Best Mobo/Memory & Cooler for E8500?

OLD JUD · 4 Aug 2009 at 11:02

After a fair amount of pondering i'm considering buying the kit listed below. It will be used for gaming, so at some point it will be overclocked, it this the best mobo/memory combo to provide a decent and stable overclock?

And could you please recommend a suitable third party CPU cooler that isn't too big and is easy to fit.
Thanks in advance for your advice.

Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.16GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £145.99

Asus P5Q-E Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £105.00

OCZ Gold Edition 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 Dual Channel (OCZ2G10664GK) £38.99

OLD JUD · 4 Aug 2009 at 11:14

BigBruiserAl said:
Not too big is a very open request mate, how about telling us the case maybe better to get an idea of size...very good set up you have there couple that with TRUE(which is large) but you will have a 4.0Ghz all day long with nice temps

It's an Akasa ECLIPSE-62 CASE mate.

And thank you and you other guys for a very prompt response, much appreciated!

Any other comments folks?

OLD JUD · 4 Aug 2009 at 11:24

Drake22 said:
yea dont get 1066mhz memory, 800mhz will be the same just cheaper

Really? mind you the memory that Kenny suggests is only 38 quid! how much of a saving would i make? And could the lower speed memory be detrimental when it comes to overclocking the CPU?

OLD JUD · 4 Aug 2009 at 11:36

BigBruiserAl said:
hmm looking again you stand to save £4 in memory didt know the gap closed that much on mem go for the 8500 stuff for the sake of £4 cant hurt

Just what i was thinking!

Is there anything to gain by paying the extra and buying a Asus P5Q over the Asus P5Q-E?

OLD JUD · 4 Aug 2009 at 13:30

a big 'Thank you' for the advice guys, so up to now it will probably be an 8400 CPU with some 8500 ram and one of the boards recommended below.

OLD JUD · 5 Aug 2009 at 05:06

setter said:
The akasa eclipse will take the TRUE cooler with ease, that cooler will also fit on the p5q deluxe or the p5qe, same case and cooler i use myself.

Thanks for that.

moremoney said:
As my sig.

My E8500 is idle at 4.0 and 28c. Running prime 95 only last night for 1/2 an hour and it never reached 50c.
If i remeber right.

It was only a short test run.

Using a true air cooler.

Gigabyte board is great, and i know it will overclock quite a bit higher, but 4.0 24/7 is plenty for now.

Sounds impressive, and yet another option to ponder!