Money to spend.. (A spec me thread basically)

Mad_Jay · 9 Nov 2007 at 00:44

Hey,

Well my 8800gt is coming tomorrow, and im also thinking of upgrading my motherboard and maybe a new Q6600 G0.

But im not sure which motherboard to upgrade too. Some of the x38 boards look nice but they are expensive.

*Looks at the asus maximus boards thinking should i ?*

Not been in the motherboard market for awhile and i dunno which ones are the bees knees.

Money shouldnt be a problem, with the money raised from my other stuff il be selling i should get a decent amount.

Also how decent are the Q6600's to overclock ? I hope my Noctua cooler can cut the mustard.. O and also the new motherboard needs to be able to fit a Noctua NF-U12F

CyZMyAssBaby · 9 Nov 2007 at 00:50

the maximus thread http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17789878 some great info to be had. Tried and tested info all at hand.

Mad_Jay · 9 Nov 2007 at 00:55

Hmm il take a read though that now. Thanks

Another thing, should i get a Q6600 now ? Or try and a attempt to "wait" for Penyrn

CyZMyAssBaby · 9 Nov 2007 at 01:07

Q6600 buy now penryn only shows a 7percent increase over the Q6600. The only difference will be 45nm and bigger cache depending which model but still 4 cores.

The asus boards will support 45nm as well, so you wont loose out regarding future proof.

Personally i would still purchase the Q6000 (GO) stepping

http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/10/29/intel_penryn_4ghz_with_air_cooling/page26.html

Those benchies show a Q6600@Stock VS the £650 QX9650 OC'd to 4.0Ghz....not really fair when you consider the Q6600 can hit 3.6Ghz on a decent air cooler, and is 4 x cheaper!