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If I were you, I'd steer clear of the 805. The systems tested on TG's article all used 975 or 955 chipsets. There have been a couple who have successfully overclocked the CPU with the Nforce4 chipset as well, although I have yet to see an NF4 reach 4.0GHz.

You have a SiS chipset. You'd be the first that I've seen to make it work with that chipset. Might work and might not, but since no one else here has tried it, you wouldn't get help from anyone with experience on your components.

All that is assuming you have a socket 775 and your BIOS supports dual core, which I doubt. :-)

That's a good start (the signature)

I can't find your Motherboard in the Gigabyte website.

Please, go here:
http://www.giga-byte.com/Support/M [...] _List.aspx

and find your motherboard. This is the page that lists all the CPUs that your motherboard support.

When you find your motherboard, please post the link so that is possible to see all the specification of your M/B.

couldn't find it there... there isnt one like mine?

GIGABYTE GA-8N-SLI...$85

INTEL PENTIUM D 805...$113

CORSAIR TWIN2X2048-5400C4 2GB KIT...$165

TOTAL Shipped...$363

If I wait until the after the Intel price drop, I should be able to get the whole package for under $300 US.

The reason for the Gigabyte board is the fact that it comes with a whopping set of features and GIGABYTE's DPS (Dual Power System) 8-phase power system.

Comments on my choice of core system components welcome.

I have! but then settled for 3.8. I know Graphic card sux.

Hello all,

I have read this entire thread, yes all 23 pages of it!!! and decided to go for a 805 system. Im thinking of putting together the following components:

* Intel Pentium D Processor 805
* Gigabyte GA-8N-SLI
* 1GB Generic PC4200 DDR2-533
* Seagate 300G 7200RPM SATAII 16MB Cache [ST3300622AS]
* Gigabyte NX62TC256D8 GeForce 6200 256MB
* Zalman CNPS9500
* Thermaltake Soprano VB1430BWS

I am planning on overclocking to about 3.6-3.8Ghz as i will only be cooling with air, but apart from that does anyone see any issues? Or have any comments as i will appreciate them.

thanks in advance from a noob

Yes, me too I tryed to search in the Gigabyte website, but I didn't find your motherboard.

I think you can try find if the name of the motherboard is correct or find more information using any search engin like google.

A couple things:
1) Don't get generic RAM. Get quality RAM, like Corsair XMS, Crucial Ballistix, OCZ Platinum, etc.

2) If you plan on doing any gaming at all, don't get the 6200. Get at least a 7600GS, or a 7600GT if you can afford it. If you don't plan on gaming, get a 7300GT, which is better than any 6200.

The rest of what you have looks good.

Hey angry_ducky thanks for the quick reply.

With the ram, im guessing the brand name ram is better built or more reliable? The corsair ram is not that much more so can go for that.

I dont plan on doing any gaming, just wanted something decent. I looked for the 7300GT and only found the following two items listed at my preffered computer stores:

* GeForce 7300GS 128MB(256MBS) PCIEx16 TVOUT DVI LP
* Geforce 7300GS, 256MB PCI Express, DVI,

Is that what you were referring to? And why are they better than the 6200?

Thanks

I think that if you buy memory DDR2-667 you can find it at the same price of the DDR2-533 ... having in this way a better RAM.

[quote=NetSpiderZ-Net] I think that if you buy memory DDR2-667 you can find it at the same price of the DDR2-533 ... having in this way a better RAM.[/quote]

I found that here in Australia DDR2-667 memory was actually more expensive . The reason i didnt go with it however was not this, but rather that in an earlier post it was stated that it offered no performance improvement with the proposed 805 setup.

Here (US) the price is almost the same. And if you need to buy something at the same price, it is better to buy the best RAM. But if in Australia prices are different go with the DDR2-533.

Anyway I'm completely satisfied with my D805. I'm actually now testing it at 3.7GHz. No water cooling, only the same Zalman that you want to buy

About the videocard I can suggest to you to go with GeForce Series 7xxx. You can find the 7300 on eBay for $50. That's a good price.
Otherwise series 7600 at $100.

take a look here:
eBay = GeForce 7300 256MB !! Click here!!

thanks, i will look into those series vid cards.

so, anyone still answering? I can't find mine in the list there.... someone get help me out to find out if my pc can use D805?

2nd thing)
Are these vid cards compitable for my PC and Which one is better?
http://www.informatique.nl/cgi-bin [...] I&A=513046
http://cgi.ebay.com/New-nVidia-730 [...] dZViewItem
I want a video card specially for gaming, all sorts of games like FPS's, MMORPS, RTS games.

Check again if your motherboar name it is correct.

If it is correct, type it in GOOGLE or other search engine and find your motherboard specification.

How old is your motherboard? When did you bought it?