spec me a upgrade

drunkenmonkey · 2 Jan 2008 at 22:52

im after upgrading my athlon 3800x2 to a q6600

ive got a monitor,case,psu and hard drives ect ect

so i just want a cpu (q6600)

a decent solid motherboard (might OC to about 3ghz but no more)

and some decent ram that goes well with the board

last thing i want is to order and then find the ram dont work with the MB i get

budget for the MB about 100quid ish

and whatever for the ram

cheers!

jak731 · 2 Jan 2008 at 22:56

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drop cooler and AS5 if not neeeded.
RAM voltages will need to be set to 2 or 2.1 for the ram to work without problems (unless its faulty).

caithomas44 · 2 Jan 2008 at 23:00

check that you psu has the correct pins if you are moving from a amd to intel board

also check it is powerful enough

drunkenmonkey · 2 Jan 2008 at 23:13

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CA-019-OC&groupid=701&catid=123&subcat=148 this is the psu im using

jak731 · 2 Jan 2008 at 23:25

thats more than powerful enough. you could run CF or SLi with that PSU. you may want to check if it has all the right connectors though

drunkenmonkey · 2 Jan 2008 at 23:54

yeh if i remember right it does have the right connectors

if i was honest that MB is a bit expensive

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/productlist.php?groupid=701&catid=5&subid=913

what about some of the cheaper gigabyte p35 ds3 boards are these any good

jak731 · 2 Jan 2008 at 23:58

most p35 MBs will take a q6600 over 3GHz, the gigabyes boards are good, try the Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard as an alternative.

i recommended the abit IP35 pro as it is seen as one of the best OCing MBs available

drunkenmonkey · 3 Jan 2008 at 00:10

ok ive added this one you recommended to my basket

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-088-GI&tool=3

just need some ram now! whats good for this board

jak731 · 3 Jan 2008 at 00:13

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit if you want a max of 4GB or OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 if you want an option of 8GB

drunkenmonkey · 3 Jan 2008 at 00:22

il get the geil seem as im running vista 32bit but thanks for all your help!

J.D · 3 Jan 2008 at 07:08

Drunken Monkey??. Call of Duty [FUN] clan by any chance a while back?.