upgrade from AMD to C2Q

Dean3d

Dean3d

Dean3d

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hi all,

Decided to do an upgrade on a budget (under £400) if possible. I'm keeping my case, 1900xt, dvd drive, HDD, PSU for the moment and have vista x64 on order at the moment.

So far i've come up with this spec, I want the best bang for buck and i'll be having a dabble with OC'ing.

GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) £14.99
(£17.61) £14.99
(£17.61)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £136.99
(£160.96) £136.99
(£160.96)
Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Asus P5E Intel X38 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £119.99
(£140.99) £119.99
(£140.99)
Sub Total : £301.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £54.29
Total : £364.50

Is this the best i'll get or is there anything you would change? been out of the game for a while so any suggestions welcome!

cheers

Dean
 
Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2 Dual Channel Kit (GX22GB6400UDC) £29.99
(£35.24) £29.99
(£35.24)
Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £104.99
(£123.36) £104.99
(£123.36)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £136.99
(£160.96) £136.99
(£160.96)
Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme CPU Cooler (Socket AM2/LGA775) £34.99
(£41.11) £34.99
(£41.11)
Sharkoon Silent Eagle 2000 120mm Fan - 3/4 Pin £6.99
(£8.21) £6.99
(£8.21)
Sub Total : £313.95
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £56.39
Total : £378.59


will be better for OCing, x38 isnt needed yet unless you want 2x 16xPCIE for CF and p35 works well enough anyway for overclocking (as proven by many fellow overclockers)
 
looks pretty good, not sure about the x38 m/b though. I've heard mixed things about them, might turn into another 975x fiasco. Might be worth looking at a P35 based board.

Also if you can plan on clocking you might want to invest in a more high end cooler.
 
hmm, so p35 is the way to go at the moment until x38 has established itself? I won't b needing crossfire anyway as i'll upgrade this 1900xt at some point rather than getting a second card.
 
While PCE-E 2.0 is a nice thing to have it isn't worth an extra £60 as by the time graphics cards are being limited in PCI-E 1.0 the rest of your spec will be obsolete.

I'd go with a quad core, 4 GB RAM and a P35 motherboard.

Your basket
Product Name Qty Price Line Total
Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard £54.99
(£64.61) £54.99
(£64.61)
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM £136.99
(£160.96) £136.99
(£160.96)
Coolermaster Hyper TX 2 CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA775) £12.99
(£15.26) £12.99
(£15.26)
OcUK 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 800MHz DDR2 Dual Channel Kit £69.99
(£82.24) £69.99
(£82.24)
Sub Total : £274.96
Shipping cost assumes delivery to UK Mainland with:
City Link Parcel Next Day (Delivered Mon-Fri)
(This can be changed during checkout) Shipping : £8.25
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £49.56
Total : £332.77
 
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