Upgrading PC with New Parts

[alfat0r]

thanks for your recommendations
i mentioned that i would like to have a good graphics to play some latest games so i went ahead with 4850

here are my upgrades
WD 640GB Caviar 7200RPM SATA 3.5
SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 512MB PCIE
CORSAIR 4GBKIT (2X2GB) 800MHZ NON ECC
GIGABYTE GA-73PVM-S2H - NVIDIA GeForce 7100 Chipset - µATX
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 - 2.4 GHz, cache L2 8 MB Socket 775

total was 550
-100 (current agp card which will be sold
=450 Which seems like a good upgrade.

will post how the upgrade works out.

[alfat0r]

so i went ahead witht the upgrade

installed all of the parts above and everything is running really smooth

currently installing few games and i have tested some games and i can run Far Cry 2 at max with Vsync and 8xAA, cod 4 and cod world at war also at max with anti alising and a solid minimum 40 fps on all games.

i am more than happy with my upgrade everything is fast and smooth. LOVE IT.

thank you to those that helped me.

[KarmaKiller]

That's good to hear man. I'm glad it worked out for ya.
Don't forget to post up some pics.

[alfat0r]

thanks^

on another forum one guy mentioned this about my PSU

Quote:

I'll be very glad for you (and possibly perplexed/impressed) if you manage to get that lot running stable.

But if you do... please... don't try to OC anything, mmmkay? That PSU is going to be at its very limit, and FSP-based PSUs don't like being pushed anywhere much...

is my 500W OCZ StealthXtreme able to handle this Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600@2.4Ghz || SAPPHIRE Radeon HD 4850 512MB || CORSAIR 4GBKIT (2X2GB) 800MHZ || WD 640GB Caviar 7200RPM ?? i also wanted to OC is it out of the question in my case?

[KarmaKiller]

No, IMO you have more then enough power for that system. I wouldn't go adding any other GPU's to it, but as far as OCing, I would think you'll be alright.

[alfat0r]

thanks

the one other proble i have is im getting alot of blue screens..ussealy each one every 2-4 hours.

0x0000004E
0x0000000A
0x0000007E

i tryed looking them up but no luck as for now. any directions you can point me in?

[KarmaKiller]

Did you reinstall your OS?
Have you updated windows/chipset drivers/GPU drivers/BIOS?
Double check to make sure your RAM is running at the proper speeds/timings/voltage.
Lots of things can lead to a BSOD. What were you doing when it happened?

[alfat0r]

yea i bealive it was to do with ram

i found a little solution where you change the settings so the system set's the ram performance..it was using 2046 when i cheked, but when i set it to system settings it restarted and started using 3360 units of ram.

how i know its ok now..because i couldnt turn on after effects - it would give me a BSOD at the loading screen half way now AE loads perfectly and it loads in like 10 sec LOL

i didnt do anything to cause this..i dont think its my actions, cuase the latest on i left far cry 2 in main menu and went to watch 'Last man standing' and came back it was stuck at BSOD

anyway it seems to be ok. thanks again man priciate all your help. allthough im not out yet ill comeback when im ready to OC hahaha :d

cheers

[alfat0r]

oooops i spoke too early..its back

ill make anew thread for it

System Stops - BSOD