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By: Christian Koebel - Published November 05, 2005 at 7:04 PM EST - Writer Archive
Extreme overclocking system for AMD chips.

Extreme Overclocking AMD System

Part
Name Price
CPU
AMD Opteron 148
$222.00
Motherboard
Asus A8N32-SLI Deluxe $249.00
Video Card
EVGA 7800 GTX
$459.00
RAM
1GB Mushkin Redline PC4000 (2x512MB)
$205.00
HDD
Maxtor Diamondmax 10 250GB
$95.01
Optical Drive
BenQ DVD-RW/DL Burner
$39.99
Case
Antec P180 ATX case
$118.99
Power Supply
SeaSonic S12-600W
$159.00
Sound Card
Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum
$189.00
Radiator
Danger Den Ice Xtreme II Dual 120mm
$99.00
Pump
Hydor SELTZ 35
$64.00
Water block
Danger Den TDX Copper
$52.95
Reservoir
Typhoon Dual 5 1/4" bay
$34.99
GPU Cooler
Zalman Fatal1ty FS-V7
$49.99
Ramsinks
Vantec Iceberq
$14.49
Thermal Grease
Arctic Silver 5
$5.89
Total:
$1600.03
Possible Upgrades:
Add a second 7800GTX with cooling (+$523.48
Add a second Mushkin Redlin 2x512MB kit (+$205.00)
Replace SeaSonic 600W with PC Power and Cooling Turbo-Cool 850 (+340.99)
Replace antec P180 case and water cooling setup with Vapochill Lightspeed-ready Lian-Li PC-65 and a vapochill lightspeed cooling unit (+718.06)

Total after upgrades: $3387.83

This is a beast. If you're new to computer building, it is also not for you. For some of the extreme cooling accessories to properly fit, a moderate amount of case modding is required. However, in spite of the cost and effort, it is worth it. Skilled overclockers have used the Vapochill Lightspeed to bring Athlon64's past 4 GHz and beyond. So if you've got a lot of money to spend and are an experienced overclocker, look no further than this system. However, if you're new to the scene, I'd suggest the air overclocking system.

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