Need Advice?

[Mista.Gee]

Really Need Advice?

Just taken delivery of my brand new shiny BFG nVidia nForce 680i SLi Motherboard.

The problem is now i've got £350 left in the bank for a processor and memory, really stuck on what to do now and what to go for.

Really want to run a decent system setup as i plan to purchase a 8800GTS card soon.

Any advice on the way forward?

 

[Mista.Gee]

Anyone?

 

[Mista.Gee]

I was just looking at the Corsair Dominators PC2-6400C4D and a E6400.

 

[Mista.Gee]

I'm abit of a newbie to overclocking but im willing to give it a shot.

The BFG is just sitting in it's box at the moment, but im tempted to get the E6400 and the Corsair PC2-6400C4D Dominators to go with it.

I did look at the E6300 but the clock speed is slighty low and thought for the money maybe get the E6400 and the Dominators and attempt overclocking.

I can only game at 1280x1024 as i own a 19" TFT monitor so gaming performance shouldn't be a problem i hope. Any advice?

 

[Mista.Gee]

I bought the 680i before OcUK had the 650i motherboards so i thought whilst i had the cash get the best of the bunch that was available at the time.

So many choices, but i'm still very tempted by the E6400 and the Corsair Dominator Memory at the moment. I'm a newbie at overclocking and i have read reviews on the memory i've chosen seems a good clocker.

 

[Mista.Gee]

The reason i like corsair is because of it's stability, reliability and excellent warranty.

I've always had either Corsair or Crucial memory kits and worked directly out of the box with no fuss so i think i might stick with them as i like the warranty also.

Just to back the warranty up my uncle who owns a Dell XPS Laptop purchased SODIMMS from Corsair directly, even though they where dead on arrival they shipped out a new set sameday without hassle aslong as he shipped the memory back within a certain time no charges where applied.

 

[Mista.Gee]

LOL! yep it's a plan and just ordered the E6400 and the Corsair Dominator Memory from OcUK. May have to call on your services when it comes round to overclocking.

Talking of overclocking can it affect the lifespan of your cpu, memory and motherboard if you overclock sensibly?

 

[Mista.Gee]

Melts! Nasty Stuff! LOL!

Any recommendations on a good CPU cooler prefer a bolt on cooler i hate the Intels push pin process.

Also have i made a good choice on the following specifications, also looking down the path to a 8800GTS so will it be up to the job of say playing Crysis if it ever comes out.

Intel Core 2 Duo E6400.
Corsair 2GB XMS2 Dominator PC2-6400C4D EPP.
BFG nVidia nForce 680i SLi Motherboard.

 

[Mista.Gee]

I'll have a look into the cooling side of things later, haven't built it yet so looking to get everything before i do the build.