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[Mark Birney]

Thanks a lot. He mentioned if you wanted to go SLI or Overlock, but he went on to say "650 is one the edge anyway". Still, his sources may be different

I'll just buy the PC piece by piece then, to be safe

 

[Mark Birney]

Ok, considering this setup. Tell me if it's good:
Antec 900 Midi Tower
NEC DVD+-RW burner
Samsung Spinpoint F1 1TB
Intel i7 920
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD4P, X58, Socket-1366
XFX GTX 260 Core 216
Crucial DDR3 3GB 1333 MHz
750w PSU

And more than likely Windows XP.

So, what's your verdict?

 

[Damian Henderson]

Very good setup.

Will be pretty well future proof.

Enjoy.

 

[Mark Birney]

Thanks. I'll go ahead so

 

[James Yates]

Thanks. I'll go ahead so

Only thing to improve it would be another 3GB ram :wink2:

 

[Mark Birney]

Yeh, looking at the compatible ram for the motherboard/CPU, according to Komplett.ie anyway, 3gb is the most I can afford. 6gb is around €150. Also I've read that 6GB isn't ultimately necessary, doesn't really do heaps better than 3GB as far as I know.

Anyway, if I am choosing XP then 3GB is the most I can use anyway. For sure I will upgrade later.

 

[Damian Henderson]

3gb is plenty for XP, when you move to Windows 7 add another 3gb.

 

[Mark Birney]

Sure thing Damian, thanks

 

[Matthew Parr]

3gb is plenty for XP, when you move to Windows 7 add another 3gb.

Im running 4GB Ram on vista enough ???

 

[Steven Palmer]

Im running 4GB Ram on vista enough ???

32 or 64 bit version?

if its 32bit you'll be fine, 64bit will enable you to have more than 4GB

 

[Omer Said]

Anyway, if I am choosing XP then 3GB is the most I can use anyway. For sure I will upgrade later.

Xp has a 64 bit edition mate

 

[Abdul Al-Amry]

Guys, lets talk CPU Coolers.

In need of a new one. Temps arent dropping below 55c in idle using Arctic Freezer.

 

[Michel Salvador]

hey abdul yes let talk about it i need 1 soon to so i can crank up more the CPU OC

http://www.thermalright.com/ [FONT=Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif]Ultra 120 eXtreme[/FONT] or http://www.tuniq.com.tw/Cooler%20Info/Tower-120.htm

this is supose to be the best for price and quality there other to but i think for air this is the way to go and i think you got OC Q6600 3.0 correct ?i saw it from the OC tread .Your temp is way to high 55 in idle.i have the arctic freezer pro idle at CPU 30 CORE 1-2 40 that with 4.2 OC e8400.
You have the best quad Q6600 for OC from alot reading in OC forum easy to OC and low voltage

i started with arctic freezer pro to c first how my cpu wil go and now i know it can go higher i wil need to go with the best cpu cooler i wanna reech 4.5 and maybe more if i can.

 

[Damian Henderson]

The ultra is amazing...espcially if you lap it also ( which most do need ) Get it if you can.

I also highly recommend the Scythe coolers if your on a certain budget, got a E4500 @3.2Ghz 29C idle 48C load with the andy samurai. It's the best cooler for that price, in terms of cooling and being the most silent you can get at around that price range.

http://specialtech.co.uk/spshop/customer/product.php?productid=5096

The only big downside is push pins, but for me how silent it is and how good the cooling is for the price made it a worthy buy.

 

[Abdul Al-Amry]

I might just be tempted with this cpu cooler

Less than 50 quid.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=HS-000-PL&tool=3

Its huge but cools exceptionally well.

Or this

Aroung £40 which isnt bad at all. Its been getting high revs.

Damian, I am terrified of push pins after a bad experiance recently.

 

[Peter Duivelaar]

How can you test the temperature of the Graphics card?

 

[Abdul Al-Amry]

Peter, download speedfan. Lets you see your GPU temps and CPU temps.

 

[Damian Henderson]

I like HWMonitor more and then Coretemp for the CPU.

http://www.cpuid.com/hwmonitor.php

http://www.alcpu.com/CoreTemp/

 

[Abdul Al-Amry]

Here is anudda one coming out anytime now

 

[Damian Henderson]

If money is no issue look at these.


1) Prolimatech Megahalems & Megashadow

2) Therrmalright IFX-14

3) True 120
*Even better lapped and washer modded.

4) Xiggy

5) Thor's hammer