Upgrade Questions?

[gunny2k6]

Hi guys i bought gear from OcUK like 1.5/2 years ago and not have any problems with the gear hence why i m looking at buying new gear from OcUK

right this is what i m looking at buying probably even gonna order it today/tonite...

2x OcUK GeForce 8800 GTS 320MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail
1x Corsair 2GB DDR2 XMS2 Dominator PC2-8500C5 TwinX (2x1GB)
1x Corsair Memory Cooler (Dominator Fan)
1x Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
1x Asus Striker Extreme nForce 680 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

just wondering if anyone could recommend a good enough CPU Cooler ??? for the Core 2 Quad, i have a Modded Lian-Li V1000 with Mesh on side where the motherboard area is

PS i have a Enermax Noisetaker 600Watt as my PSU

 

[semi-pro waster]

I'd probably suggest 1x 8800GTX in preference to 2x 800GTS if for no other reason than it is simpler and less hassle than SLi.

The Ram cooler is probably overkill unless you are seriously overclocking and even then it might not be necessary.

Noctua NH-U12F or Tuniq Tower are a couple of the best air coolers.

 

[Alex UK]

I'd recommended this...

EVGA GeForce 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (768-P2-E831-AR)
(£381.86) £324.99

Noctua NH-U12F (Socket LGA775/754/939/940/AM2) Heatsink
(£38.76) £32.99

Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 "LGA775 Conroe" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
(£150.39) £127.99

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

Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
(£150.39) £127.99

Sub Total : £675.95
Shipping : £8.95
VAT is being charged at 17.5% VAT : £119.86
Total : £804.76

Ok, sorry to completely rip apart your original spec but do allow me to explain. As said above, it's better to go for one 8800GTX over two 8800GTS's, as you'll still only have 320MB of available RAM, never mind the other complications SLi brings. The motherboard is based on the new P35 chipset, and so will be compatible with future CPU's, such as Penryn. The RAM is highly overclockable and will easily reach 1000MHz and beyond.

 

[gunny2k6]

thx for replys.

reason for the Quad Core is i have Dual Intel Xeon 3.06ghz (533fsb) so 2 physical and 2 logical cores (4 ) so getting Q6600 would basically be like having my Dual Xeons but less hassle by being 1 cpu and slightly slower not fussed thou as higher fsb.

reason for Corsair is i ve used corsair ram in many builds and never had a chip go Dud on me YET!! so wouldnt want to go to different brand and have hassle of buds.

reason for 2x 8800gts is i ve read if u overclock 1 gts its just as fast as 1 gtx, so 2 should be like having 1 gtx OC'd ? and i d like to try SLI and i like nvidia over ATi as i ve had mix of both in my life time

reason for asus striker is i LOVE asus boards never had a bud board YET!, i ve had abit, gigabyte and MSI before and had problems of things blowing or boards giving problems and its N680i and i love nvidia .