new pc specs?

stryder · 9 Jul 2006 at 14:29

hi
can i get your opinions and advice on this gear for my proposed new system?-

Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
Asus P5W DH Deluxe WiFi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
OR
Abit AB9 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

G.Skill 2GB DDR2 HZ PC2-6400 (2x1GB) CAS4 Dual Channel Kit (F2-6400PHU2-2GBHZ) (MY-013-GS)

Sapphire ATI Radeon X1900 XT 512MB GDDR3 AVIVO TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) with the Zalman VF900-CU Quiet Copper VGA Cooler

many thanks in advance

Stelly · 9 Jul 2006 at 14:31

Everything looks good but I have bought the Intel Bad Axe board... everyone seems to be using them in testing

Stelly

stryder · 9 Jul 2006 at 18:52

thanks stelly, i`ll have a look at that, i didn`t know intel boards were any good!

fenderbass86 · 9 Jul 2006 at 18:59

Not many people like the layout of the Abit's anymore, why they've put a SATA port next to a pci x1 slot is beyond me.

stryder · 9 Jul 2006 at 20:45

the Asus P5W DH Deluxe seems alright but i wouldn`t fancy having to flash the bios to get it working with the conroe cpus as i wouldn`t have an old cpu to do it with and messing about trying to get a replacement bios chip from asus doesen`t sound sound to thrilling either!