Spec me some bits please...

hernaldo

hernaldo

hernaldo

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Hello everyone, apologies that my first post is a request for help :o

I've currently got a setup with the below bits in...

DFI Lanparty SLI-DR nForce4 mobo
Athlon 64 4000+ S939 @3.15Ghz
2x1GB Ballistix Dual Channel Kit (DDR500)
XFX 8800GTX 768MB
Creative X-Fi Xtreme Music
4 X Hitachi 250GB TK7 SATAII something's in RAID0 (using nVRaid)
2 X Maxtor Diamond Max 9s 160GBs in RAID0 (using Sil3114 onboard Raid)
3 X IDE writers\rom drives...

Basically I've had it with this system and want to upgrade...

I was thinking...

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 "SLACR" revison CPU

New mobo (to support the cpu and one that has enough SATA ports for all my drives, preferably "native", not some junk like the Sil3114 that is "bolted on") Also must have some IDE channels...Basically a full featured mobo that supports overclocking (DON'T want SLI\Crossfire)

4GB DDR2 RAM....need help with this, must be overclockable, hopeing to get 3.6-4Ghz out of the Q6600

I'd be really greatful for some product suggestions including price that OCUK stock...

Possibly considering a Wolfdale E8500 instead of the Q6600....Trouble is a I do a lot of encoding so the 4 cores would be useful to me?

Anyways, so I need new cpu\mobo\ram....really not sure AT ALL with the mobo\ram as I've never owned any intel kit in the past...

Thanks, :)
 
your budget?

any gaming to be done?

for a MB try something like the abit IP35 pro, or any other p35 or x38 chipset based MBs.

you ram, to get 3.6GHz+, you should be looking at PC2 8500 ram, if you dont want to overclock the ram, otherwise pc2 6400 may suffice depending on the chips.

the q6600 will be better for encoding, however the upcomming yorkfields with sse4 maybe temnpting.
 
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Thanks for posting :)

Budget....hmmm don't really have one lol. Thats not to say I'm going to be throwing money around the place :eek:

Just want to spend enough to satisfy the above criteria...

Really after a mobo\ram recommendation, mobo thats not ridiculously expensive but allows lots of overclocking and has a decent number of SATA ports, that sort of thing. I'm not into looks at all, never was into all the lights and whatnot.

Last thing I heard is that intel delayed releasing the Yorkfield mainstream parts until a good few months, has that changed then!?

Also, kinda in a hurry to get going, I know a Q6600 could turn out to not be the "best" choice but there's no way it could possibly turn out to be a bad one based on its price etc.

So just need a decent mobo and ram recommendation then really? plz plz plz ;)

If I were to get the slower ram vs the faster stuff what sort of price difference are we talking...I have NO idea whatsoever about anything DDR2!

Thanks in advance.
 
Outcast said:
If your going to install a 32 bit O/s then anything above 3Gb RAM will not be seen/used.
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Hi yeah I head about that, some strange value around 3GB or something. Not a problem though, I thought with this amount of RAM might be worth give the 64bit version of Vista a go if I can find a cheap oem deal going.

thanks
 
Was just looking at this

Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

I've read some reviews and it sounds really good, apart from the overclocking bit?

Is it likely that it would stop me getting a Quad 6600 to 3.6Ghz assuming the cooling\cpu is capable of it, some sites seem to think so but the reviews are from a few months ago and a newer bios etc might have changed things?

Thanks, :)
 
They Abit p35 would probably go to 3.6ghz im sure I recalled some one having done higher on that board, I would recommend this (but this is my opinion:D) The DS4 has 6 sata ports or if thats not enough the DS5 has 8 :)

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz (x2)
Gigabyte GA-X38-DS4 Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2

Although are you sure you want to stick to DDR2 and not DDR3?
 
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