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[blade148]

hi ya guys ..

sorry to ask the most asked question .. but I'm buying a new rig and want you guys to tell me if all is ok before I buy pls ...

the items :

Intel Core 2 Quadro Pro Q6600 £367
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 £152
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLIDual Channel DDR2 £160
Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT £70
2 x Barracuda 500GB ST3500641AS SATA-II 16MB £74

I don't really want to spend any more money than this, But don't want to skimp on it either !

Going to pair this lot up with my ageing BFG 7600GT ( for now ) I will buy a pair of 8800's when I have the money.

I will use this rig for crunching, storage, and gaming, and some heavy CAD. I love over clocking and will def. going to get every last Mhz out of it, BUT will def, be staying on air for cooling.

Any advice pls ….

 

[Van_Dammesque]

hi ya guys ..

sorry to ask the most asked question .. but I'm buying a new rig and want you guys to tell me if all is ok before I buy pls ...

the items :

Intel Core 2 Quadro Pro Q6600 £367
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 £152
OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-8500 1066MHz SLIDual Channel DDR2 £160
Enermax Liberty 500W ELT500AWT £70
2 x Barracuda 500GB ST3500641AS SATA-II 16MB £74

I don't really want to spend any more money than this, But don't want to skimp on it either !

Going to pair this lot up with my ageing BFG 7600GT ( for now ) I will buy a pair of 8800's when I have the money.

I will use this rig for crunching, storage, and gaming, and some heavy CAD. I love over clocking and will def. going to get every last Mhz out of it, BUT will def, be staying on air for cooling.

Any advice pls ….

If your going sli (or a beefier gfx card in the future) you definetly need a better PSU, prob a 800-900W (maybe even a 1kW!).

 

[Trigger]

Firstly, read the rules and fix your sig

Product Name Qty Price Line Total
BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail BFG GeForce 8800 GTS OC2 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail £189.99
(£223.24) £189.99
(£223.24)
Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink £30.99
(£36.41) £30.99
(£36.41)
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK) £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804) £99.99
(£117.49) £99.99
(£117.49)
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £129.99
(£152.74) £129.99
(£152.74)
Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM Seagate Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM £74.99
(£88.11) £149.98
(£176.22)
Sub Total : £755.92
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £9.95
Vat : £134.03
Total : £899.90

TBH, I would get that. It's a much better balanced rig for only a couple of quid more and you get an 8800 in the price as well. You won't overclock your spec far on the stock intel cooling- you will need an aftermarket cooling solution like the Noctua in my spec. The RAM is a very good price and will overclock well and I included a 620W Corsair PSU since you mention going SLi

 

[Trigger]

If your going sli (or a beefier gfx card in the future) you definetly need a better PSU, prob a 800-900W (maybe even a 1kW!).

LOL The 620W Corsair will run SLi fine

 

[weringo]

If your going sli (or a beefier gfx card in the future) you definetly need a better PSU, prob a 800-900W (maybe even a 1kW!).

I hope you're joking, a Corsair 620W is more than enough for 2 GTXs in SLi

Edit: beaten to it ^^

 

[blade148]

ok, firstly .. sorry about the sig, ( don't know what's wrong with it .. so I'll just remove it )



thanks for the rig spec .... But i thought the 680i chip sets were better than the 650i .. but i do understand the mobo I chose will be diff. to over clock a quad core.

I did org. want a 6600 but with resent tales of bad clockers etc, I thought q6600 could be the way to go now the prices have dropped.

I know I'll need a better than stock HSF but was gonna wait til some great cooler came out

I was stuck on PSU and thanks for that.

I thought the ram i chose was good ....?? are they really not worth the money ..?

thanks for the help guys .... looks like i need it !

 

[Van_Dammesque]

I hope you're joking, a Corsair 620W is more than enough for 2 GTXs in SLi

Edit: beaten to it ^^

Well according to this site (without overclocking and with sli'ed 8800 GTS ~ 640Mb) @ 95% cpu load I get:
650 Watts.

