new build time

OpenToSuggestions · 14 Aug 2008 at 02:14

brother is having a new build:

so far we have in his basket:
ASUS p5q
q6600 (get one that it will guarantee to hit a certain speed? As I heard the latest q6600s clock terribly).
artic freezer 7 pro
4gb 1066mhz ocz ram
4870/260
a case (any will do I assume it just depends what he choses).

he already has a tagan 480w, a sata2 hard drive, mouse etc etc

He knows there are to be no more core2duo cpus released, so the cpu he gets may as well be a good one that will last as long as the motherboard will.
Should he get a q6600 and clock it? Or get a different cpu (if so please say which

). PC will be for internet, messenger and gaming.
Also which gfx card? we are thinking the 4870 with the special cooler on - it is i nthis week only.

fergie128 · 14 Aug 2008 at 02:18

Definitely go for a 4870 over a GTX260. As for the CPU, E8600 is a very nice chip at the moment

OpenToSuggestions · 14 Aug 2008 at 02:35

fergie128 said:
Definitely go for a 4870 over a GTX260. As for the CPU, E8600 is a very nice chip at the moment

Think he is going for the 4870 over the 260

Why is the e8600 very nice?? It is fast at stock and is 45nm so no doubt will hit 4ghz easily but it isnt dual core.

pingwing · 14 Aug 2008 at 02:50

dual's are faster
quads are slower per core (only out perform quads in things like photo editing) and as such duals are better for gaming

would recommend an e8400 as they are going for £110ish and you could just clock up to the 8500/8600 speeds to save the cash

Oooo also make sure you get 2gig sticks of ram and dont bother with 1066, just get 800mhx and clock upwards again

OpenToSuggestions · 14 Aug 2008 at 02:58

pingwing said:
dual's are faster
quads are slower per core (only out perform quads in things like photo editing) and as such duals are better for gaming

would recommend an e8400 as they are going for £110ish and you could just clock up to the 8500/8600 speeds to save the cash

Oooo also make sure you get 2gig sticks of ram and dont bother with 1066, just get 800mhx and clock upwards again

Will make him get a dual core then if I can

The ram will be 2 x 2gb sticks. I have 800mhz ones, and just said get the 1066mhz ones just for ease of overclocking.

fergie128 · 14 Aug 2008 at 02:59

That ram is a pretty good buy for 61 notes actually.

rjk · 14 Aug 2008 at 09:37

stock graphics
may as well - its cheaper and with it being ati its the reference design - so will clock just like the others