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Hi all,
First post here, but I have been reading almost as much you all contribute for sometime. I have been saving/working a lot of overtime for quite a while (and waiting for my trusty old laptop to age) and now I’m ready to blow it all a whole new set-up.
I am looking to take advantage of the Q6600 price drop on the 22nd July (as it seems so are a lot of people). The motherboard is a bit in excess of what I am specifying, but leaves significant room for future proofing (more ram, additional graphics card, overclocking, etc) and I don’t want to wait around for a P35 SLI or X38 board (then I would have to wait around for Penryn and the next great graphics card).
I was wondering if you could take a look and let me know your thoughts, maybe advise on potential conflicts, any tweaks you think I should consider, etc, e.g. will the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme fit in the motherboard/ case ok.
The Specification is follows:
Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
Processor Cooling - Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme (Socket AM2/LGA775) Heatsink & Scythe S-FLEX 1600RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3/4 pin & Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Motherboard - EVGA nForce 680i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF68-A1)
Memory - Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
Graphics Card - BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Primary Hard Drive - 150 Gb Western Digital WD1500AHFD Raptor X, SATA150, 10000 rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.6 ms, NCQ
Second Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKB ATA-100 16MB Cache
Optical Drive - Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
Sound Card - Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard
TV Card - Hauppauge WinTV HVR-4000 Freeview/Digital Satellite TV Tuner
Case - Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case
Power Supply - Enermax Infiniti 720W EIN720AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD
Monitor - BenQ 24" FP241W Silver/Black 16ms DVI LCD TFT
Keyboard - Logitech G11 Keyboard USB
Mouse - Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse
Speakers - Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
Thanks in advance for any help!
Neil
First post here, but I have been reading almost as much you all contribute for sometime. I have been saving/working a lot of overtime for quite a while (and waiting for my trusty old laptop to age) and now I’m ready to blow it all a whole new set-up.
I am looking to take advantage of the Q6600 price drop on the 22nd July (as it seems so are a lot of people). The motherboard is a bit in excess of what I am specifying, but leaves significant room for future proofing (more ram, additional graphics card, overclocking, etc) and I don’t want to wait around for a P35 SLI or X38 board (then I would have to wait around for Penryn and the next great graphics card).
I was wondering if you could take a look and let me know your thoughts, maybe advise on potential conflicts, any tweaks you think I should consider, etc, e.g. will the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme fit in the motherboard/ case ok.
The Specification is follows:
Processor - Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB)
Processor Cooling - Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme (Socket AM2/LGA775) Heatsink & Scythe S-FLEX 1600RPM Ultra Quiet 120mm Fan - 3/4 pin & Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
Motherboard - EVGA nForce 680i SLi (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard (122-CK-NF68-A1)
Memory - Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
Graphics Card - BFG GeForce 8800 GTX OC 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express)
Primary Hard Drive - 150 Gb Western Digital WD1500AHFD Raptor X, SATA150, 10000 rpm, 16MB Cache, 4.6 ms, NCQ
Second Hard Drive - Western Digital Caviar SE16 500GB 5000AAKB ATA-100 16MB Cache
Optical Drive - Pioneer DVR-112DBK 18x18 DVD±RW Dual Layer ReWriter
Sound Card - Creative X-Fi Xtreme Gamer 7.1 Soundcard
TV Card - Hauppauge WinTV HVR-4000 Freeview/Digital Satellite TV Tuner
Case - Antec P182 Super Midi Tower Case
Power Supply - Enermax Infiniti 720W EIN720AWT ATX2.2 Modular SLI Compliant PSU
Operating System - Microsoft Windows Vista Home Premium 64-Bit Edition DVD
Monitor - BenQ 24" FP241W Silver/Black 16ms DVI LCD TFT
Keyboard - Logitech G11 Keyboard USB
Mouse - Logitech MX Revolution Cordless Laser Mouse
Speakers - Creative Inspire 7.1 T7900 Speakers
Thanks in advance for any help!
Neil
The rest is purely preference...