Which bundle to go for

[ganstakillerz]

Hi people,

Tis a while since I last overclocked a system and was an AMD setup.
Moving to the Intel processors this time round I need some advice please.

Either I go for Ocer's bundle:-
1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
1 x Abit IP35 Pro (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard
1 x OCZ 2GB (2x1GB) PC2-8500C5 1066MHz SLI-Ready Edition Dual Channel DDR2 (OCZ2N1066SR2GK)
1 x Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)
1 x OcUK Overclocking Guide - IP35 pro, Q6600, 2GB OCZ PC 8500, Tuniq Tower, AS5

OR

1 x Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM
1 x Gigabyte GA-P35C-DS3R (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 & DDR3 Motherboard
1 x G.Skill 4GB DDR2 PQ PC2-8000C5 (2x2GB) CAS5 Dual Channel Kit
1 x Tuniq Tower 120-LFB CPU Cooler (Socket 478/754/939/940/AM2/LGA775)
1 x Arctic Silver 5 Thermal Compound (3.5g)


Just for interest what other 4GB ram kits and motherboards would people advise and why?

Any help would be apprecaited.

 

[tipsy]

TBH I'd say the top one as the abit board is supposed to be better, as someone has also pointed out to myself... why get the q6600 when the wolfdale chips are better??? (always get retail as its only a few quid and its warranty! 3 years vs 1)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-192-IN

mx2 thermal paste is also supposed to be better, not sure what to say about the unless your running vista 64 then 4gb as they system will only show 3gb in other operating systems(dont quote me on that). As 4gb is cheap at the mo its not bad but the ocz stuff is still 25 quid for 2gb.

you appear to have missed off a gfx card?? also what sort of psu are you running & finally the oc should be good with the q6600 about 3.4ghz but the wolfdale will be higher.

 

[ganstakillerz]

TBH I'd say the top one as the abit board is supposed to be better, as someone has also pointed out to myself... why get the q6600 when the wolfdale chips are better??? (always get retail as its only a few quid and its warranty! 3 years vs 1)

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-192-IN

mx2 thermal paste is also supposed to be better, not sure what to say about the unless your running vista 64 then 4gb as they system will only show 3gb in other operating systems(dont quote me on that). As 4gb is cheap at the mo its not bad but the ocz stuff is still 25 quid for 2gb.

you appear to have missed off a gfx card?? also what sort of psu are you running & finally the oc should be good with the q6600 about 3.4ghz but the wolfdale will be higher.

First off thankyou for taking the time to respond much apprecaited.

I'm planning on running VMware as well as games and the machine is used for all sorts including video editing.

Didn't realised about the Wolfdale chip and seems pretty good for ocing.

GFX card I have is the 8800 GTS OC2 320MB BFG and have a Hyper 850w PSU.

Unfortunately the new 8800GT came out about 2 months after I brought as I would have got that instead.

I've been down the SLI route and didn't think it was worth it thus not getting an sli board.

I was thinking of the Quad core as I've heard VMware and video editing will benifit from this.

Thanks for the tip on the thermal paste. i've been using the Artic silver for years and it's been really good though I'm always open to alternatives.