Advice needed

Olorin · 24 Jan 2007 at 15:41

Hi

This is my first post, so be gentle! I initially started with a budget of £1200, but my greed has led me to this:

E6600
EVGA nForce 680(Socket 775) PCI Express DDR2 Motherboard
Cellshock 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit
BFG 8800GTX
Belinea 2225S1W 22''
WD 250GB (7200rpm, 16MB Cache, SATA2)
Tagan TG600-U25 600W
Lian Li PC7 PLUS Aluminium Midi Tower
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Coller
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)

I am thinking of buying the Tenth Anniversary instead of the Cellshock. How do the two compare with each other, in terms of overclocking potential?
Is it worth buying a 680 mobo? I could perhaps go for a 975?
My monitor has no DVI. What difference will it make?

Thanks in advance.

Olorin · 25 Jan 2007 at 15:28

Anyone?

split · 25 Jan 2007 at 15:56

Only you can decide what to spend, but that motherboard is very dear.

My monitor has no DVI. What difference will it make?

It seems not it you read.
To the person who said no DVI is a downside: really, unless you're an image/photography professional, you won't miss it. The untrained eye wouldn't notice a difference.

You could save a lot with the likes of a lower end motherboard and an E6300 or similar, but we can't decide for you.

Olorin · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:03

Ok, I edited my first post to include only the expensive system. Your thoughts?

mishima · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:15

When i stuck in my X1950 Pro and used ordinary VGA cable my graphics were all blurred and desktop semed out of focus, tried various resolutions and refresh rates got no improvement. Until my bro suggested switching it to DVI soon as I did everything went crisp.

split · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:19

You have to ask yourself if you going to see much diff between say the 6600 and the 6300.
You wallet will by £80 quid odd.

Let me ask you a question..why do you want that motherboard?
It has lots of features, but do you need them?

The plus side of that motherbooad 'looks' like it will support future processors with higher FSB but has it been confirmed.

The '10 Year Warranty Direct with EVGA on 0049 8918904911 (TOLL FREE) does sound nice I must admit, but the whole system will be old hat in a few years.
It's your choice.

Olorin · 25 Jan 2007 at 16:32

"You have to ask yourself if you going to see much diff between say the 6600 and the 6300."

I don't know! Can the 6300 handle GTX?

"Let me ask you a question..why do you want that motherboard?
It has lots of features, but do you need them?"

I thought going for a cheap 680 mobo, because I read it has more room for overclocking. Correct me if I am wrong. Perhaps a 975 will do the job just fine?