Need advice on CPU i have a E6600 oc to 3.6mhz at the moment and i want upgrade to a quad core .Do i go with the QX9650 or save my money and buy the Q9450/Q9550 will overclock slightley to 3.6mhz to achive FSB 1600mhz Also some advice on a cooler would be helpfull
I use my machine for gaming ie BF2 COD4 and CRYSIS
I also do a lot of Photoshop CS3 editing and video editing
THX in advance
Rest of new upgrade kit below:
Mobo EVGA 790i Ultra
RAM 2 X 2GB of OCZ Reaper DDR3 1600mhz
PSU Corsair 1000w
HD 1 X WD Velociraptor 300gb (will buy 2nd raptor at later date for raid 0)
CASE Lian Li V1000z
GPU BFG or EVGA OC 1 x 280 GTX (will buy 2nd gpu at later date)
Old rig in my sig
EVGA 680i AR MOBO
CORE2 DUO E6600 @ 3.6GHZ WITH THERMALTAKE V1 COOLER
4 X 1GB KINGSTON PC2-9600 DDR2-1200 GHZ
2 X 8800 GTX IN SLI
XFI EXTREME MUSIC
WESTERN DIGITAL RAPTOR 74GB
WESTERN DIGITAL CAVAIR 250GB
2407 DELL 24" MONITOR
RAZER COPPERHEAD MOUSE
LOGITECH G15 KEYBOARD
LOGITECH EXTREME 3D PRO JOYSTICK
VISTA ULTIMATE 64BIT SP1
I use my machine for gaming ie BF2 COD4 and CRYSIS
I also do a lot of Photoshop CS3 editing and video editing
THX in advance
Rest of new upgrade kit below:
Mobo EVGA 790i Ultra
RAM 2 X 2GB of OCZ Reaper DDR3 1600mhz
PSU Corsair 1000w
HD 1 X WD Velociraptor 300gb (will buy 2nd raptor at later date for raid 0)
CASE Lian Li V1000z
GPU BFG or EVGA OC 1 x 280 GTX (will buy 2nd gpu at later date)
Old rig in my sig
EVGA 680i AR MOBO
CORE2 DUO E6600 @ 3.6GHZ WITH THERMALTAKE V1 COOLER
4 X 1GB KINGSTON PC2-9600 DDR2-1200 GHZ
2 X 8800 GTX IN SLI
XFI EXTREME MUSIC
WESTERN DIGITAL RAPTOR 74GB
WESTERN DIGITAL CAVAIR 250GB
2407 DELL 24" MONITOR
RAZER COPPERHEAD MOUSE
LOGITECH G15 KEYBOARD
LOGITECH EXTREME 3D PRO JOYSTICK
VISTA ULTIMATE 64BIT SP1
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