My 20k Budget Gaming Project

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CE: You could have gone into HD 4770 which is more efficient and cheaper than GTS 250 Everything else said in the specifications, well done.

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Yep definitely the board. I used to own the same board, and my corsair xms2 dhx couldn't do much, so I switched to patriot rams thinking it is the ram, but it wasn't. The corsair was sold to a p45 owner, and it's running well on even lower timings, one thing I couldn't do on my g31 board. But anyway, it's not an overclocking show indeed. Pero that's more than good enough already for a budget gaming rig. How about lowering the mem speed? You could do a 1333mhz fsb oc on that board. And the HD5750 is just right for that set-up.

No doubt the e5300 can go beyond 3.1 ghz but my intial goal for this build was only 3.2 ghz (have read somewhere that this is optimal for gaming). I have booted at 1333 fsb and 10x multi which gave me 3.33 ghz and 888 mhz ram frequency (3:4 ratio). The next lower divider I think the frequency will be around 1111 mhz and @ 1068 mhz I got error so I stayed with 3:4 ration. I just felt the memory is under worked at this speed plus the board setting the timings on the loose side. I have run over 1000 mhz at 1:2 ration with no problems on different board and personally feel that 1:2 ration has better sync between the procie and memory. Personally I think at 333 fsb is still not high enough to slow down memory speed.The patriot is an enthusiast level and should have no problem dealing with 1068 mhz or higher speed for sure and it's the board that's the set back. Even at 3.1 ghz the pfs are pretty decent on all the games I have tested and even on crysis whish is brutal on fps. Anyway, this is just to get started and I am sure anybody who will spend more time tweaking can sure come up with the most optimal settings. Your direction is right because higher fsb will help scores and pfs overall but nothing to worry about yet as far as the results is concern. Thanks for the suggestions.

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CE: You could have gone into HD 4770 which is more efficient and cheaper than GTS 250 Everything else said in the specifications, well done.

tian, 4770 was one of the options but was leaning towards Power color HD 5750 although slightly expensive I was willing to shell out more. This was suppose to be the card for this project but somehow on the ordering from the distro got screwed up.

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bro, brand new ni or ginamit na?

better be brand new, if not it's a rip off.

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Who wahnts to Buy 1 set computer its Cost : 25,000.00

With Casing
Processor: Intel Core 2 Dou 2.4 GHZ
Memmory: 2GB
Board: P5KPL-AM SE
3Pcs Hardisk 320gb + 160 + 160= Total : 640GB
Samsung DVD Writer
LCD ASUS 19 Inch
On Board Video
Mouse
Keyboard

Cost : 25,000.00

IMO, not a good value because for 4k more you could have gotten a branded PSU and a decent graphics.

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@TS: asa ka naka palit anang blade series na casing?

sa pcexpress

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nice one master ce...

nice thread..organized kaau..

thumbs up...

almost ta pareha specs dri ako pc..heheh

ace, hahaha mao jud..idol nako imo rig

[anonemus]

centax-- impressive thread. very helpful for budget builders

[pepau]

very nice... informative kaayo. mayta naay mag in ani nya i3 ang build. hehe.

[qwertyqaz]

nice thread