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spar1grep

spar1grep

spar1grep

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Hello All,


After building PC's from scratch for many years using basic methods, I have decided to get into this OC area, mainly because I am building myself a ESXi whitebox, which I want to squeeze every single bit of performance out of the hardware I am going to purchase by OC'ing the CPU to the easily achieveable 3Ghz that may seem to get with the Q6600. Eventually I would like to OC the RAM but from the content here that is harder and a bit more tricky...

I have decided on the following components for my whitebox so if anybody wants to comment/pass advice, feel free to do so!:

ASUS P5Q Deluxe
CIT 550w Gold 12cm Silent PSU
Intel Q6600
Artic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro Rev 2.0
Geil GX24GB8500C5UDC DDR2 1066 4096MB x 2 (Kits of 2)
Zalman Z7 Plus ATX Mid Tower Case
ASUS HD 4350 PCI-E 1GB DDR (remember this is a ESXi whitebox so GPU not a key area).
Intel Pro 1000 GT PCI Card
Samsung 8GB MLC SSD SATA (for the ESXi install)
WD Caviar Blue 500GB SATA 11 16MB Cache x 2
HL DT-ST DVD RAM GH22NP20

Total price £605.00

I have already posted a simular thread in the Cooling forum, but that was more directly related to the best way to cool the PC. Now that I have my final priced spec, before I start clicking that 'Add To Cart' button I would like opnions on any of the products that others have found 'bad', 'good', 'not worth the money' etc. I have based the spec'ing of the hardware on opnions and reviews from numerous websites based on what I want to achieve.

Cheers.

spar1GreP
 
I would not touch that PSU mate as they are a budget brand and if it fails, it could take out other components in your system as well. I would suggest looking at a Corsair or Antec PSU. It will put the price up but this is something you cannot cut corners with.
 
As stated above, get a quality psu. The psu is the most important component in a pc so do not skimp on it. Cheap psu's are unable to deliver there claimed output, have weak/unstable rails and if they fail are likely to take other components with them.
 
One thing to watch for with the arctic coolig freezer, is wether it will fit on the board. I had the previous rev 1 on a p5q deluxe, due to the height of the heatsinks on the board i had to bend the sides of the bottom 3 fins downwards to clear the boards heatsinks. Also had to sand paper the bottom corners of the fan shroud on the freezer again due to clearance.
 
setter said:
One thing to watch for with the arctic coolig freezer, is wether it will fit on the board. I had the previous rev 1 on a p5q deluxe, due to the height of the heatsinks on the board i had to bend the sides of the bottom 3 fins downwards to clear the boards heatsinks. Also had to sand paper the bottom corners of the fan shroud on the freezer again due to clearance.
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Cheers, checked (as best I could) one of the reviews for the cooling fan said they had a P5Q (did not say what revision though) and he said it fitted with no problems, I looked at the P5Q board on the ASUS website and it was identical to the P5Q Deluxe so I took it at face value that it should be OK. It has been a concern from the beginning as there does not look very much space at all around the CPU. Fingers crossed !!!
 
The P5QE and P5Q deluxe both feature the same heatsink assembly round the cpu socket. The lower models in the range have much lower profile heatsinks.
 
Jae-So said:
y would u build a Q6600 build over an i5 one these days?
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Mainly cost, I can get higher quality hardware which I can re-use when the motherboards and DDR3 RAM start coming down in price. With a Q6600 I can begin my journey into Overclocking without feeling bad that I just killed a bleeding edge MOBO and DDR3 RAM. Also as the box is going to be an ESXi I intially thought about using the Core i7 860, which I voiced on a well known VM Ware forum, the advice I was given (which being newish to ESXi) was to go for a Q6600 processor instead of the Core range as they represented better value for money in terms of cost and where well proven to be good with ESXi.
 
setter said:
The P5QE and P5Q deluxe both feature the same heatsink assembly round the cpu socket. The lower models in the range have much lower profile heatsinks.
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Have to rethink the CPU cooling then :-( Any ideas on a CPU cooler in the same price range that would work without the need for a Dremel?
 
spar1grep, I still don't understand why anyone would build a LGA775 system in May 2010, it's like a TimeWarp where someone is reading reviews from two years ago? :confused:

Second-hand/used parts then yeah I get it, makes some sense . . . but if buying new why not AM2+/AM3 and an Athlon II or Phenom II

Asus P5Q Deluxe

£129.98 inc . . . i.e expensive!
 
Big.Wayne said:
spar1grep, I still don't understand why anyone would build a LGA775 system in May 2010, it's like a TimeWarp where someone is reading reviews from two years ago? :confused:

Second-hand/used parts then yeah I get it, makes some sense . . . but if buying new why not AM2+/AM3 and an Athlon II or Phenom II

Asus P5Q Deluxe

£129.98 inc . . . i.e expensive!
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Have to agree with this, i cant believe that the P5Q deluxe is still retailing at £129.99, this is what i paid for mine almost exactly 2 years ago.:eek:
 
I see a lot of disagrees, thanks for all your opnions, I am taking stock of what is being said and re-assessing the motherboard and processor options. Ill let you know on this post what I will be going for.
 
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