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Chris C · 25 Jul 2007 at 14:18

So a la lloyd grossman I've dliberated, cogitated and some other stuff and after speaking to 'many knowledgeable' people and reading these forums this is what I'm about to press Checkout on.

please can anyone highlight any problems I'm gonna have if they can see any to alay any aprehension of spending £1500 I might have.

my main question is will the PSU handle it, is the ram/mobo good for clocking, and what can i expect to get the e6850 to given my choice of cooling.

i really appreciate any comments as I dont often spend £1500 on a PC. I have swayed away from the Quad Core 6600 as I just dont think I would use it (don't fold or anything, and mainly play a game + rip dvd etc)

Thanks guys

Samsung SH-S183ABEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA ReWriter (Black) - OEM x2
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2RPR10662GK) x2
Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6850 "LGA775 Conroe" 3.00GHz (1333FSB) - Retail
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
Noctua NF-S12 1200RPM 120mm Silent Case Fan - 3 Pin
Scythe Card Reader & Floppy Drive - Black
Seasonic M12 Modular 700W Silent ATX2.0 Power Supply
Western Digital WDSC50RCW Secure Connect Serial ATA Cable
Western Digital Raptor 150GB WD1500ADFD 10,000RPM SATA 16MB Cache - OEM
Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case - No PSU (Gun Metal Black)
Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD - OEM - 1Pk
Leadtek GeForce 8800 Ultra 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink

melbourne720 · 25 Jul 2007 at 14:24

IMHO...

- Change the e6850 for the Q6600 (I know, you want high speeds, but trust me)
- Get another hard drive. WD 5000AAKS or something similar
- Don't get the ULTRA, get a GTX and clock it. An 8800 Ultra is a complete waste of money.
- Get a Thermalright 120 Ultra extreme to cool your quad

Other than that, looks good.

stickroad · 25 Jul 2007 at 14:26

Not a bad spec.

Maybe change the Ultra to a GTX, the Ultras only offer a few extra FPS over the GTX.

The Noctua Cooler wont fit on that DS4 board. Change the board to this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-135-AB&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913

Fantastic board.

and the CPU Cooler to this one:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-039-TR&groupid=701&catid=57&subcat=821

Think about change the Memory to something like this:

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MY-088-CR&groupid=701&catid=8&subcat=144

That Crucial stuff will hit 1000MHZ +, fantastic RAM. Theirs no need to go for 8500 rated Memory to be honest.

fastwunz · 25 Jul 2007 at 14:28

OR - and this is just an idea mind.................. give me all the money.....

fRostiE · 25 Jul 2007 at 14:30

fastwunz said:
OR - and this is just an idea mind.................. give me all the money.....

as suggested i would change the ultra to something slightly lower, i believe the thing i read recently was that it gave a 8% performance increase for a 20% price increase... just a FYI really...

Darg · 25 Jul 2007 at 14:34

Melbourne and Stick are right. Well apart from the cooler. Noctua is a great cooler. Should handle your quad core okay. Thermalright ultra 120 might see you drop a couple C at load but at an extra cost of about £20 after you get a decent fan for it.

Ultra = waste of money. Go for GTX. It will run any game coming out this year at high settings. What more do you need?

Have a look at the P5K board as well. Set one up for my boss and it was very easy. Noctua definitely fits on it too as I have one keeping his E6320@3Ghz at a nice cool 23C idle and 40C load.

Don't get the raptor. Waste of money. The WD AAKS are almost as fast and you get 500GB far cheaper then the 150GB of the raptor.

Chris C · 25 Jul 2007 at 14:41

Darg said:
Melbourne and Stick are right. Well apart from the cooler. Noctua is a great cooler. Should handle your quad core okay. Thermalright ultra 120 might see you drop a couple C at load but at an extra cost of about £20 after you get a decent fan for it.

Ultra = waste of money. Go for GTX. It will run any game coming out this year at high settings. What more do you need?

Have a look at the P5K board as well. Set one up for my boss and it was very easy. Noctua definitely fits on it too as I have one keeping his E6320@3Ghz at a nice cool 23C idle and 40C load.

Don't get the raptor. Waste of money. The WD AAKS are almost as fast and you get 500GB far cheaper then the 150GB of the raptor.

The Quad core thing still bothers me, its slower and I just dont think id use the cores.

The Ultra i picked is within £5 of a BFG GTX card and those are out of stock forever it seems, which is the only reason I did pick an ultra, it just wasnt much more money.

if I go with a quad and clock it to about 3GHz is that crucial ram going to be ok ?

I heard the Thermalright 120 ultras wern't flat, and I dont really want to have to mess about with it.

Trusty · 25 Jul 2007 at 14:47

Chris C said:
The Quad core thing still bothers me, its slower and I just dont think id use the cores.

The Ultra i picked is within £5 of a BFG GTX card and those are out of stock forever it seems, which is the only reason I did pick an ultra, it just wasnt much more money.

if I go with a quad and clock it to about 3GHz is that crucial ram going to be ok ?

I heard the Thermalright 120 ultras wern't flat, and I dont really want to have to mess about with it.

You a good spec mate, change the ram to 2GB x 2 sticks tho if you can. Also, if the Ultra is within 5 quid of the GTX. Go for it! The Ultra is still a different revision core to the GTX's. Therefore you should see your Ultra overclock far beyond what the GTX can.

Chris C · 25 Jul 2007 at 17:20

Is that abit board going to be good for ocing ?

melbourne720 · 25 Jul 2007 at 20:00

The P35 chipset, which the abit board has, is generally thought of as being a fantastic clocker. Don't know about that board specifically, but I'd be surprised if it wasn't.