New system components, comments welcome

{T5K}TT · 17 May 2007 at 23:49

High time I updated my system, and I'd thought of using these components:

Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 TwinX (2x1GB)

Asus P5B (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz

I have a decent case (SavRow SR-71), good psu (Seasonic 600W), decent optical drives.

I mainly use my computer for gaming.

Does anyone have any comments about the above components, their potential compatibility, and such like?

Thanks for all suggestions and input.

Substance · 17 May 2007 at 23:51

everything looks good there but to be honest with this RAM so dirt cheap i would go for that

*edit* if you can spare another £10 this MOBO is a very good clocker

*edit 2* Actually with the money you save on the ram you can easily afford the mobo

Slinky1989 · 17 May 2007 at 23:54

Yeah I'd agree with the ram substance suggested

I overclocked my e6600 to 3.4ghz with it.

Problem is I bought it a month ago when it was £120 inc vat :mad:

so it's a quality bargain now.

Jaffa_Cake · 18 May 2007 at 00:09

You could also get the Ballistix PC5300 and clock it to 1000MHz

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR slightly more expensive but much better clocker than the Giel.

{T5K}TT · 18 May 2007 at 08:38

Thanks all for the replies, the RAM recommended looks much better value for money.

In addition the Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 looks definitely attractive.

Would it be worth spending the extra (a substantial extra too, £60-ish) and going for the Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 over the E6600? What do you think?

shine · 18 May 2007 at 08:39

{T5K}TT said:
Thanks all for the replies, the RAM recommended looks much better value for money.

Would it be worth spending the extra (a substantial extra too, £60-ish) and going for the Intel Core 2 Duo E6700 over the E6600? What do you think?

The 6600 is much better value don't waste your money on the 6700 - you'll be able to overclock past the speed of the 6700 easily.

sidefxv1 · 18 May 2007 at 09:00

shine said:
The 6600 is much better value don't waste your money on the 6700 - you'll be able to overclock past the speed of the 6700 easily.

^What he said.

Also, what resolution do you usually game at?

{T5K}TT · 18 May 2007 at 09:17

sidefxv1 said:
^What he said.

Also, what resolution do you usually game at?

Hi,

1280*1024

sidefxv1 · 18 May 2007 at 10:09

Ah ok, was just wondering if it was worth looking at the GTS 640. But the 320 should be more than good enough for that res, I believe. I think the general consensus around here is that anything up to 1680x1050 is fine on the 320.

Substance · 18 May 2007 at 10:59

Yeah, im using the 320 at the moment and my 19" tft only does 1280x1024, and no game i have played so far has dropped below 70fps