Final rig thoughts

2008-07-04 10:42:16

#1

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6504|United Kingdom

thoughts on the rig below - thinking of buying in the next few weeks.

Q6600 95W Edition + Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme + OCZ Thermal Paste + ArtiClean
Asus P5E x38 or Asus P45 P5Q ?
2 x 2 GB Corsair Dominator 1066mhz
500GB Seagate 32mb cache HD
Samsung DVD-RW
Corsair 650W TX

To be used with a thermtlaek kandalf, x-fi extreme gamer and atm a 7900GS til the 4870 prices drop.

cheers.

Last edited by Mitch92uK (2008-07-04 11:40:09)

2008-07-04 11:40:46

#2

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6819|UK

I would dump the X38 unless you are fairly certain you will be going Crossfire. P45 will still give you your PCI 2.0 slot for one card and save yourself a bit of cash.

By the time you get a crossfire setup you will probably be looking to nehalm and a new mobo anyway (X58).

Martyn

Last edited by Bell (2008-07-04 11:41:44)

2008-07-04 13:05:07

#3

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

Ok my suggestion will be entirely different. From the reviews I've read X38/48 OCes better than P45 and has full pci-e bus speed. I think you made a really good component selection Mitch except the CPU. Q9xxx series OCs better and are fairly cheap. But if it was me, I'd still go with a dual core.

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2008-07-04 13:16:31

#4

signa: ~~~~~; +50|6998|Michigan, USA

* 500GB Seagate 32mb cache HD *

I dont know the specs on that seagate, but maybe take a look at the samsung spinpoint F1 series which are supposed to be some of the fastest 7200rpm drives.

2008-07-04 14:05:39

#5

DUnlimited: got any popo lolo intersting?; +1,160|6733|cuntshitlake

signa wrote:
* 500GB Seagate 32mb cache HD *

I dont know the specs on that seagate, but maybe take a look at the samsung spinpoint F1 series which are supposed to be some of the fastest 7200rpm drives.

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Bell wrote:
I would dump the X38 unless you are fairly certain you will be going Crossfire. P45 will still give you your PCI 2.0 slot for one card and save yourself a bit of cash.

If you want to save that £40. If crossfire is more important, then go X38 aka P5E.

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2008-07-04 14:16:48

#6

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6504|United Kingdom

So the spinpoint is better even though half the cache and cheaper?

2008-07-04 14:20:58

#7

.Sup: be nice; +2,646|6723|The Twilight Zone

Mitch92uK wrote:
So the spinpoint is better even though half the cache and cheaper?

Yes. Everything above 16MB cache is a waste of...well cache.

2008-07-04 18:00:30

#8

signa: ~~~~~; +50|6998|Michigan, USA

Mitch92uK wrote:
So the spinpoint is better even though half the cache and cheaper?

the spinpoints i was looking at had 32mb cache.

2008-07-05 11:33:17

#9

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6504|United Kingdom

Ok .. so

Q6600 95W Edition GO Stepping/Thermalright Ultra 120 Extreme/OCZ Paste/ArtiClean
Asus P45 P5Q
2x2GB Corsair 1066mhz Dominator
500GB Spinpoint 16mb cache HD
Samsung DVD-RW
Thermaltake Kandalf {
X-Fi extreme gamer { Already sorted.
Palit 512mb 7900GS {

yes?

2008-07-05 12:53:43

#10

Bell: Frosties > Cornflakes; +362|6819|UK

I would go for a Gigabyte board, and personally I went for the seagate 500GB, never had a problem and it works a treat.

Martyn

2008-07-07 07:07:28

#11

Mitch92uK: aka [DBS]Mitch92uK; +192|6504|United Kingdom

Ok a final, final thought

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Last edited by Mitch92uK (2008-07-07 09:28:21)

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