What is best system for quadcore? thx

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Lost Planet is giving 24fps on my 8800GTX at a lowley 1360x768 res, so I think my old AMD 4400 has finally met its match... sob sob... :(

I'm on a bit of a budget & are thinking of getting:

£240 Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail

£70 OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit

£146 Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
or whats the difference apart from £29
£117 Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard

£29 Thermaltake BigTyp 120 VX CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA755)
 
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There isn't a lot of difference between the DQ6 & DS4 - certainly not £30 worth imo.
& if you wait until after 22nd July the price for that Q6600 should tumble.
 
£240 Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "LGA775 Kentsfield" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - Retail
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Wait for the July 22nd price drops. Should see £50-60 knocked off the Q6600.

£70 OcUK 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500C5 1066MHz Dual Channel Kit
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Great value PC8500. Tho it's only got a 1 year warranty.

£146 Gigabyte GA_P35_DQ6 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
or whats the difference apart from £39
£117 Gigabyte GA_P35_DS4 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
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I can't say that the DQ6 is worth the extra money. Also can't say that the DS4 is worth the extra cash over the P35-DS3P either.

£29 Thermaltake BigTyp 120 VX CPU Cooler (Socket 754/939/940/AM2/LGA755)
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For a Quad you'd be better looking at a Tuniq Tower 120, Noctua NH-U12F or a Scythe Infinity.
 
Thanks guys, though missed your posts b4 going ocuk (as lucky live 2miles away) & I got all except changed mind about heatsink & indeed got the Tuniq Tower 120 ;)

My brother is using a DS4 & I noticed this DQ6 has more copper under the board & more capacitors around the CPU, so I hope its worth the extra. I think maybe the RAM is the week spot, though its rated at 1066 & I've heard if you're lucky it will do 1200.

I just got me hands on some dosh & cant wait untill price drop, though then I'd have get newer tech... sheesh you cant win :p

I'm just backing up my drives now as dont know if I'll need create a new RAID0 array & I'll be doing the build soon :D
Will let you know what I get out of it..

This pic should make you chuckle, ahh I love my 5yr old tower (it first had a cel300@464, tnt1, 128mb RAM).

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You may have issues with the DQ6 and large heatsinks. Maybe with the DS4 too. Check your brothers DS4 to see if the TT 120 hits the copper.

And the OcUK PC800 will hit atleast 1100mhz. That should be enough for most people. i run mine at 1040mhz 5-5-5-12 @2.1v.
 
phew... just finished building the rig, had some probs (will tell later as its now 4am & am going bed)

Initial result I'm testing at is 8x400=3200, tried posting at 3500 & easy.

RAM/CPU seam to be running fast

One BIG problem though is the 8800 is running really slow & CPUZ say its running at 1x not 16x :confused:

need sleep now, will attack it tomorrow :o
 
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