Is This Any Good?

decrypt3r · 2 Jun 2008 at 08:50

Im about to upgrade from my lousy 4.6ghz dual athlon with 2gb of poopy memory which blue screens, turns power off etc

basically i need a new system

im keeping my GTS 8800 640MB card tho

and thinking about these 2

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...PC-6400 Reaper Dual Channel DDR2 Kit - Bundle

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showp...rmaltake ToughPower 750W Modular PSU - Bundle

will this bundle be okay with that case and power pack

and support my pci-e gts 8800 gts 640mb?

thanks

PhoenixUK · 2 Jun 2008 at 10:00

Another Q6600 for pure gaming ? ehhh... I'm too tired to go over this again ;p.

And yes, it will work just fine, it says on the mobo as well that is has PCI-E clearly there.

I would also get some good cooling for it like Tuniq Tower since I guess you're going to OC it.

semi-pro waster · 2 Jun 2008 at 10:14

It will work fine although unless overclocking you might not see a huge difference in performance for games.

decrypt3r · 2 Jun 2008 at 11:25

not gona be overclocking anything

just want it to be stable and able to run all games at max

will this be able to do that?

ins0mn1ac · 2 Jun 2008 at 12:33

decrypt3r said:
Im about to upgrade from my lousy 4.6ghz dual athlon

Surely anything you buy will be inferior to such amazingness!?!

semi-pro waster · 2 Jun 2008 at 12:39

decrypt3r said:
will this be able to do that?

If your games are CPU limited and coded for three+ cores then yes it will but there is a good chance you will see more benefit from upgrading the graphics card if gaming and not overclocking at all.

PhoenixUK · 2 Jun 2008 at 16:04

OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 LGA775 'Wolfdale' 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail £112.99
(£132.76) £112.99
(£132.76)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 PC2-6400C5 TwinX (2x2GB) £59.99
(£70.49) £59.99
(£70.49)
Sub Total : £232.97
Shipping cost based on delivery to Credit/debit card billing addres, NW102DX with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.50% VAT : £42.21
Total : £283.43

And wait for the new series of GPUs coming in about 2 weeks time.

decrypt3r · 2 Jun 2008 at 16:35

u think that will benefit me better mr phoenix

i never overclocked my **** athlon as comp *** crash a lot,

my athlon blue screens if i put to much requirement on it, e.g. load to many things,

obviously thats memory im guessing

but my comp needs a good kicking up the ass!!

ill follow your advice, im ordering friday

Watch your language.

bibs · 2 Jun 2008 at 17:18

PhoenixUK said:
Another Q6600 for pure gaming ? ehhh... I'm too tired to go over this again ;p.

I think getting a Q6600 for gaming is a good idea now, seeing as new games
like Age Of Conan are utilising all four cores.

PhoenixUK · 3 Jun 2008 at 05:01

Too bad for Q6600 to be any good he needs to clock it at least 3.4-3.6, and doesnt seem like he will.

AoC is not really CPU demanding ;], so I guess most of the games.

And my point still is that by the time games do TRUELY support quads, not by just 5-10%, this CPU will be already too old and crap to run anything.

Since last 1 or 2 years, it is a lot better now with PCs to buy the best what u can for NOW and upgrade later, don't buy stuff just because u might use it in 2years.

I would better get faster and better for now dual, and then when apps finally will support all four cores to their full potential, grab some new technology.
Trust me in 1year the current quads will be just old and will need to be changed for xyz technology reason.

You gonna say, damn, this quad is too slow, i have to buy nehalem 4.5ghz and OC it to 6. and get pair of DDR4 ram and radeon 6780.

The times when you bought PC and could happily use it for 3years, 4 years, 5, even 6 are over. The new stuff is coming now so fast that its pretty much advised to change stuff every year, if u've spend 1,5k then maybe 2years but last half year will be on low details already.