Time for an upgrade?

[Webby]

For people wanting Q6600s cheap or at least cheaper check Scans Shop offers £120 http://www.scan.co.uk/ShopOffers/Index.aspx

[jonathan_phang]

Hmm. Going to call up Scan to see if they will just let me change the item? I've never really used that section before... If a Scan mod sees this then could they let me know if they think this is possible...

EDIT: I Love Scan customer service... spoke to a nice bloke, well actually he seemed well tired... and they have decided that that price is still valid and that they would honour it, so will let the existing order go through and then refund me the difference later. Top quality. Scan, I salute you!

[-iceblade^]

nice prce...

i'd bite but i need a new mobo more...

[piggin23]

I am happy you have managed to sort this out JP.

Have always found the people on the phone @ Scan very helpful. Only problem is what they say and then do are not always the same.

[jonathan_phang]

I am happy you have managed to sort this out JP.

Have always found the people on the phone @ Scan very helpful. Only problem is what they say and then do are not always the same.

Well, I'll have to check the credit card statement - but I have faith in Scan. They've never failed me! Got all the pieces and took a while on the build... the case i got isnt that large, so I spend ages on the cabling, and it now looks relatively neat.

One thing was that I was a bit disappointed with the cooler (Thermalright Ultra Extreme 120) but only because when I had put the AS5 on the CPU, i went to take off the label/cover on the bottom of the heatsink and it wasnt one of the nice easy-peel ones, and it left a load of sticky residue on the bottom.

It was about 3am and i just wanted the hardware to boot, and I didnt have any rubbing alcohol to clean it, so basically, I had to just rub it off by hand. I'm sure that this hasnt helped my temps (Or at least I hope thats why) but will redo it again, once i have settled on an OC...

Will post my findings in the Q6600 sticky or one of the many ones available - but basically can do:
- 350 FSB on 1.3v
- 375 FSB on 1.75v

so basically its about 3.4 ghz but the temps are quite high... but to until i install all my games again to test, wont know the diff. 3.2 or even 3 might be fine.