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Originally posted by ZxZDeViLZxZ i suggested many options in the thread that was linked by vizzay. and that thread will probly be of very good use to you. it includes lots of informationa dn lots of ideas. now your right theres probly no reason to have a power house system but it does pay off. as well music production might be a hobby but when you have a higher end system you can get into other hobbys that would nearly be impossible without a high end system. liek for example im into video production and editing. which requires a decent amount of cpu crunching. now about the issue with your current pc being a bit shotty. what are each ram stick bus speed and what are they like 3200, 3600 or what read your mobo manual and make sure you have them in the right order that it says to have based on the kind they are. as this will lots of times fix issues of shittiness. so might give it a shot.

i gotta agree. perhaps, your ram is running at a lower speed than what your processor should be at. if you have a 3000+ you should have pc-3200. don't go anything lower than that. try to up it to 1 gig also. honestly i think ur 3000+ should be fine.

Yep I do have pc-3200.

Today I ordered another stick of rambus so it should be comming within the next few days. Hopefully that'll help greatly.

If anything I'm going to see if I can get some help with OCing a bit because maybe that'll help out a bit.

Any other suggestions are welcome =p.

- Rodas

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Originally posted by Rodas Yep I do have pc-3200. Today I ordered another stick of rambus so it should be comming within the next few days. Hopefully that'll help greatly. If anything I'm going to see if I can get some help with OCing a bit because maybe that'll help out a bit. Any other suggestions are welcome =p. - Rodas

wouln't suggest ocing unless if ur whole system was built for it. only reason i oced my comp is cuz every part i got is basically top of the line. but if ur getting help then i think it should be ok.

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Originally posted by Rodas Yep I do have pc-3200. Today I ordered another stick of rambus so it should be comming within the next few days. Hopefully that'll help greatly. If anything I'm going to see if I can get some help with OCing a bit because maybe that'll help out a bit. Any other suggestions are welcome =p. - Rodas

you ordered rambus? rambus requires dedicated motherboards and is being ditched for quite some time now, and i think you just spent quite an amount of money for nothing. pc 3200 is ddr memory, and that is something completely different.

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Originally posted by h.vox you ordered rambus? rambus requires dedicated motherboards and is being ditched for quite some time now, and i think you just spent quite an amount of money for nothing. pc 3200 is ddr memory, and that is something completely different.

No I didn't I picked up ddr.. I'm just so used to refering to any type of ram as "rambus" haha.

Sorry.

BTW trancinchink.. I think me and you pretty much have the same systems. I have the K8N Neo Platinum MB as well. One of the best MB's for the price / system.

- Rodas

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Originally posted by Rodas No I didn't I picked up ddr.. I'm just so used to refering to any type of ram as "rambus" haha. Sorry. BTW trancinchink.. I think me and you pretty much have the same systems. I have the K8N Neo Platinum MB as well. One of the best MB's for the price / system. - Rodas

oh, well all i was saying is that before you overclock you should make sure all your parts can handle it. having the similar processor and motherboard isn't everything. i'm gonna have to assume that you have the older version of the 3000+ not the new 3000+ 90nm because you said you upgraded a few months ago. the older version runs at higher voltage creating more heat. by having the older 3000+ means that you are not running socket 939 which probably also means you have the original msi neo platinum socket 754 not the msi neo2 platinum socket 939. these just might seem like #'s to you but it all really makes a big difference. the newer motherboard i have is basically built to be overclocked. on top of that, i applied silver thermal paste before attaching a huge Zalman CNPS7000-B copper heatsink/fan instead of the retail. my 2 x 512 mb sticks of PDP Systems dual channel ddr ram have extremely low latencies and also have heatsinks on them as well. honestly, only after meeting so many specs did me and my friend decide that my computer was ready to be overclocked. overclocking isn't something you can do any given day of the week. if your not careful, you can take down your whole system.

if you really plan on overclocking, my suggestion is to replace your heatsink/fan w/ a better one, get nice ram, and make sure you have an ample powersupply for your computer (450w should be fine). gluck, and have fun!