Best memory for e6600

im aiming for a lightly quiet rig (planning on using sharkoon silent eagles in it) so i would be open to any other alternatives?
 
what do you reckon to what this guy has said?

"There's really no need for a 600W to run that system. Your power requirements are more like 200W max. Look at the Seasonic 430W (they stock it) - it's cheaper, still more power than you need, quieter and slightly better eff. FSP are great, Seasonic are better.

If you think you might whack two powerful cards in an SLI set-up in the future then consider the 500W Seasonic."

For this

"core 2 duo e6600

OCZ PC6400 2gb

silverstone tj05 bacl with window

asus p5b deluxe (as it stands)

asus en7600gs 512mb silent

FSP Epsilon 600w

i want a raid 0 setup"
 
At the end of the day, do you want a PSU that will last you for a couple of months or a couple of years?

Who knows what's over the horizon in terms of power sucking PC components, but if you buy a reasonably beefy PSU now, you wont have to make another purchase for a long time.

Also , the price difference between units is minimal, so why not get the best in your budget.
 
i suppose i see your point - i dont really want to spend much more than i have to - but i want some future proofing obviously - but i dont upgrade unless its absolute necessary, would a 500w be what im looking for or would a 600w (300w spare / 400w spare respectively)

Are seasonic a better company as suggested?
 
my main thought is estimated how long (in years) would a 500w last me and how long would a 600w. obviously this is affected by lifespan of the component as well as the need for new technology so taking these into consideration if the 500w can run all i want and more (such as dx10 card and souncard etc.) with still some to spare imo it would be the best deal
 
With regards to 200w consumption - after checking, just the mobo, CPU, GPU & 2 sticks of ram would consume far more than that.

Then you need to take into consideration the PC's startup requirements. Components such as hard disks and fans consume a lot more power when spinning up.

Personally i wouldnt buy anything less than a 500w PSU.

Having never tested a Seasonic i couldnt comment personally, but the FSP unit is certainly a good unit once you get past its bare interior.
 
the guys on tech-pc definately have different views lol

so the fsp 600w is expected to last me ages and ages?

also one question - is the asus p5b going to have a lot of bios tweaks coming up to get the most out of it?
 
mrapoc said:
the guys on tech-pc definately have different views lol

so the fsp 600w is expected to last me ages and ages?

also one question - is the asus p5b going to have a lot of bios tweaks coming up to get the most out of it?

It wouldn't exactly last you ages and ages but it'll last you a while :)
 
I recieved my P5B ysterday, and it's got all the tweaks of the P5W. Its pretty tweak packed.

Edit: And gfor a power supply, i'd recommend this (not)
 
rofl rofl rofl - so its basically a p5w without all the non essential crap

do you reckon its set to overtake the p5w with later bios releases seeing as though its a newer board?
 
mrapoc said:
rofl rofl rofl - so its basically a p5w without all the non essential crap

do you reckon its set to overtake the p5w with later bios releases seeing as though its a newer board?

The P5W will always hold its place as it fully supports crossfire.

However, the P965 chipset on the P5B seems to clock higher and run cooler. They've already pushed out a bios with an fsb adjustable up to 650mhz after seeing the mass overclocking potential of this board.

At present, the only negative thing i have to say about it is that clockgen doesnt support it, so suicide overclocking is out the window.
 
well safe is the only way for me to go so i wont be overclocking to dangerous levels...i cant see myself being able to afford dual gpu lol and if i want it ill get one of those new cards with 2 cards built in. i am really interested in that board now as asus are apparently adding more and more updates to increase stability to an even higher level :P

just out of interest did u order ur components of specialtech, if so what ram did you get as ive heard problems with ocz

also was it you who said they had a spare tj05 window lying around? is it black? how much u want for it
 
mrapoc said:
well safe is the only way for me to go so i wont be overclocking to dangerous levels...i cant see myself being able to afford dual gpu lol and if i want it ill get one of those new cards with 2 cards built in. i am really interested in that board now as asus are apparently adding more and more updates to increase stability to an even higher level :P

just out of interest did u order ur components of specialtech, if so what ram did you get as ive heard problems with ocz

also was it you who said they had a spare tj05 window lying around? is it black? how much u want for it

I got my E6600 from ST but unfortunately they didnt have the P5B in stock so i had to get it elsewhere. I think they have it back in stock now tho.

At the moment i'm running Mushkin PC2-8000, but i'll hopefully be testing some OCZ on the board soon.

I have a spare TJ05 side panel, but not a windowed one :(
 
ahh no problem mate :)

isnt pc2-8000 overkill - im not sure on this ram mumbo jumbo so should i aim for pc2-6400?
 
mrapoc said:
ahh no problem mate :)

isnt pc2-8000 overkill - im not sure on this ram mumbo jumbo so should i aim for pc2-6400?

Overkill? Wassat :p

PC2-6400 should do you perfectly fine :)
 
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