Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
Well 4GB of RAM is £35 so won't break your bank. £100 for the Q6600 (if you say so) leaves £115.
Asus P5Q-E as abit have thrown in the towel and don't make a P45.
You could also look at the biostar P45 (custompc's favourite) or DFI P45's (clunks favourite). All fall into that price range.
The RAM I mentioned is the corsair xms2 PC6400 from scan and no 8GB isn't worth it.
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
Been offered the following...
ASROCK SKT-775 P43D1600TWINS S/L 1600FSB
Intel Q9250 (es)
4GB (2GB x2) Generic PC6400
All the above for £150.
Worth it?
What is the CPU like? Can't seem to find a lot of info on it.
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
Not heard of the chip
Generic RAM is OK as long as you don't want to overclock the chip very much.
Not a fan of Asrock or P43 really but it will get the job done.
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
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e36Adz
What is the CPU like? Can't seem to find a lot of info on it.
I haven't heard of it either. Where are you getting this from.
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
Might be a silly typo for Q9400 / Q9300 / Q9100, all of which are inferior to the Q6600, apart from the Q9100 with 12MB cache
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
Definately not a typo, its from a mate off mine. I think he got the chip from abroad, this was before quad core was even released over here. I'm waiting to speak to him on msn to get some more info about it, he has the above setup all working together perfectly so it's less headache for me.
There is hardly anything on google showing up but I found this:
Q9250 (12MB L2, 2.33GHz, 1333 FSB)
at: http://www.overclock.net/intel-cpus/...breakdown.html
Has a list of all the quad core cpus and its definately there.
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
Hi,Engineering Sample?
Cheers BOB
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
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Originally Posted by
bibio
Hi,Engineering Sample?
Cheers BOB
Thats the ES part figured out :mrgreen: What does it actually mean though?
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
It's the pre-relaease stuff that sometimes get reviewed afaik.
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staffsMike
It's the pre-relaease stuff that sometimes get reviewed afaik.
Does it look like a decent chip?
Based on this info.... 12MB L2, 2.33GHz, 1333 FSB
It will run at 3.0Ghz easily too.
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
Sometimes engineering samples (from what I have seen) aren't that great and others are better than what gets released..
Sounds like a Q8200 with a bit more cache, it might run 3.0GHz but it will be harder to get there starting at 1333MHz. So it would be nice to hace decent RAM and a decent board.. niether of which the Asrock/generic ram are.
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
The Biostar TPower l45 is awesome apparently (£110, I think), with some 4GB of PC2-6400 for £40 and the nice Q6600, you're saying you can get £100. On the spot.
Don't bother with 8GB of ram, extremely pointless. Unless you like overkill.
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
How is the Biostar in comparison with the Asus P5Q?
If mate decides not to sell his bits, I'm looking at this...
Asus motherboard P5Q SKT 775 Intel P45 1600FSB DDR2 ATX
£90 Inc VAT [NEW]
OCZ 4GB PC2-6400 Reaper HPC (2x2GB)
£40 Inc VAT [NEW]
Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 95W Energy Efficient 2.4GHz
~£100 [USED]
Which is £230.
Will my Tagan 480W be ok?
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
yes the tagan will be fine, its a good psu, i use to have one of them
Re: Cpu/Mobo/Ram for ~£250
Out of interest where are you getting the q6600 second hand?