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Smackhead

Smackhead

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My old PC just blew up in my face and have decided to get a new one, and as I wondered if this would all work.

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-065-AN&tool=3

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

Asus P5E3 Premium/Wifi@N Intel X48 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-262-AS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1050

OCZ 2GB DDR3 PC3-10666C9 1333MHz Gold (2x1GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3G13332GK
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-093-OC&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=923

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Sound Card with Free Fatal1ty Headset
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-054-CL&tool=3

Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-011-CS&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=1084

I will be keeping my Current Graphics Card 8800GTX, my 10000RPM 150GB Sata HDD and DVD Drive,but with this new rig it should allow me to either add a 2nd 8800GTX for SLI or get 2 new 9800 cards depending on how my funds are at the time.
 
It is all compatible which is the good news. The possibly not so good news is that it isn't an SLi capable motherboard so you can't add a second 8800GTX at any point, to do so would require an Nforce 7X0i based motherboard.

I'd also consider not going for DDR3 at this moment in time (and especially not with a Q6600 unless you are seriously overclocking) as you can get 4gb of perfectly decent DDR2 PC6400 for about half the price like this G.Skill kit. You'd need to change the motherboard but I'd be thinking of that anyway.
 
Looks a very nice set up. Few things i would change firstly, I would go for the new Wolfdale CPU . Secondly, make sure that, that motherboard is able to run SLI as in spec it says:
3 x PCIe x16 (blue @PCIe2.0 x16 mode, black @PCIe x4 or x1 mode) with CrossFireTM Technology support. Correct me if i am wrong:D, That is most likely
 
Crossfire is not SLI - it can't run SLI unless it's an nvidia chipset like 6x0i or 7x0i. I wouldn't pay the inflated prices for ddr3, and would also get 4gb of ddr 2, as suggested by semi-pro. For a cheap(ish) but powerful motherboard, the p5k premium is spot on. Agree with the q6600 - brilliant for the price. No mention of heatsink. I'd suggest either Tuniq Tower or Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120. Both are top coolers - the TR 120 Extreme is a little bit better.

Anyway, I hope your face isn't too badly hurt from your PC blowing up in it ;)
 
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Thanks for those bits of advice, it has helped me to refine my new system.

Ive decided to stick with.

Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Sound Card with Free Fatal1ty Headset (Depending on which MB, CPU and MEM setup I go for)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=SC-054-CL

Corsair TX 750W ATX2.2 SLI Compliant PSU
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-011-CS

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-065-AN

I have added.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-065-AN
Tuniq Tower 120 CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)


I have not yet though decided on which combo to get of...

Asus Striker II Extreme nForce 790i Ultra SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR3 Motherboard
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-271-AS

OCZ 4GB DDR3 PC3-10666C7 1333MHz Platinum (2x2GB) Dual Channel DDR3 (OCZ3P13334GK)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-109-OC

Intel Core 2 Quad Q9550 LGA775 'Yorkfield' 2.83GHz 12MB-cache (1333FSB) Processor - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-203-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=793

Cost of these 3 items alone = £918.81 inc VAT

or...

Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-161-IN

MSI P7N Diamond nForce 780i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard with Free Creative X-FI Card
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-098-MS&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=1057

Corsair 4GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x2GB) Supplied with Airflow Fan (TWIN2X4096-8500C5DF)
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-148-CS&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=817

Cost of these 3 items = £424.14 inc VAT

Personally there doesnt look like there is much difference between these sets as i can overclock the Q6600 to a similar speed as the Q9550, the memory doesnt lose much speed and the Motherboard is what im looking for which is SLI, I would have preferred it to be an ASUS but hey you cant always get exactly what you want. This second set up would also save me a lot of money aswell just on these items.
 
drop the corsair memory down to pc6400 with the Q6600, will let you clock it to 3.6ghz.

as mentioned i'd go with the ddr2 setup over ddr3.
 
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