Does this look Ok before I click Order ;-)

kola · 22 May 2008 at 13:30

Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3L Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDRMotherboard

Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 500GB SATA-II 32MB Cache - OEM (ST35003AS)

Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail

Crucial Ballistix Tracer RED 4GB (2x2GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 512MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) Retail

Just over £500 Total

Janesy B · 22 May 2008 at 13:43

looks good to me, i'd change the HDD to a Samsung HD502LJ

lunarwolf · 22 May 2008 at 13:44

yes it does but if you OC you may as well get the E8200 for £20 less

Janesy B · 22 May 2008 at 13:47

lunarwolf said:
yes it does but if you OC you may as well get the E8200 for £20 less

but he could get the E8400 and go to 3.6GHz quite easily

lunarwolf · 22 May 2008 at 13:51

true that it just depends how much OC he wants to do, obviously the E8400 will be higher (since better batch yet same architecture and assembly line). The E8200 is known to reach the 3.6 mark

what was the limit on your E8200 Janesy?

kola · 22 May 2008 at 14:05

Janesy B said:
but he could get the E8400 and go to 3.6GHz quite easily

even with that motherboard ?

Janesy B · 22 May 2008 at 14:12

lunarwolf said:
true that it just depends how much OC he wants to do, obviously the E8400 will be higher (since better batch yet same architecture and assembly line). The E8200 is known to reach the 3.6 mark

what was the limit on your E8200 Janesy?

I've never really pushed it too far because i dont trust my cooler, i have an arctic 7pro but its fallen loose a couple of times and caused my system to do a thermally shutdown. I achieved 3.2 easily, even with my mATX, which i thought would be a limitation. one a have the cooler secured with some decent compound i think 3.4 would be a sensible level to OC.