better prices. Check out zipzoomfly(normally ships free), clubit, svc.com and newegg

GL

 

[myocardia]

The Scythe Katana just barely outperforms the stock Intel heatsink. For 3 Ghz+, you'll want a Scythe Ninja, Scythe Infinity, Zalman 9500 or 9700, or better. The Tuniq Tower is the best heatsink on the market, if you're interested. The Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro is good for up to 3.0 Ghz, but not good for much over that, unless you get a good chip, and can do 3.2 Ghz on stock vcore, for instance.<< It is by far the easiest to mount, though.

 

[crimson117]

Hopefully if you buy a DS3 it will have the latest bios installed (assuming it was manufactured recently, and hasn't been gathering dust on the shelf for a year).

If you buy the DS3 and it has a really old bios, then you can either replace the bios chip, or you can use an old processor/ram while you update the bios, then install the new processor and ram. Maybe the computer shop can help you here, as they're bound to have spare parts (that's a good benefit of buying from a local shop instead of over the internet).

 

[Cheex]

I'll be getting this same combination but I have a question.
How safe is it to flash the DS3 bios without a UPS (the whole Virtual Dual Bios thing)?

I killed an ASRock bios by getting it interrupted while trying to flash...so I want to know if its safe with the DS3.

 

[Kalis43]

The revision2 ds3 I received shipped with the F7 bios. It easily updated to the latest bios (F10) in windows with no issues using gigabyte's @bios utility. Their internet utilities were very helpful since I chose not to install a floppy in my new build.

:beer:

 

[Kalis43]

Might be a good idea to find out which revision ds3 you will receive. There is a revision 3.3 now.... I beleive they made quite a number of OC'n and ram compatibility improvements over the rev1 release. I didn't know about the 3.3 when I ordered mine.
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