Final Spec Check

[Xinn]

Plan to buy this little lot for a brand new system at the back end of next month.



Have a Scythe Ninja Rev B and a hard drive so they aren't needed

Looking to push the CPU to atleast 3Ghz maybe a little more. Will this do the job?

Thanks.

 

[stickroad]

Looks good to me only thing i would consider changing would be that Memory. You dont need 8500 rated Memory.

Either get this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-019-GS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=813

That will take your Quad all the way up to 3.6GHz.

If your wanting to go higher then these will be good:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144

They clock very well and are known to do 1000MHZ+ very easily.

I would personally change that cooler, its a good cooler im not disputing that but im not a fan of the clip on ones. Especially since the Ninja is quite a beefy CPU Cooler.

 

[Xinn]

Thanks for the advice Stickroad. The reason I selected the faster RAM is that it would be something I wouldn't need to upgrade next time I do a big upgrade, or is that a pointless idea?

Will DDR3 be a lot cheaper by the time I need faster RAM?

Edit: I already have 2GB of G Skill 5300 ram, but OcUK don't sell it any more so would it be worth saving abit more money and buying another 2GB of the same stuff from elsewhere?

 

[stickroad]

Thanks for the advice Stickroad. The reason I selected the faster RAM is that it would be something I wouldn't need to upgrade next time I do a big upgrade, or is that a pointless idea?

Will DDR3 be a lot cheaper by the time I need faster RAM?

667MHz is by no means slow especially when you have the ability to overclock the Memory to 8500 rated speeds anyway.