spec me a killer rig

[rome87]

You dont need to get a Uber CPhU. So what if it will clock higher than the rest. Sounds to me he that he isn't exactly after uber clocks.

You dont need to spend massive amounts of money to get a good system

stickroad there must be a sizeable differnce in performance between the q6600 and the qx8500 surely ?


"oh the possibiltys so much too chose from

 

[stickroad]

stickroad there must be a sizeable differnce in performance between the q6600 and the qx8500 surely ?


"oh the possibiltys so much too chose from

Of course their is. But you can clock the Q6600 to the QX6850 speeds. The point im trying to make though is whats the point in getting a 600 odd pound chip that you wouldn't take full advantage of?

Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
Thermalright Ultra-120 (Socket 754/939/940/LGA775) Heatsink
Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-6400C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit
BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI
Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM X2
Samsung SH-183LBEBN 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer Serial ATA Lightscribe
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer Fatal1ty Professional 7.1 Soundcard - Retail
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Akasa Eclipse 62 Aluminium Case - No PSU

Total : £1,448.58

If you Romeo bought a system that took all of your budget up. I bought the system above for a grand less. When the next Gen GPUs come out i would upgrade and i would be able to play the latest games out much better than your system that costed a grand more.

 

[supernova9]

stickroad there must be a sizeable differnce in performance between the q6600 and the qx8500 surely ?


"oh the possibiltys so much too chose from

Don't get me wrong - I think a far better use of the money is spending £1500 on a PC that'll run anything out at the moment and putting £1000 in the bank. But if you are going to spend £2500, I reckon a QX6850 should be part of that rig, for future-proofing.

I'm not so sure that the Q6600 will clock as high due to the locked multi, but I'm happy to be proved wrong on that count....

[Edit] - stickroad's spec for the win, keep the £1000 in the bank for upgrades!

 

[stickroad]

Don't get me wrong - I think a far better use of the money is spending £1500 on a PC that'll run anything out at the moment and putting £1000 in the bank. But if you are going to spend £2500, I reckon a QX6850 should be part of that rig, for future-proofing.

I view it like this:

The QX6850 is £681.49, your paying for four cores rated at 3GHZ. Your not going to use all them four cores just yet are you so why pay for it, by the time you do, the QX6850 will be so much cheaper.

Though if you wanted a CPU thats running at 3GHZ just buy a E6850 or something, very good price and your not wasting money, since quite a few applications are now taking advantage of 2 cores.

If you wanted a Quad though just get the Q6400 and clock it to 3GHZ or something, shouldent be a problem doing that.