New Conroe Rig Ordered!

PhilipM · 8 Dec 2006 at 12:56

This is what I settled for in the end. It's an overclocking xmas! :cool:

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming case £59.99 1 £59.99
Inc. 200mm fan! The daddy!

Intel Core 2 DUO E6300 "LGA775 Allendale" 1.86GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £93.99 1 £93.99
Soon to break 3GHz and then on to the stars!

Gigabyte GA_965P_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £99.99 1 £99.99
Fantastic FSB potential! Raid 0. 4xDDR2 slots for more ram later.

Samsung SpinPoint P SP2504C 250GB SATA-II 8MB Cache - OEM £42.99 2 £85.98
Raid 0, you know you want to!

Samsung SH-182MRSMN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Lightscribe ReWriter (Beige,Black,Silver) - Retail £19.99 1 £19.99
Well, it's only £20!

Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition inc. SP2 - OEM - 1Pk (N09-01528) £49.99 1 £49.99
Necessary evil.

Linksys WAG354G-UK 4-Port Wireless-G Broadband Modem Router £36.99 1 £36.99
Neat replacement for my tempremental old belkin.

Belkin F5D7000UK 802.11g Wireless PCI Adapter £16.95 1 £16.95
I've found their cards to be good in the past.

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £155.99 1 £155.99
Gets great reviews and has excellent overclock potential beyond 400mhz.

HIS ATI Radeon X1950 XT ICEQ 3 TURBO SILENT Heatpipe 256MB GDDR3 VIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (RX1950XT-256ICEQT) £169.99 1 £169.99
1080p! Nice performance for the price!

Akasa Rounded Ultra ATA133/100/66 IDE Cable (0.45m) - Metal Braided £4.99 1 £4.99
Get rid of the untidy IDE cable to the optical drive using this.

Titan Vanessa-L TTC-NK25TB/SC (RB) Heatpipe Cooling Fan (462/478/754/939/940/LGA775) £19.99 1 £19.99
Great reviews and the fan is 120mm so can be replaced with a quieter papst one if required.

Akasa AK-P050FG8-BKUK 500W Green Power 80+ £57.99 1 £57.99
Single 120mm fan for quietness and excellent efficiency for lower running cost (it's on most of the time!). I also think better efficiency should mean lower fan rpm as less is lost to heat - but this is unproven!

So should be quick and quiet.

Thanks for all your various help on my threads to work out this spec.

Merry Xmas :cool:

Duke · 8 Dec 2006 at 13:08

Nice spec

Let us know how you get on....

PhilipM · 11 Dec 2006 at 15:28

What speed of delivery from OcUK! Ordered Friday at 1pm, it was packed and shipped an hour later and arrived Saturday at 9:30am. Top service!

Sadly the DS4 is faulty, so I'm RMAing it today. Will let you know what happens. :rolleyes:

Duke · 11 Dec 2006 at 16:27

What happened; wouldnt it post at all?

PhilipM · 11 Dec 2006 at 16:57

Alas no, see complete details here:
http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=17663194

Based on a few other posts I've seen, my suspicion is on the bios chip. But that's really just a guess. I'll wait to see how well the new one overclocks before I decide if I'd recommend Gigabyte or not.

Lt Goody · 11 Dec 2006 at 17:46

Nice spec m8 you'll love the conroe.

PhilipM · 13 Dec 2006 at 11:41

Doh! It appears I had tested the same (faulty) stick of memory twice. With a single stick installed, it boots, with the other or both it doesn't. The tech had a bit of a chuckle at that. Talk about a blond moment!

Just waiting on an RMA for the memory and then we're in business. I can't wait, when I saw the bios screen I had butterflies in my stomach!

PhilipM · 21 Dec 2006 at 17:36

Yep. OcUK confirmed today that one stick is duff. They have sent a replacement which should arrive tomorrow. It's a happy Xmas for me.

Full report once it's up and working.

GazD · 21 Dec 2006 at 17:38

PhilipM said:
Yep. OcUK confirmed today that one stick is duff. They have sent a replacement which should arrive tomorrow. It's a happy Xmas for me.

Full report once it's up and working.

Enjoy it, get a decent batch of that memory back and that DS3 and E6300 will clock lovely. Got mine @ 2.8ghz on stock volts with the same mobo and ram.