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Hi everyone, my Opty 144 / 800GTO2 pair is getting a little old and tired and I'm going to do the decent thing... and pass it on to my gf to use. I'll retain the case, drives and OS etc, but want to replace my Hiper with something a bit less likley to explode :p .

Any comments on the system below before I order? I'll be overclocking it as far I as is stable and think that I'll buy the graphics card when ATIs offering is released (even if it's not better it may affect prices).

The machine needs to be fairly future proff (18 months or so) and play Oblivion and Company of Heros on a Dell 2407 better than the 3 - 23fps I have at the moment :( . Budget is ~£600 and needs to include the graphics card.

My main concern is over the cpu and the cooling. For £350 is this rig okay or can I do better?

Cheers


Min

PS Sorry but I'm at work so struggling to a spec piccy on here...

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £15.99
(£18.79) £15.99
(£18.79)
Corsair HX 520W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-520HXUK) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £61.99
(£72.84) £61.99
(£72.84)
 
That spec seems fine should run pretty good. But i would change the cooler to a tuniq tower, that if you are worrying about the cooling issue.
 
It is good but if you wish to push the CPU as far as it will go I would go for a better cooler as suggested, Tuniq Tower, Noctua NH-U12F and Thermalright Ultra-120 (fan not included) are the best air coolers you can get.

Also look at the Gigabyte 965P-S3 for the same price if you want to overclock, or even the OEM DS3 for £58 in the clearance section if you wish to save some cash, may not come with any cable though.
 
Thanks for the feedback - I only went for the freezer as that's what I have on the opteron and it is doing me proud.

I picked the 6320 chip as although its a similar cost as the 4400 it has the 4mb cache. I'm guessing that the way these things clock its better to spend the extra £20 on the graphics card rather than go for the more expensive 6420 or 6400. Correct, or am I making all of this up?

Cheers - off home now so there is still a little time to go before I can hit the buy button.

Min
 
That is the way I'd go also, the CPUs clock very well in general so I'd choose to spend more money on the graphics card as it probably won't give you the same gains e.g. if you went from an 8800GTS down to an X1950pro there is no way overclocking makes it up. :)
 
Oh dear - never finalise your spec while drinking beer, it always goes up.

This was the final choice and it leaves 200 for the graphics, thanks for the help folks.

Now we just have to see how long it takes to deliver up here....

Min

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler £27.99
(£32.89) £27.99
(£32.89)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E6320 "LGA775 Conroe" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £94.99
(£111.61) £94.99
(£111.61)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £56.99
(£66.96) £56.99
(£66.96)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3P (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
 
You don't need the 620w for the system you have there, the 520w is more than capable if you wanted to save a bit of cash but if you've already ordered you can pretend I didn't just post this. ;)
 
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