New pc build

it says in my siggie, gigabyte ga-p35c-ds3r. I'm currently at about 1.4 volts, give or take a bit (it's been a while since I've had a look in the BIOS lol because I'm happy with the way I've got it). As a general rule of thumb with this CPU, you need 1.3volts at 3Ghz, and then it seems to increase exponentially when you go past that.

And you know i'm not sure about warranty, although I think it does. Thing is though, if it was still in the warranty and it did fail, there's no real way to tell if the chip had been overclocked in the first place
 
closeratio said:
it says in my siggie, gigabyte ga-p35c-ds3r. I'm currently at about 1.4 volts, give or take a bit (it's been a while since I've had a look in the BIOS lol because I'm happy with the way I've got it). As a general rule of thumb with this CPU, you need 1.3volts at 3Ghz, and then it seems to increase exponentially when you go past that.

And you know i'm not sure about warranty, although I think it does. Thing is though, if it was still in the warranty and it did fail, there's no real way to tell if the chip had been overclocked in the first place
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Yep, even if you do O/C I don't think they can tell. Chips normally last way longer than they are worth running anyway.
 
ojrules said:
so we recon the E2180 oced to 3ish will be sufficient for running games like crysis?.. and upcoming games?..
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The CPU isn't the most important part when playing games. A decent GFX card is more important than a decent CPU nowadays.

A stock E2180 should be enough for most games if coupled with a good GFX card (Nvidia 8800GT for instance:D;)) Or 3850/3870
 
ok..thanks for the advice, and saving me £50!!... ;)

so my system will be

Intel Core 2 Duo E2180
Asus P5K Intel P35
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel
 
ojrules said:
ok..thanks for the advice, and saving me £50!!... ;)

so my system will be

Intel Core 2 Duo E2180
Asus P5K Intel P35
OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel
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Any reason for the 2x2GB set? Only asking becasue I don't think anyone needs more than 4GB atm (I could be wrong but I don't think I am) and the 4X1GB is a saving of around £75.

No problems with the helping... It's what we do:D

Also, If you get this set-up now then in a year you can get a quad & it should be around £100 :D
 
ermm i've already got the 4gb ram... long story ( bought it to fit in an asrock ddr/ddr2 hybrid, as there were only 2 dd2 slots, and the memory freq would not overclock, only to find that the mobo could only have 2gb of ram)
 
Dougiebabe2003 said:
Also, If you get this set-up now then in a year you can get a quad & it should be around £100 :D
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Yeah, that's what I plan on doing if I'm not won over by the upcoming CPU's (even if they are £50 dearer lol). The G0 version of the Q6600 will clock to the same speeds as an E2180 as well apparently, so that'll give you a lot of bang for your buck.

Dougiebabe2003 said:
The CPU isn't the most important part when playing games. A decent GFX card is more important than a decent CPU nowadays.
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Very true, with the majority of games these days most of the game is focused on the graphics. With regards to Crysis, you can run that on all high with no AA at a playable frame rate provided you don't game at any reolutions too far above 1280*1024 (as that's what I do lol). However, if you have a habit of throwing grenades at everything in sight, then you will benefit from a powerful CPU in Crysis, as that's what it uses for the physics.
 
ojrules said:
ermm i've already got the 4gb ram... long story ( bought it to fit in an asrock ddr/ddr2 hybrid, as there were only 2 dd2 slots, and the memory freq would not overclock, only to find that the mobo could only have 2gb of ram)
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Ahhh I see.

In that case your sorted then;)

What are you coming from may I ask?
 
ojrules said:
ps, what os shall i use?... xp is brill for gaming and crysis, but vista is also rather nice...
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Aye, Vista is nice (from what I've seen) but form what I've heard, it takes around 10fps away from intensive games such as Crysis. Which sucks lol. THis performance issue might be solved with SP1 one though.

And you know that mobo you're using apparently only runs the Pci-e x16 at x4, so you' might see a performance difference with the extra bandwidth as well
 
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