New Computer

[publicburning99]

Hi, I am going to be getting a new computer soon and have £900 to spend on it
I am thinking of something like:

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz
DFI Infinity P965-S Dark OR DFI Lanparty UT ICFX3200T2R/G RD600
Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C4 TwinX
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 640MB
Thermaltake VD4000BWS LCS Kandalf Full Tower
OCZ GameXStream 700w Silent
DvD ROM and DvD -RW
Already have Sound Card and Hard Drives

Can anyone please advise me on which motherboard is better, I will be overclocking.

What do you think?

Thanks


Publicburning99

 

[BillytheImpaler]

I'd go for this spec:

Quad core, new P35 chipset motherboard, GTS, an extremely high-quality power supply, and the best case. If your monitor is larger than 1680 x 1050 perhaps go for a 640 MiB GTS.

 

[truebluecfc]

I'd go for this spec:

Quad core, new P35 chipset motherboard, GTS, an extremely high-quality power supply, and the best case. If your monitor is larger than 1680 x 1050 perhaps go for a 640 MiB GTS.

Jeese sweet spec their, and i would have to agree with BillytheImpaler spec, much better.

 

[Sinny]

im not up to date on xeons, but wouldnt a quad core be cheaper and more effective in future proofing, Xeons are server processors from my knowledge and will get outperformed by core 2's in games.

 

[BillytheImpaler]

im not up to date on xeons, but wouldnt a quad core be cheaper and more effective in future proofing, Xeons are server processors from my knowledge and will get outperformed by core 2's in games.

Not at all. The Xeon there IS a quad core. It's essentially a Core 2 Quad that's been renamed to compete in workstation/low-end server market. It's identical to its Core 2 Quad counterpart except in price. The Xeon is cheaper. Theory states that the Xeons are made of the best silicon and are optimized for high usage so perhaps it'd even overclock higher and last longer when heavily loaded.

 

[publicburning99]

cool

If I were to use the specs outlined above which motherboard would be best from an overclocking/gaming stance?

Thanks