Spec spec:

[theforce]

Last check before i hit the button:

Motherboard: MSI P35 Neo2-FR Intel P35 £75.19 inc VAT


CPU: Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £152.74 inc VAT


CPU Fan: Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler £17.61 inc VAT

RAM: OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Reaper HPC Edition Dual Channel DDR2 £58.74 inc VAT

Did some research before i order. Thinking of getting 2 more GB of RAM later on and another 3850 next month.

What do you guys think?
Coming from an X4200+ @ 2.53Ghz.

Thanks for the feedback.

 

[theforce]

I currently have a HIS 3850 512MB card which was already overclocked.

 

[theforce]

Yeah i am aware of the fact that one PCI-E lane runs on 4X but i am not sure of how much that affects the performance of the card running at the 4X lane? Does it take a huge hit?