SLi would require an Nvidia chipset. 8200/ 8300 etc..
Looks nice, very expensive case and PSU though, you could get a CM690 for £50 and a 525W for.. less lol
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SLi would require an Nvidia chipset. 8200/ 8300 etc..
Looks nice, very expensive case and PSU though, you could get a CM690 for £50 and a 525W for.. less lol
I think that only crossfire is the only option for AMD based chipsets at the moment IIRC. However with a GTX260 you should be OK for a while!! :) BTW when a single GTX260 becomes a problem it would be probably cheaper to sell it and a get another £150 to £200 graphics card. The new card probably will have twice the performance anyway and lower power consumption anyway.
It looks a nice build to me!! :) You can get away with the cheaper XClio but Enermax are a very good make. The same goes for the case but then how often do you upgrade cases though?? I would also personally get the components from both Scan and Ebuyer as you will save a reasonable amount of cash in the process!! :)
Don't know what price you have for the SM2043BW (I know microdirect have it <£100 atm) but Samsung SM2053BW is currently £116.21 at ebuyer and has a 2ms response time as opposed to 5ms. It also has a DVI connector.
Otherwise similar.
@staffsMike: I am interested in your CPU suggestion. Unless I am remembering it wrong, the Q6600 used to be your default recommendation right? As I've been pretty much out of the loop for a few months, could you tell me more about the new Pentium (presumably, this has nothing to do with the pre-Core2 dual core)?
I am once again thinking of building a PC, using the IP35 Pro that is depreciating in my drawer for the last couple of months. Back then, I was willing to pick dual-core over quad, but I also expected that quad would make more sense with each passing day.
Also, what sort of RAM make sense now? The Q6600, if I recall correctly, came with a more overclocking friendly multiplier than the Q9450 - the later requiring faster RAM (either stock or OC-ed) to reach the same level of clockspeed. How about those new Pentiums?
(As a side note, I value a quiet system, so I would most ideally want not just the fastest stable overclock, but the fastest stable overclock I can get with a good heatsink and a fan spinning @800RPM - so low airflow).
Thanks.
PC6400 is great for it.Quote:
Also, what sort of RAM make sense now? The Q6600, if I recall correctly, came with a more overclocking friendly multiplier than the Q9450
A Q6600 o/c to 3.6ghz requires no RAM overclock at all.
What Mike has been talking about mainly is AMD Phenom II (a 4 core cpu) vs the intel core2quad (again 4 cores) vs the new intel i7 cpu's ( 4 cores + hyper threading to make 8 virtual cores)
For over clocking the core2quad is just the same as the core2duo. The c2q is just two c2d cpu's shoehorned onto one substrate, just like the old pentium D
And just like the c2d newer versions have increased FSB, but also shrunk dies so they don't make as much heat when clocked to the same level. (also slightly more cache memory but that doesn't make a big of a difference on core2 as fsb speed does)
eg http://www.intel.com/products/proces...ifications.htm
q6600 = 65nm, fsb 266mhz (the quoted number is 4 times the actual fsb) x9 multiplier = stock speed 2.4ghz
q9550 = 45nm, fsb 333mhz, x8.5 multiplier = stock speed 2.8ghz
Now the thing here is that with pc2-6400 runs at 400mhz fsb stock with a good cooler you should be able to get both cpu's to 400fsb without major issue, both will go thurver but you may hit memory limits before cpu limits (esp true for the q9550) and the older q6600 will be slightly better when both are at 400fsb due to the higher multiplier
If you want to push higher/faster then the q9550 is the better cpu for it's lower temps but will require faster memory.
I can't remember the details on pentium quads (its on the news page somewhere) but they look good. Sort of, two pentium duals (E5200 is a very good chip) stuck together to make a quad. If they are circa £100 then they'll be great :)
Prefering AMD on fresh builds though.
Here are some details:
http://forums.hexus.net/hexus-hardwa...ores-ahoy.html
What sort of OC can you typically get with the Q9-series these days? I do remember from months ago that the Q6600 would do 3.2Ghz with little struggle, most people aiming for 3.6Ghz, and a few hitting 3.8Ghz and above.
If I remember correctly though, the first in the Q9-series didn't do that great on the overclocking side despite being 45nm. They were kind of hit and miss. Has that changed since?