Continued from Cooler Master Geminii S (風神鍛) CPU Cooler

Nvidia and ATI AMD produce good quality 3D graphics processing unit (GPU). Which display card should I choose? I plan to have a 22″ LCD monitor. I need a display card that can power 1680 x 1050 px at playable games speed. Both Nvidia and AMD have multi GPU functionality which is SLI for Nvidia and CF for AMD. However, you can’t find much SLI motherboard in the market because only Nvidia chipset and certain Intel chipset like x38 and x48 support SLI. Therefore, CF is my only choice for the moment.

SAPPHIRE HD 4870 512MB GDDR5 PCI-E

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Continued from Cooler Master Silent Pro M600 vs SilverStone SST-ST60F

Cool… Cool… Make it cooler. Hehe… I selected Cooler Master Geminii S (風神鍛) as my CPU cooler after reading lot of CPU cooler review. I love it because it is small, low profile and powerful. However, it might not fit with Corsair Twin2X4096-6400C4DHX memory modules that I want. Cooler Master Geminii S only allows 4 cm height memory modules to be installed. Will GIGABYTE EP45-DS3 has enough space for me to install it?

Cooler Master Geminii S (風神鍛)

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Alright, it’s time to get my gear powered up. I have 2 power supply units to select. There are Cooler Master Silent Pro M600 and SilverStone SST-ST60F. ATI Radeon HD 4870 requires 600 Watt and four 6-pin connectors for ATI CrossFireX technology in dual mode. I plan to have 2 ATI Radeon HD 4870 display cards in the future. Therefore, I need a minimum 600W power supply unit.

Cooler Master Silent Pro M600

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Continued from Corsair Twin2X4096-6400C4DHX vs Kingston KHX6400D2LLK2/4G

A good chassis is a must have for overclocking system. Therefore, I selected Cooler Master CM 690 (RC-690) chassis as the one. It is a mid tower. I don’t need a full tower as I don’t have much stuff to put in there. Cooler Master CM 690 mid tower has enough space for me.

Cooler Master CM 690 (RC-690) chassis

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Continued from ASUS P5Q PRO vs GIGABYTE EP45-DS3

Okay… I have selected a motherboard already. It’s time to choose a pair of memory modules to fit in my motherboard. There are DDR2 and DDR3 memory modules in the market now. New product like DDR3 memory should be faster than DDR2 memory, right? Not exactly. DDR3 memory has higher latencies than DDR2 memory. Besides, I checked on lot of review, DDR3 does not provide much improvement to games. And it is very pricey now. I selected 4GB PC 6400 DDR2 in my system. Note - Windows XP 32bits and Windows Vista 32bits can only use up to around 3GB memories. Therefore, I am planning to get 64bits operating system. Or just stick to 32bits OS with 3GB RAM.

Corsair Twin2X4096-6400C4DHX

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