what would you buy.........?

Dead Dog · 25 Apr 2007 at 10:21

OK i'm thinking of upgrading from my old 64 bit amd winnie & msi mobo & patriot xblk ram & 6800gt.
it seems that intel is defo the way to go, so if you were to buy a setup right now what would you get?
CPU
mobo
ram
gfx
psu

i had i mind :
E6320 conroe
mobo hmm p5n, ds3p, fatality fp-in9 poss AB9 quad GT.
ram - don't know what best value p/OC
gfx - 8800gts
psu - again don't know 600 w +

what i'm after isn't just top of the range stuff, i want the best value for overclocking.

what would you get and why / why you wouldn't get.

happy shopping

EDIT.
** forgot to mention - rig is water cooled and will be adapted to fit**

Nymins · 25 Apr 2007 at 10:23

CPU: E4300
MB: Gigabyte DS3
RAM: Not completely sure, but i got the Patriot Xtreme performance 2GB DDRII800 for £82 from somewhere

GFX: 8800GTS
PSU: Corsair 520w.

That should be fine for a budget overclocking computer. You could "up" the CPU if you have more money to the E6320 like you said, but i think the E4300 will OC higher with budget ram.

WJA96 · 25 Apr 2007 at 10:28

If I was buying today;

E6420 with Thermalright Ultra-120 CPU cooler and AC Fan 12
Abit AB9-QuadGT Motherboard
Patriot PC6400 CL5 4GB Kit (2 x 2Gb) or Crucial Ballistix PC5300 if you only want 2GB
EVGA 8800GTS 320Mb (for the upgrade programme)
Corsair HX620W PSU

If I was buying in 2 weeks I might be tempted to swap the Abit motherboard for the XFX 650i Ultra, but as it's not out yet, I couldn't be sure.

Dead Dog · 25 Apr 2007 at 10:44

forgot to mention will be water cooled.

WJA96 · 25 Apr 2007 at 10:50

Dead Dog said:
forgot to mention will be water cooled.

E6420
Abit AB9-QuadGT Motherboard with EK NB/SB/PWM kit in Acetal

Patriot PC6400 CL5 4GB Kit (2 x 2Gb) or Crucial Ballistix PC5300 if you only want 2GB
EVGA 8800GTS 320Mb (for the upgrade programme) and EK 8800GTS Acetal Block
Corsair HX620W PSU

Dead Dog · 25 Apr 2007 at 12:14

isn't the ram clocking totally separate on the p5n, so theoretically ram performance wouldn't effect the cpu's clocking?

Nymins · 26 Apr 2007 at 10:09

I think you can set it to be unlinked while overclocking so you only overclock the CPU if you want.

WJA96 · 26 Apr 2007 at 10:44

Dead Dog said:
isn't the ram clocking totally separate on the p5n, so theoretically ram performance wouldn't effect the cpu's clocking?

On the NVidia boards they have what they describe as an Asynchronous mode but in reality it's a divider recalculated when you reboot the PC. You can run the RAM slower than the CPU if you want on the NVidia and ATI chipset boards though. The Intel boards do need faster RAM to get the same overclock.

Dead Dog · 26 Apr 2007 at 16:26

another thing i'm thinking is whether or not to bother with dx10 stuff right now, if i stick with XP and maybe go with a 1950 instead of the 8800 i'd save myself £160 on fista and a 8800, then do the change when it's actually needed.

Cupra · 26 Apr 2007 at 16:35

i think it will be a little while before the 8800's come down again as they dropped earlier this week

Dead Dog · 26 Apr 2007 at 17:04

its not just to wait until they get cheaper, its simply whether its actually worth going dx10 yet, i hardly play games on the pc now i've just got a ps3, so i think i'd probably be wasting my spons getting dx10 gear.