Spec me a machine that can get a q6600 G0 to 3.6ghz

[Subliminal Aura]

This should be a challenge...

Budget is £500

No need for gfx - onboard graphics or a cheap £15 jobbie will do !

No need for cdrom/floppy

Components needed

Edit: Oops forgot the CPU : 1xq6600 needed

RAM ideally 2gig but might be happy with 1gig if it aids stability.

Good overclocking motherboard.

2 Small but fast disks in raid0.

Good cooling.

Case/PSU

Thermal paste

Beginners guide to overclocking(optional)

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Oh sorry mate I forgot the cpu !

Maybe £500 is to too close to call ?

Whats the cheapest that I can do this then ?

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Hmmmm nice spec : I'l swap the disk for something cheaper and exchange it for a graphics card.

Thankyou very much sir.

 

[Subliminal Aura]

what are you planning on using this pc for? could perhaps save money or direct you in a better direction if we knew. Im guesing its something which is heavy on cpu like decoding and your not a gamer?

Thanks Big Man

Yeh it will be a number cruncher to add to the farm so I'll need a few of them hence the reason why I want it for as cheap as possible. So yes it will be crunching stuff like seti or doing 3d rendering

 

[Subliminal Aura]

OK lets remove RAID0 its over kill for just number crunching

 

[Subliminal Aura]

LOL at you lets see if the basic spec works and overclocks before moving to buying more of them

 

[Subliminal Aura]

Thanks for the feedback gents.

I'm tempted to go DS3R but these forums are scattered with overclocking problems.

*** undecided ***