Little Help On Mobo If Poss? (£550 PC)

[sammytomjohn]

i wouldn't get a 9600gt got rid of mine as it it didn't seem to handle shaders very well in games and my 3dmark06 score was only getting 10,000 with an e6600@3ghz geil ultra 800's (this memory worked very good in my p5k )

I have an evga 9800gtx (738mhz gpu,2200mhz mem)that i am selling on fleabay £100 if ur interested!! it has the same clocks as gtx+ for some reason??

 

[MistaHazeX]

ah right i see lol i dont play games alot so not bothered 2 much about that more for films and just general but i dont want a rubbisih one at end of day casue never no wat might happen hehe

link ill have a quick look might be

 

[Rastalovich]

Gigabyte-EP35-DS4-iP35

I was recently impressed with this mobo. If ur sticking to ddr2 & Q6600 there would be no benefit in going with a Intel 45 over a 35, imo.

Not the cheapest mobo in the world, but I'd only suggest an IP35 Pro XE to those with prior experience of the mobos. Merely a 1600fsb version of the IP35 Pro - allegedly.

 

[MistaHazeX]

oh ya i need a mobo that supports 64bit aswell lol i cant decide still dammit!

 

[FarFarAway]

oh ya i need a mobo that supports 64bit aswell lol i cant decide still dammit!

All modern motherboards will, as will pretty much all modern processors

 

[MistaHazeX]

ah ok hehe,

 

[MistaHazeX]

Cpu

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 G0 Stepping (2.4GHz 1066MHz) Socket 775 L2 8MB Cache (2x4MB (4MB per core pair) Retail Boxed Processor - £157.16inc vat

Motherboard

Asus P5Q PRO P45 Socket 775 8 Channel Audio ATX Motherboard - £101.47inc vat

PSU (aint sure which one becasue i dont no how much power i will need?) lol

1. OCZ Stealth XStream 600W PSU - SLI Ready ATX2.2 12cm Fan - £59.99inc vat

2. Coolermaster eXtreme Power 650W PSU - ATX 12V V2.01 120mm Fan 20+4pin -£45.74inc vat

3.OCZ 600Watt ModXStream Pro PSU, Modular Cabling, Active PFC - £67.79 inc.VAT

Graphics

512Mb ATi Radeon HD 3870 PCI-Express 2 Graphics Card Card - £75.33 inc.VAT

Ram

Corsair TwinX 4Gb DDR2-6400 (2x2Gb) Memory Kit - £38.17 inc.VAT

HDD

500 GB Seagate ST3500320AS Barracuda 7200.11, SATA 300, 7200 rpm, 32MB Cache, 8.5 ms, NCQ - £42.19 Inc VAT

DVD Drive

HP 1060i 20x DVD±R, 10x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, Retail + Nero - £18.39 Inc VAT

Cost = £432.71 (without psu & case added in price)

new one what you think?

 

[Kerotan]

Graphics

512Mb ATi Radeon HD 3870 PCI-Express 2 Graphics Card Card - £75.33 inc.VAT

Spend more here, get a 4850 or if you really can't stretch to that, a 4830- either of these will trounce that 3870.

 

[MistaHazeX]

ok cool i can defo stretch to the 4830 i shall try get bit more money for the 4850 but im skint as it is but i need the pc casue im selling this one lol

whats your views on the PSU which do u think is best? number 1 was my original choice but i was just looking at the other 2 and the coolmaster has got quite good reviews but so has my original choice.

 

[MistaHazeX]

the only reason im going with quad core aswell is i dont do alot of gaming so the dual core would be no good im more of a person to have lots running in background etc..

now just one question on that matter would i be better of getting the Q6600 or the Q8200 casue teh Q6600 has 1066FSB - 8 MB Cache and teh Q8200 has 1333MHz FSB & 4MB Cache now what is better having a higher FSB or a cache casue if the FSB then i can save a few pennys getting the Q8200

thanx

 

[MistaHazeX]

anyone have an answer to question above please?

 

[MistaHazeX]

Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Socket 775 2.40 GHz 8MB Cache 1066MHz FSB Quad Core - GO Stepping

Asus P5Q-E iP45 S 775 PCI-E 2.0 (x16) DDR2 1066/1200/800 MHz SATA II SATA RAID ATX Motherboard

Coolermaster 650W Extreme Power Duo PSU -

XFX 512MB 9600GT PCI-E 2.0 (x16) 1800MHz GDDR3 GPU 670MHz 64 Cores 2xDL DVI-I/ HDTV Graphics Card

Corsair® 4GB DDR2 XMS2-6400C5 (800Mhz) TwinX (2x2GB) Unbuffered 5-5-5-18

500GB Seagate ST3500320AS Barracuda 7200.11 SATA II 7200 rpm 32MB Cache 8.5 ms NCQ Hard Drive

Samsung SH-S223F 22X Dual Layer DVD±RW Black Sata Retail Box

Lian Li PC-007FB Aluminium Black Case 25cm Fan (No PSU)

ok thats the newest put 2gether i think it might be final aswell unless u all got somethink better? lol total comes to £560-£580 depending were i get things from.

 

[GavX]

Well the thing is the 4mb cache on the 8200 will probably be faster than the 6mb on the 6600, and it runs cooler and more power efficient, I say go for it, the Q6600 I think is old hat now, sure it overclocks well, but I would get a newer quad myself (I saw some test once, very impressive, someone reduced most modern CPUs to 2Ghz, only different beingt FSB and cache, amazing seeing the difference between the E2140 and E8600 when just based on cache and FSB )

For graphics, if you are not gaming just get something like a 4670. Doesn't use alot of power, can keep pace with a 9600GSO and the PowerColor version is very quiet

 

[MistaHazeX]

ok cool i would love to get a newer quad but i just cant afford one otherwise id be straight in there lol

 

[MistaHazeX]

i have always preferred nvidia but i have a ati radeon in me laptop and its not to bad so i may change over to save a few pennys as i dont do an awful lot of gaming maybe hardly any but do other things that dont require the strength that games do.