Hi OC forums – first time poster 
I’ve been deciding to build a new machine over the last few weeks and have picked up a few bargains 2nd hand.
I now have a Core 2 Duo E6400 with Zalman cooler & a XFX 7900GTX. I’m pairing this with a Seagate SATA2 16MB drive and a lightscribe NEC Burner. I have a case and a branded Qtec 450w PSU. I’m using a 15” Belina TFT and I wont be able to upgrade that till after my wedding at Christmas. Oh did I mention that this is a stealth upgrade so the outside of the PC can’t look any different. The missus cannot know!
Originally I had been thinking of getting an SLI system, perhaps the P5N32-SLI SE but mates have been putting me off as its nforce 4 and old tech. The reality is I’ll probably only be upgrading next year to a cheapo 19” so wont even be powering any high resolution monitors or HD panels so would I be wise forgetting SLI? I can’t find a mono that is 2x16 in sli mode anyway
The main game I will be playing is Enemy Territory: Quake Wars released early next year, It was demo’d on at games convention on Pentium d950 Dual Core 3.4GHz 800MHz FSB / 2GB DDR @667MHz / 7800GT so I think the processor & Card will be upto scratch?
I only really have about £200/250 to play with for a motherboard and a gig of ram, and I’ll add another gig after the wedding. What would you recommend, ideally available from the OC website & overclockable. Also will the PSU suffice? I can hold off a month and raise a little more funds but im sick of being without a desktop and even sicker of researching. I just want an easy to overclock motherboard and someone to tell me that I don’t need to worry about SLI!
Ive looked at reviews for the Gigabye D range and the abit Max mobo but am tired of thinking about it - HELP!
I’ve been deciding to build a new machine over the last few weeks and have picked up a few bargains 2nd hand.
I now have a Core 2 Duo E6400 with Zalman cooler & a XFX 7900GTX. I’m pairing this with a Seagate SATA2 16MB drive and a lightscribe NEC Burner. I have a case and a branded Qtec 450w PSU. I’m using a 15” Belina TFT and I wont be able to upgrade that till after my wedding at Christmas. Oh did I mention that this is a stealth upgrade so the outside of the PC can’t look any different. The missus cannot know!
Originally I had been thinking of getting an SLI system, perhaps the P5N32-SLI SE but mates have been putting me off as its nforce 4 and old tech. The reality is I’ll probably only be upgrading next year to a cheapo 19” so wont even be powering any high resolution monitors or HD panels so would I be wise forgetting SLI? I can’t find a mono that is 2x16 in sli mode anyway
The main game I will be playing is Enemy Territory: Quake Wars released early next year, It was demo’d on at games convention on Pentium d950 Dual Core 3.4GHz 800MHz FSB / 2GB DDR @667MHz / 7800GT so I think the processor & Card will be upto scratch?
I only really have about £200/250 to play with for a motherboard and a gig of ram, and I’ll add another gig after the wedding. What would you recommend, ideally available from the OC website & overclockable. Also will the PSU suffice? I can hold off a month and raise a little more funds but im sick of being without a desktop and even sicker of researching. I just want an easy to overclock motherboard and someone to tell me that I don’t need to worry about SLI!
Ive looked at reviews for the Gigabye D range and the abit Max mobo but am tired of thinking about it - HELP!
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