Spec Check: no.5492

[deadsquirrel]

Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR
Noctua NF-S12 1200 RPM 120mm Quiet Case Fan
Thermalright Ultra-120
Nvidia 8800GTX 768MB GDDR3 : was going to go for an Ultra but thought ill wait for Crysis and new nvidia cards and upgrade then.
Patriot 4GB PC2-6400 Extreme Performance (2x2GB)
Asus P5K Premium Wi-Fi Intel P35 LGA 775
I already have a DELL 2407
I have an unused collermaster cavalier (i think) case which will do for now.

Need advice:

Hard drive: Thinking of WD AAKS but not sure if the smaller ones are as quick as the 750gb which I don’t need
PSU: no idea at all. It needs to be reliable. I will not be using SLI in the future so nothing too wild.
Vista: I think I might wait for a bit until it becomes more reliable and Crysis is out. Ill buy it then.


Any thoughts suggestions? I am secretly hoping for a 3.6gig OC from the Q6600. Have i missed anything out?

 

[deadsquirrel]

"3.6 Gig?! Either I'm not up to date on G0's clockability or I think you might be pushing your luck a bit. "

hey... im an optimist! But seriously, quite a few people over at the XS forums seem to have them at the 3.4 - 3.8 mark. If i was a betting man (which i am ) i will put my chances at around 22.5% - 28%.

Do you think the extra for an Ultra is worth it considering the 1900/1200 res of the monitor?

Thanks for the PSU sggestion. Will have a look.

 

[deadsquirrel]

ok, so thats pretty much it then. The only thing i am not 100% sure of now is the RAM. Anyone here have patriot ram? Any other 2x2gb kits you would recommend?

p.s this better be quicker then my athlon [email protected] with a 6800GT or ill be round your houses for justice!