£450 box spec me up:)

[keef247]

really? well I do alot of hd conversion for wmvhd for streaming to my elite...
and like back alot of my dv video to dvd and convert it to dvd movies and alsorts of things and like to do photoshop and be burning away whilst running some scans.or that whilst playing some games
would i be able to run CoD4/Crysis whilst doing some of the above.
is a QuadCore 4x2.4ghz cores then?
same as a DualCore is 2x3ghz core on the one above?
how does it work?
or is it say 2.4ghz spread between 4 cores so 600mhz each core.and the same concept for dualcore?

I do however favour the concept of having 3GHz dual core and even if it doesn't give i've still got insane 3GHz of power and a nice 6mb of cache

in a way I might prefer running stock over overclocked as I never think their 110% stable... I've had a "prime-stable" overclocked machine back in the day and it would stack on source and restart and yet its "prime-stable"

EDIT: just noticed the QuadCore has 8MB cache:O wouldn't that also make it more favourable?

[directhex]

if you want to run a lot of heavy tasks at the same time, maybe quad core is safer. but the chips in question are the 2.4ghz q6600 quad core for ~£160, and the 3ghz e8400 for ~£130. my spec above is with the cheaper chip - and moving to a better quad core means spending ~£220 minimum (q9450, 2.66ghz)

decide how much you want to spend.

[keef247]

is the 2.66 quad really worth the extra money for 222mhz:S?
well i can easily afford the quad so I thought having the extra 2 cores that would benefit.

also as i asked above
"is a QuadCore 4x2.4ghz cores then?
same as a DualCore is 2x3ghz core on the one above?
how does it work?
or is it say 2.4ghz spread between 4 cores so 600mhz each core.and the same concept for dualcore?"

???

[directhex]

it's 4x 2.4ghz versus 2x 3ghz.

[keef247]

why is the 266 mhz gap in quad cores at such a ridiculous price:S mind you with lappys a 2ghz over a 1.8... has it got even more cache then?
also is cache spread across all cores or seperate cache per core?
would a c2d beat a quad core over a per cache allocation?

oh and will i need to plug a molex into the "Abit IP-35, Dark Raider, iP35 Express, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 533/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX" mobo?

errr comfused by scans description?
"Scythe Ninja Plus Rev B Fanless HeatPipe Cooler S775/S478/S754/S939/940 c/w 120mm Quiet Fan" so does this come with a fan or not:S?
if not which one please from scan.
taaa

ALLLLLLLLSO with the above headsink fit the above mobo fine as it warns about it being close....

[Webby]

The difference in price for the 2 quads is not just 266MHz per core, the faster quad is also the newer 45nm chip which should be more efficient so generate less heat, it also has 12MB Cache over the 8MB of the Q6600.

On the overclocking front the Q6600 (2.4GHz chip) has been shown to overclock easily but as Hexy says overclocking is not guaranteed.

Cache wise Intel provide cache per core, so the 8MB of L2 Cache is 2MB per core the E8*** duel cores have 6MB of Cache 3MB per core. AMD differ in this as they utilise a shared cache for all the cores, just for your information.

As to your molex question you will need to plug in your 4pin/8pin 12v connector if your PSU doesn't have one you can buy an adapter.

[Webby]

Yes the Scythe Ninja does come with a fan, also look at the Thermalright Ultima 90 with a quiet 120mm fan it will cool better than the ninja and is smaller.

[keef247]

oh i don't care about size I'd prefer a huge loud thing to a hotter space saver...
erm...
Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK

"LN18914
Abit IP-35 Pro, iP35 Express, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX" this is the pro is it really worth the extra £ over this?

Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK

i can afford either but yer... I will be overclocking. I don't care about esata. so i can't figure out if it'd be better overclocking or not...

would this be better than the scythe ninja?
Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK

[keef247]

oh my budgets 470 now...

[keef247]

just bought

Ballistix 2GB (2x1GB) DDR2 PC2-8500 1 £48.99 £48.99
Subtotal: £48.99
Delivery £3.99
VAT £9.27
Order Total £62.25

[Blitzen]

ah well lol am sure am not going to be the only person doing it xD

Plus the fact XP probably wont register.

[directhex]

just bought

60 quid for 2 gig?

isn't that a little... pricey?

[staffsMike]

The extreme is better but requires a farily high speed fan to work at it's best.

THe ninja is designed to be run either passive or with a low speed fan to get it's best, obviously if you use a stronger fan it will probably work slightly better but not much.

Both Abit's are very good and offer good value for money.

The Pro gets you slightly better chipset cooling,
A CMOS switch rather than jumper,
LED status thing (shows you the error)
eSATA ports
angled SATA ports
probably something else i'm missing but all in all I would probably stick with the IP-35 but i'm not really an overclocker I just get the best speed for reasonable temps and am content

[staffsMike]

already posted this in another thread but it's relevant to you.

Computer hardware and software at amazing prices, available online from Scan Computers UK in the supersavers they have the PRO for £97

[keef247]

60 quid for 2 gig?

isn't that a little... pricey?

have a look on xtreme systems for benching results in overclocking with that ram...
it'l do 600-700mhz with ease...
and the timings are amazing...
also have a look how much it goes for on the bay

[Almafi]

The Pro for £97 is a really good! Is there any kind of pattern to the Today Only deals? Do you think that this board will get around to being on Today only again?