new build q6600

[jennidc]

I am planning to drive down to Stoke later to build the following
any comments or change suggestions welcome (I keep swapping between quad and Wolfdale - I'm doing my own head in!):

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 2.40GHz Guaranteed to run at 3.30GHZ (1466FSB) - Retail £109.99
(£129.24) £109.99
(£129.24)
Corsair TX 650W ATX2.2 SLi Compliant PSU £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF) £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £39.99
(£46.99) £39.99
(£46.99)
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Belkin F5D7000UK 54Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £52.99
(£62.26) £52.99
(£62.26)
Sub Total : £525.90
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £6.48
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £93.17
Total : £625.55


**Edit** Forgot to mention - Im soldiering on with my 9600gt from my Athlonx2 build until I can afford something better -
probably look to get a 4750 (or maybe a 4850x2 if reasonably priced).

 

[semi-pro waster]

It looks decent although you don't appear to have a graphics card there. The Ram is rather overkill as with a Q6600 even PC6400 Ram could get you to 3.6ghz if the chip is capable. Finally I'd go with the ordinary Q6600 unless you really want the guarantee that OcUK will take back the chip if it doesn't reach 3.3ghz, they don't chose those chips for their overclocking abilities specially, they are the same chips as any other but OcUK have just elected to take them back if they don't overclock to at least that level.

 

[jennidc]

New build

Cheers for the advice will change the RAM to the Black Dragon Geil as it seems to OC to 1000 plus anyway and is much cheaper!

I'm soldiering on with a 9600gt until I can afford a joint GFX card and monitor upgrade (I have a 19" Dell Ultrasharp at the moment so tend to game at 1280x800 which the current card is good for - even in Crysis with Medium settings).

My long term plan is to get a 22-24" monitor with a 4870 or 4850x2(when they come out). For the amount of gaming I do I just can'y justify the cost of a 4870x2 (although it would be great to have 1)

 

[jennidc]

ordered

Just order my machine:
Changed a few bits and bobs and after discussions with the boss (my wife) I was able to squeeze in a 4850gfx card. I also changed to a slipstreaam psu as it was cheaper and OC use them in there overclocking builds so must have good faith in them.

As shipping was only £6 thought I'd save myself petrol money and just wait till Tuesday (can't wait)

Hopefully the chip will be a good clocker (would love 3.5-3.6 but would be happy with 3.2 - 3.3)

Product Name Price Qty Line Total
OCZ StealthXStream 500w Silent ATX2 Power Supply £36.99 1 £36.99
Sony NEC Optiarc AD-7200S 20x DVD±RW SATA Dual Layer ReWriter (Black) - OEM £12.99 1 £12.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99 1 £93.99
Asus P5Q Deluxe Intel P45 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99 1 £99.99
Samsung SpinPoint F1 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM (HD502IJ) £39.99 1 £39.99
Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £39.99 1 £39.99
Antec Three Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case £29.99 1 £29.99
Belkin F5D7000UK 54Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter £14.99 1 £14.99
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium SP1 64-Bit - OEM (66I-01939) £52.99 1 £52.99
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit (F2-8000CL5D-4GBPQ) £51.99 1 £51.99
Powercolor ATI Radeon HD 4850 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI/HDMI (PCI-Express) - Retail £99.99 1 £99.99

Order Cost Summary
Sub Total: £573.89
Shipping: £6.48
Total Vat: £101.56
Total inc Vat: £681.93

 

[Namistai]

If you can, I would change the hard drive for a 640gb version - these have more dense platters and are therefore faster