Spec check

kjab3068 · 3 Dec 2006 at 23:38

Hiya, going to order the following, I think it's a pretty safe option of stuff to put together reading on the forumes, etc.

Any advice/additions/changes?

Should I keep/change the CPU cooler?

Thanks

Spec;
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775) £13.99
(£16.44) £13.99
(£16.44)
Intel Core 2 DUO E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail £182.99
(£215.01) £182.99
(£215.01)
Gigabyte GA_965P_DS3 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £84.99
(£99.86) £84.99
(£99.86)
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £154.99
(£182.11) £154.99
(£182.11)

vincent1989 · 3 Dec 2006 at 23:42

might want to get a better cooler, tuniq tower if you have the room, or maybe scythe infinity

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-SB
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-006-SY

that is of course if you are planning to overclock, if not, then the freezer will be fine, and even with it you should get a reasonably cool overclock

apart from that it's fine, might want to be a bit wary of GeIL atm, lots of problems, might want to consider corsair, or OCZ

kjab3068 · 3 Dec 2006 at 23:45

I did wonder between the arctic and scythe/tuniq. and difference between those 2?

also I had asked earlier between the geil and OCZ (OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK))

now which am I better off with, I understand it can be a bit hit or miss with memory as to whether they are good clockers or not...

cheers

vincent1989 · 3 Dec 2006 at 23:51

kjab3068 said:
I did wonder between the arctic and scythe/tuniq. and difference between those 2?

also I had asked earlier between the geil and OCZ (OCZ 2GB (2 x 1GB) PC2-6400 Dual Channel Platinum Revision 2 XTC Series DDR2 (OCZ2P800R22GK))

now which am I better off with, I understand it can be a bit hit or miss with memory as to whether they are good clockers or not...

cheers

tuniq is huge, so may have some clearance issues in some cases/motherboards, hence i also offered the scythe which is far smaller for almost equal cooling, tuniq does however give the greater cooling.

i think i may have been one of the people telling you to get the GeiIL RAM, but having read a few more threads it seems they are going through a bad spot atm, hence why im now suggesting the OCZ

its not just the overclocking potential either, GeIL is great for that, as long as you get 2 good quality sticks, been a lot of issues with sticks being buggered out the box.