Hey, sorry if this has been asked to death I do not know what to search and I dont have the time to read up reviews etc to know what the best overclocking pc is at the moment.
I would like to upgrade to a core2 duo!
Currently I have the following:
Asrock dual sata II Motherboard
Opteron 146 overclocked to 2.75ghz
2 gig OCZ DDR Ram 2-3-2-5 @ 183mhz (asrock mobo is awful at 2.7+ghz cpu)
430 Antec truepower powersupply
Nvidia 7800GT 256mb PCI-E
Im looking to get the most overclockable core 2 duo (I think it is E6600? not quite sure) and also a decent overclockable motherboard that wont have little quirks like my current asrock has that prevent me from reaching the optimum max performance. It needs to have a decent bios aswell, and 2 IDE's ports would be ideal so I can still put the dvd drive on another IDE from my hard drive.
So I will require the CPU, Motherboard, and decent ram that would be a good combination, and also a new powersupply as I think 430W is not enough to overclock well.
Budget is realistically maximum possible with VAT and delivery is £500. If though I need to go over for stuff like a decent cpu HSF then its okay. I use the computer to play Counter Strike Source (no other games, just counter strike source) and I want the best possible fps with graphics on high. I also use it for html/web design and general browsing.
Im looking to achieve 3+ghz on the core2 duo.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance this is a big time saver!
I would like to upgrade to a core2 duo!
Currently I have the following:
Asrock dual sata II Motherboard
Opteron 146 overclocked to 2.75ghz
2 gig OCZ DDR Ram 2-3-2-5 @ 183mhz (asrock mobo is awful at 2.7+ghz cpu)
430 Antec truepower powersupply
Nvidia 7800GT 256mb PCI-E
Im looking to get the most overclockable core 2 duo (I think it is E6600? not quite sure) and also a decent overclockable motherboard that wont have little quirks like my current asrock has that prevent me from reaching the optimum max performance. It needs to have a decent bios aswell, and 2 IDE's ports would be ideal so I can still put the dvd drive on another IDE from my hard drive.
So I will require the CPU, Motherboard, and decent ram that would be a good combination, and also a new powersupply as I think 430W is not enough to overclock well.
Budget is realistically maximum possible with VAT and delivery is £500. If though I need to go over for stuff like a decent cpu HSF then its okay. I use the computer to play Counter Strike Source (no other games, just counter strike source) and I want the best possible fps with graphics on high. I also use it for html/web design and general browsing.
Im looking to achieve 3+ghz on the core2 duo.
Any ideas?
Thanks in advance this is a big time saver!