XPS 720 UPGRADE

xps 720 q6600, 8800gtx, dells 667mhz ram, physics card blu ray drive 2 other disk drives 500gb hard drive 32bit vista  X-FI sound card

lol the 720 manual says only 5300 and 6400

I'm running 4 gig of this and love it..

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-091-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

you can run 667,800 or 1066 mem. up to the limt of your OS..

 

so should i get dont know if the sli is supported
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-097-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

 

or

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-114-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

 

will i notice a difference if i upgrade the ram ?

 

 

and is the e8400 better than the q6600 will i notice a difference if i upgrade the processor

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-192-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

yea Dell is not fond of updateing manuals when a new bios is released..1066 will work lot of users are running it  :smileyhappy:

If you want to stay with just one 9800 you wont need to upgrade the ps..just have to possible get an adapter for the second 6 pin connector...

E8400 processors will run on the rig if you upgrade to A05 bios and run well on air cooling..

Ditch the Dell ram..Go with OCZ or Crucial..I am very partial to the OCZ mem works great and any issues their tech support is hands down one of the best in the business..

Dump the Physics card..nothing supports it and now that Nvidia owns them they are more than likely gonna be included into the core structure of their new card.

Possible pick up another 500 gig for added storage and backups..not a fan of Raid but that is another possibility..

is it true that i can only use pc2-5300 and pc2-6400?

i was thinking of buyin the 4gb version (2x2gb) :) the timing at the volt is slightly diffrent will this affect the performance

 

2x1gb version

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-091-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

 

- 800MHz DDR2
- EPP 4-3-3-15 (CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS)
- Unbuffered
- OCZ Lifetime Warranty
- 2.0 Volts
- 240 Pin DIMM
- Reaper HPC Heatsink*
- EPP-Ready
- 2.2V EVP**

 

2x2gb version

 

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-096-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

 

 800MHz DDR2
- CL 4-4-4-15 (CAS-TRCD-TRP-TRAS)
- Patent-pending Reaper HPC Heatsink
- OCZ Lifetime Warranty
- 2.1 Volts
- 240 Pin DIMM
- OCZ Enhanced Latency Technology
- 2.2V EVP**

will these work just as well without the spd update ?

either of these would work very well...flip a coin...as far as i am concerned...those 1 gig timings are better than mine.. 4-4-4-15...like the 2gigs sticks too..

 

 

the SPD update that gdwrnch wrote about was to lower the mem voltage requirement from 2.3 to 2.1 volts. So it would not be necessary for either of these choices.