e6400 Build Help

F1Manic · 15 Feb 2007 at 10:48

Hey, Im new to OC but i have been reading different threads about builds.

Can someone please spec me a build with a e6400. It has to be around £400 without the case and PSU. I would like it to be vista capable and with a good motherboard so the processor can overclock to around 3 to 3.2Ghz

Thanks

neil27 · 15 Feb 2007 at 10:59

Well what do you need? Everything or just the main components?

F1Manic · 15 Feb 2007 at 11:00

everything else, motherboard as mentioned, video card... - main components

neil27 · 15 Feb 2007 at 11:06

OcUK 1GB (2x512MB) PC2-6400 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit
Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
BFG 3DFuzion GeForce 7600 GT 256MB GDDR3 TV-Out/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Total : £406.80 without P&P

F1Manic · 15 Feb 2007 at 11:09

i see that asus m/b. is that going to be ok with vista - has anyone else tried it?
because i read on the internet that some people have problems with it

also this quote:

"I should also mention that the chipset software includes beta Vista drivers. Despite this fact, the autorun will not function properly in Vista, so you will need to fish around the folders and find the correct drivers."

neil27 · 15 Feb 2007 at 11:11

I have the same cpu and mobo, using stock cooling and stable @3ghz havent tried 3.2 yet but failed Orthos after a couple of hours at 3.4ghz due to cooling I expect

neil27 · 15 Feb 2007 at 11:14

F1Manic said:
i see that asus m/b. is that going to be ok with vista - has anyone else tried it?
because i read on the internet that some people have problems with it

also this quote:

"I should also mention that the chipset software includes beta Vista drivers. Despite this fact, the autorun will not function properly in Vista, so you will need to fish around the folders and find the correct drivers."

Im not sure, I have no intention of running Vista and I expect that Bios updates would iron out any Problems in the future.

F1Manic · 15 Feb 2007 at 11:17

ok - thanks for your help.

neil27 · 15 Feb 2007 at 11:18

Autorun....I assume at the moment it means with Vista installed when you pop a cd in the drive it wont automatically run the cd program.... thats no biggy really bios update would sort that I expect.

There are plenty of other mobos for the same price like the Gigabyte DS3 check that out too

melbourne720 · 15 Feb 2007 at 11:23

neil27 said:
I have the same cpu and mobo, using stock cooling and stable @3ghz havent tried 3.2 yet but failed Orthos after a couple of hours at 3.4ghz due to cooling I expect

or vcore

neil27 · 15 Feb 2007 at 12:45

melbourne720 said:
or vcore

True...but coretemp was at 70c and vcore was set to just under 1.4iirc so hoping its more cooling issue

melbourne720 · 15 Feb 2007 at 13:38

neil27 said:
True...but coretemp was at 70c and vcore was set to just under 1.4iirc so hoping its more cooling issue

ouch! I hope you get some more cooling on that CPU (or a frying pan, and cook a full English with that temp!)

neil27 · 15 Feb 2007 at 14:24

melbourne720 said:
ouch! I hope you get some more cooling on that CPU (or a frying pan, and cook a full English with that temp!)

Testing 3.2 as we *** vcore set to 1.29?? in bios + 0.1v temps between 60-62c @1hr 28 orthos and counting

Think I may have been giving it to much vcore...but time will tell

melbourne720 · 15 Feb 2007 at 14:41

neil27 said:
Testing 3.2 as we *** vcore set to 1.29?? in bios + 0.1v temps between 60-62c @1hr 28 orthos and counting

Think I may have been giving it to much vcore...but time will tell

Cool, that's more like it.

F1Manic · 15 Feb 2007 at 16:03

what about the asrock conroexfire? will that be good to overclock with