Hello,
I'm going to buy some pc components to build a new rig and I'm thinking about getting the following:
INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6600 2.40 GHZ LGA775 - 1066 FSB
RAM DDR2 KINGSTON KHX6400D2/1G HYPERX 1GB PC6400 800MHZ, Timings: 5-5-5-15
ASUS P5B P965 / ICH8 Intel chipset
ASUS EN7950GT/HTDP 512MB PCI-E
This PC is mainly aimed for 2D/3D gaming (2D Emulators, Doom3, Quake4, HL2,Prey, new upcoming 3D games, etc..) and I'm not going to intall more than one GPU in SLI mode or what ever, so I choose the cheaper P965 Intel Chipset M/B, rather than the more expensive 975X ASUS boards.
Also I might use this M/B to upgrade to a Quad Core CPU, later on when they become affordable.
1. Instead of the INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6600 2.40, would it be wiser to get INTEL CORE 2 DUO E6400 2.13 GHZ LGA775, based on performance/price ratio?
2. Is it worth spending the extra money and getting a 975x ASUS M/B instead of the P965 / ICH8, in terms of overall performance based on my needs?
3. I have not deciced whether I should get the more expensive ASUS EN7950GT/HTDP 512MB PCI-E GPU, or get the cheaper:
ASUS EN7900GS TOP/2DHT 256MB PCI-E, which comes factory overclocked:
Engine Clock: 590 MHz.
Memory Clock: 1.44GHz (720MHz DDR3)
That's higher than the stock 7950GT specs & in some benchmarks it even scores close to the 7950GT performance!
http://www.hardwarezone.com/articles...086&cid=3&pg=1
4. Should I get the 1GB PC6400 DDR2 800MHZ Kingston Ram, or just get a cheaper 1GB 667MHZ DDR2 Twinmos RAM, CAS Latency: 5?
Will the 800MHZ grant me a greater difference in performance over the 667MHZ RAM taht will justify the extra cost?
Any opinions will be highly appreciated
Thanks in advance.