Marty Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 So i've bought myself a few upgrade bits for my pc, so far ive bought... Intel Core 2 Duo Extreme X6800, 2 gb Crucial Ram, 750w thermaltake psu, Antec 900 gamers case, I already have a half decent g'card (7950gtx 1gb) I need a decent motherboard, and a new hard disk. Any suggestions?? I was thinking of a Abit IP35 Pro for the motherboard ? Oh, i need a decent cpu cooler too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShamelessTT Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 I always buy Abits, excellent quality and overclocking abilities. Im running one of the quad core supporting max range, but the IP35 looks an excelent choice. Zalman coolers are exceptional, i bought one recently made such a difference i was amazed! Also good choice on the case, i have one of these are there brilliant for space and cooling & the PSU is great too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daston Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Asus are the kings of the MoBo indestry they overclock are reliable and always come with a shed load of goodies, also dont skimp on the price no point in buying a big shiny turbo install if your going to bung it in a Larda. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8800 Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 are you going to o/c or not? edit: the ASUS P５K are well recommended, and the gigabyte g33m-ds2r im using in my SFF is good too, running my E6600 @ 7x500fsb 24/7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 I always buy Abits, excellent quality and overclocking abilities. Im running one of the quad core supporting max range, but the IP35 looks an excelent choice. Zalman coolers are exceptional, i bought one recently made such a difference i was amazed! Also good choice on the case, i have one of these are there brilliant for space and cooling & the PSU is great too. Yup i love the look of the case Which Zalman cooler do you have? I was thinking of using maybe water cooling, i read a review on a £50 water cooling system the other day, and it got a 5*, so tempted with that, cant remember the name though, will have to fish the mag out. Asus are the kings of the MoBo indestry they overclock are reliable and always come with a shed load of goodies, also dont skimp on the price no point in buying a big shiny turbo install if your going to bung it in a Larda. The Abit got really good reviews in this months computer shopper (best buy), although i have been looking at the asus striker extreme, and the asus p5k delux wifi too. Im a bit baffled with everything to be honest, there's too much choice, am just looking for the best stuff for the money really. are you going to o/c or not? Im going to give it a bloody good go Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8800 Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 the Thermalright Ultra-120 Extreme is the best air cooler out there, and the Tuniq Tower is very good too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marty Posted September 28, 2007 Author Share Posted September 28, 2007 Ta I'll have a look and see what i can get them for. Would i be ok using an aircooled cooler on a overclocked duo extreme? I dont think i will be going too mad on the overclocking, especially since i dont know how to do it yet Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
8800 Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 no probs, make sure u check the dimensions of the cooler so it fits in ur case. air cooling the x6800 wont be a problem just be careful with the vcore(i wont go over 1.5v on air personally). you can get 3.4-3.5Ghz on stock vcore and you should hit about 3.8 with air no problem 24/7 on 1.45v or less, have fun Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carl0s Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Whilst on this topic.. I could do with a motherboard recommendation as well. I want to use a PCI-e x8 SAS/SATA RAID controller, but I'm finding it hard to find a motherboard with a working x8 PCI-e slot. All the boards I have seen seem only to have PCI-e x16 for graphics (SLI also, but there's talk that these slots will only work for graphics cards). Has anybody got an SLI PCI-e motherboard and used the second PCI-e x16 slot for something other than a graphics card? Current thoughts are that I should just buy a cheap Dell server. edit: I just found this one.. but it's quite dear: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=572623 edit: and another: http://www.scan.co.uk/Products/ProductInfo.asp?WebProductID=459994 None of the average price (~£40) boards have a usable PCI-e x8 slot though. Oh well at least they are available now anyway. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrHanky Posted September 28, 2007 Share Posted September 28, 2007 Im no expert, but went with the folowing board after asking a few people who did know: http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=MB-086-GI&groupid=701&catid=5&subcat=913 Takes DDR2 and DDR3 so you can upgrade at a future date if you want to. Mark Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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