Tweaking for a noob

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mbrothwell

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So I just ordered all kinds of parts for my first home build computer, and Im wondering how much I will have to do in the BIOS to get the performance I deserve for all the money I spent.

I got a quad core 64 bit processor, 8800 GTS nvidia card, 8 gigs of RAM [2gigs per stick x4] and a EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard.

Can anyone give me some general tips of things to change in the BIOS, or other tweaks I should make upon building it?
 
I got a quad core 64 bit processor, 8800 GTS nvidia card, 8 gigs of RAM [2gigs per stick x4] and a EVGA 132-CK-NF78-A1 LGA 775 NVIDIA nForce 780i SLI ATX Intel Motherboard.

Can anyone give me some general tips of things to change in the BIOS, or other tweaks I should make upon building it?
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My first suggestion would be to return 4 gigs, right off the bat. 8 Gigs total? Wow... May I ask why?

Since this is your first self-built system, as far as MoBo tweaks, I wouldn't do anything to start with. Assemble the system and make sure it turns on and you can enter BIOS, first. Then install an OS and make sure everything runs smooth for a bit.

8 Gigs of RAM aside, you will still have a fast system as it stands stock.
 
Yea, there really is no use for even 4 gigs most of the time, but its still nice to have. it also depends on what OS you put on there. if its not a 64bit OS then you should only put 3 in. it doesnt recognize the entire last gig, so its useless
 
Yeah Im using a 64 bit version of windows vista. I just figured why not max it out, it was only $100 for 4 gigs. Its not gonna hurt anything right?
 
mbrothwell said:
Yeah Im using a 64 bit version of windows vista. I just figured why not max it out, it was only $100 for 4 gigs. Its not gonna hurt anything right?
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You're going to waste alot of your money. When you need 8GB, DDR2 will be out of date and crap. 4GB is already hard to fill up. Stick with 4GB, and overclock later when everything runs smooth.

The motherboard finds the best settings. The only "tweaking" is overclocking.
 
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