Alright guys, bit of a lurker here but decide to finally sign up for an account 
Been reading a fair bit the past months week following conroe and I had my mind-set that I'll let other people be the guniea pigs and test all the new things, wait for price drops..
Last night I saw my friend ordered a E6700 with a few other bits and bobs, with a 2 week lan starting up over here soon, with my ageing 3 and a half year old system (guesstimate), I decided for an upgrade.
At the moment I have an old sockey 478 P4 2.8, MSI i865p, 2gb OCZ 3200.
I've run off a 5900ultra for years then got a 6600 free from a mate, then a 6800ultra, which tbh I get harldy any performance increases in bf2.
It's nearing the end of it's lifespan, it's still plays a lot of games just not much, and in awefully low modes.
I can't really do much overclocking on this setup, I don't really want to spend anything else on this system to make it any faster.
So here we go, another system to last me (who knows?)..
Don't need monitor or DVD/CD drive, kb/mouse from existing system.
I do want to keep the old system to give to someone.
CP-130-IN Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-130-IN)
£666.00
GX-029-GW Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GTX 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-029-GW)
£269.95
HD-087-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD)
£99.95
MY-109-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-109-CS)
£301.95
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF)
£129.95
CA-045-LL Lian-Li PC-61 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-045-LL)
£79.35
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
£84.95
I don't pay VAT here
Subtotal £1,632.10
Need a HSF...Not sure which one, Scythe Ninja/Mine?
I will be overclocking this system.
Did I miss anything, does anyone recommend a change in something?
Yes, X6800, I know a lot of people agree it's a waste of money, even I did at a time, but I will be going phase change and/or Watercooling a few months down the line.
I want the option there, I know I could save a hell of a lot going for a 6700, heck I might even consider it still that i've got time.
I again, want to go all out (almost) and have something that will last me a while, if anything 6 month or so down the line all I will need is a GPU change.
Thanks for any advice.
-Chris.
Been reading a fair bit the past months week following conroe and I had my mind-set that I'll let other people be the guniea pigs and test all the new things, wait for price drops..
Last night I saw my friend ordered a E6700 with a few other bits and bobs, with a 2 week lan starting up over here soon, with my ageing 3 and a half year old system (guesstimate), I decided for an upgrade.
At the moment I have an old sockey 478 P4 2.8, MSI i865p, 2gb OCZ 3200.
I've run off a 5900ultra for years then got a 6600 free from a mate, then a 6800ultra, which tbh I get harldy any performance increases in bf2.
It's nearing the end of it's lifespan, it's still plays a lot of games just not much, and in awefully low modes.
I can't really do much overclocking on this setup, I don't really want to spend anything else on this system to make it any faster.
So here we go, another system to last me (who knows?)..
Don't need monitor or DVD/CD drive, kb/mouse from existing system.
I do want to keep the old system to give to someone.
CP-130-IN Intel Core 2 DUO Extreme Edition X6800 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.93GHz (1066FSB) - Retail (CP-130-IN)
£666.00
GX-029-GW Gainward BLISS Geforce 7900 GTX 512MB GDDR3 TV-Out/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (GX-029-GW)
£269.95
HD-087-WD Western Digital Raptor 74GB WD740ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM (HD-087-WD)
£99.95
MY-109-CS Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB) (MY-109-CS)
£301.95
MB-020-DF DFI Infinity 975X (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (MB-020-DF)
£129.95
CA-045-LL Lian-Li PC-61 PLUS Black Aluminium Midi-Tower Case (No PSU) (CA-045-LL)
£79.35
CA-024-EN Enermax Liberty 620W ELT620AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CA-024-EN)
£84.95
I don't pay VAT here
Subtotal £1,632.10
Need a HSF...Not sure which one, Scythe Ninja/Mine?
I will be overclocking this system.
Did I miss anything, does anyone recommend a change in something?
Yes, X6800, I know a lot of people agree it's a waste of money, even I did at a time, but I will be going phase change and/or Watercooling a few months down the line.
I want the option there, I know I could save a hell of a lot going for a 6700, heck I might even consider it still that i've got time.
I again, want to go all out (almost) and have something that will last me a while, if anything 6 month or so down the line all I will need is a GPU change.
Thanks for any advice.
-Chris.
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