EDIT: clicking on the PSU calculator and going to the free "lite" version.)

A Corsair should be enough!

(EDIT: my bad, ninja editing, not.)

 

[Trigger]

ok, firstly .. sorry about the sig, ( don't know what's wrong with it .. so I'll just remove it )



thanks for the rig spec .... But i thought the 680i chip sets were better than the 650i .. but i do understand the mobo I chose will be diff. to over clock a quad core.

I did org. want a 6600 but with resent tales of bad clockers etc, I thought q6600 could be the way to go now the prices have dropped.

I know I'll need a better than stock HSF but was gonna wait til some great cooler came out

I was stuck on PSU and thanks for that.

I thought the ram i chose was good ....?? are they really not worth the money ..?

thanks for the help guys .... looks like i need it !

Your sig was about 8 lines- you're only allowed 4 The 650i chipset will allow you to overclock very well. Another choice to consider is the Gigabyte DS3P which uses the Intel 965P chipset TBH, you could overclock an E6300 to the same level as an E6600 (Or very nearly) but with you doing CAD design and number crunching, you will benefit from the extra cache. The Noctua is a great heatsink and people have had excellent results with them. The RAM you chose was fine but the Crucial Ballistix are one of the best buys around at the minute

 

[icecold]

The corsair 620 will be fine unless you have a crazy amount of extra stuff running off it.

The noctua is awesome, you can get better cooling by going for water or a TEC(???) based solution, but for the money I doubt anything else will beat it significantly in the near future.

Quad core will only really show benifits in multithreaded apps.

 

[Big.Wayne]

Intel Core 2 Quadro Pro Q6600 £367
Asus P5N32-E SLi nForce 680 £152


Any advice pls ….

Blade, my opinion is save some money and don't pay £350 for a Quad-Core and don't pay £150 for that mobo. You have budgeted over £500 for just a CPU and motherboard?

Here is a motherboard, CPU and GPU for well under that figure, the exact CPU, Mobo and GPU is a matter of opinion and can be shuffled but there really is no good reason for you to spend more, this combo will make you cry with tears of joy . . . . and your wallet will thank you

 

[Reality|Bites]

You could have the memory £40 cheaper if you shop around, Probably save on the rest if you google it all

 

[blade148]

ok thanks all for your comments ...
seems no one wants me to go for a quad core, I know I won't see the benifits on most apps ATM, BUT whould be kick ass on crunching ! !

BL2KIT12864AA804 ; the ram looks good, but is a lower speed too the one's I was gonna get ... and there not SLi ready ..... make a differance ..?? will i be able to over clock these baby's good ..?


is the HS looks great .. and sure I'll get it.


rig now then :
Noctua NH-U12F Heatsink Noctua £36.41
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU (CMPSU-620HXUK)£99.86
Crucial Ballistix 2GB DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz (BL2KIT12864AA804) £117.49
Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) MB-221-AS £82.24
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 2.40GHz (1066FSB) CP-128-IN -£152.74
Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB HD-049-SE - £74.99
Barracuda 7200.10 500GB ST3500630AS SATA-II 16MB HD-049-SE - £74.99

Total : £639

* I haven't forgot about hte graphics cards you guys mentioned ... will look into it ! thanks *

so I should be able to to see 3Ghz + on this system ...? heard the newer E6600 don't O/c so well. ? I also see the Mobo has voltage drop issues too ( but then again there's a catalogue of probs with the board i chose ! )


could I see 3Ghz + on the Q6600 ..? with this system ..??

 

[Cupra]

my e6600 overclokcs fine see sig...

 

[blade148]

I take it yours is a new one ...??? ( post wk 44 - i think peeps class as new ..???? )

 

[icecold]

3+GHz is easy with e6600 and the noctua, and that mobo seems to be great at oc

 

[p4radox]

Asus P5B-E Plus
Core 2 Duo 6320
2Gb Crucial Ballistix PC5300
8800GTS 320Mb
Corsair 620W (520W if you're not going SLI)