Upgrade finalisation

[willhub]

Hi, well I had a few other threads about upgrading, but right now I am piecing together what I will hopefully be purchasing tommorow and arriving at my door on Friday.

Which option should I go for? What should I change, it seems all to be compatible, so only need to buy now the stuff now, just need osme oppinions

Here is what I have:

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[willhub]

This is what I'd go for personally...

Crucial Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-6400C4 800MHz Dual Channel Kit (BL2KIT12864AA804)
(£72.84) £61.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6420 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.13GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£123.36) £104.99

Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket 775)
(£17.61) £14.99

Gigabyte GA_P35C_DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
(£96.34) £81.99

Western Digital Caviar SE16 320GB 3200AAKS SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£54.04) £45.99

Sub Total : £309.95
Shipping : £8.95
VAT : £55.81
Total : £374.71

This gives you a P35 based motherboard which will support future 1333FSB CPU's, such as Penryn. The CPU cooler is the best for the price, and the WD SE16 drives are meant to be the best around at the moment.

But the P5NE SLi has future support for the Penryn, nice selection anyway, I'll consider that motherboard

 

[willhub]

Also, will the OCZ Vindicator fit this mobo?

 

[willhub]

I'd get this if I were you:-

Intel Core 2 DUO E4400 "LGA775 Allendale" 2.00GHz (800FSB) - Retail
(£93.99)

Asus P5N-E SLi nForce 650 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£79.89)

OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
(£76.36)

Akasa AK-171 Copper RAM Heatsinks
(£7.04)

Samsung SpinPoint T HD501LJ 500GB SATA-II 16MB Cache - OEM
(£69.31)

OCZ Vindicator Heatpipe CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
(£23.49)

Total : £360.60

Will the C2D E4400 overclock well? And what about the ram? its OcUK stuff, even with ramsinks I would not think it would be a good overclocker surely?

Faster ram than the mobo supports tho will work wont they, the ram speed will just underclock to the maximum it supports right?

 

[willhub]

Does it now

I know it supports 1333FSB but Penryn? I'm not so sure...

Obviously it wont support it right now, but it will in the future if Asus updates the Bios on it which I would have thought they will do??

 

[willhub]

Ok thanks for the info.

I have decided to stick with the Ballistix and E6600, I am confortable with overclocking the ram anyway

Cant get a HDD though as I dont actually have enough money because I never knew checks take 10 days to clear