Hmmm, tempting.

[V_R]

A friend from work who works in the IT dept has just told me he can get an e6600 for £100 if i want it. Now i have been toying on and off with the idea of getting a C2D for a while, and this is very tempting, very very tempting....

Was looking at getting the P5B Deluxe, and GeIL 2GB (2x1GB) PC6400C4 800mhz kit from OCUK.

Might just go for this......sell my left overs on Ebay....

 

[Me__2001]

i'd do it for that price

 

[V_R]

He He, was just going to post, I have.

 

[stuartw101]

Thats the exact memory and mobo i have Although i have the E6400, works well. The main reason i didnt get the 6600 was the price.

 

[V_R]

For those wondering here is what i ordered this morning. (Tried last night CC though it was a fraudulent transaction so it didn't go through. )

Antec Nine Hundred Ultimate Gaming Case
Corsair HX 620W ATX2.2 Modular PSU
ASUS P5B Deluxe (sorry flops but its the best C2D board for ocing, you have good taste. )
Geil 2GB PC6400C4 800MHz Ultra Low Latency DDR2
Zalman CNPS9500-LED (Didn't get the Tuniq tower in the end, just too big!)

The E6600 is coming tomorrow (Hopefully, no, it better!) from my contact.

New case and PSU in readyness for a GTX next month!

All other bit will be taken from my current pc, and left overs are going on Ebay. May have a thread here if anyone's interested...

 

[Adywebb]

Nice spec V_R - the only thing I would have changed was the Zalman 9500 for the 9700 as it has a larger 110mm fan which gives it a slight advantage when OCing

 

[V_R]

I did wonder that too Ady,(Ummed and ahhed for a while about that) but i thought it maybe a bit too big still. I aint a fan of not being able to get to the MB when i need/want too. and i dont intend to oc the hell out of it, at least not yet anyway. I'll let the AS5 cure first. The Antec 900 has fantastic cooling so it should be ok i reckon.

Hey i can always change it if i want at a later date!

 

[floppybootstomp]

Nice future setup there V-R

Ok, I've been looking around for some advice on overclocking and came across This

What do you think? Too complicated? Or Good?

I remember when overclocking was kinda simple, link them bridges to unlock multiiplier, mess with fsb and cpu voltage settings, that was it.

Looks to be a whole lot more sophisticated now.

So much so, I must admit to feeling a litle bewildered by it all.

However, both systems in my sig are running, crunched out, at below 40C CPU temp.

So I have room for overclocking.

I just need to know how

Yep, I know, I could suss it eventually on my own, no probs, but any advice apreciated

 

[V_R]

I was Reading a similar post of the XS Forums earlier today Flops, much the same sort of thing if i remember right. Will see if i can find it again.

 

[V_R]

Found it! Seems good and easyish to follow do you think? and i know these guys know their stuff!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=115217

 

[floppybootstomp]

Found it! Seems good and easyish to follow do you think? and i know these guys know their stuff!

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/showthread.php?t=115217

It's all good.

I will read when sober, lol

 

[V_R]

Lol, Know what you mean, thats probably for the best mate.

Guess what turned up just as i was leaving for work this morning? I only liive a mile from the citylink depot, was first on the list!

 

[V_R]

I now have all the bits i need! Just need to find the time to build it...

 

[Adywebb]

Excellent V_R - should be a great machine

...I've just 'sourced' 3 QX6700's from the US at £375 each to upgrade my AMD X2 3800 rigs

 

[V_R]

Excellent V_R - should be a great machine

...I've just 'sourced' 3 QX6700's from the US at £375 each to upgrade my AMD X2 3800 rigs

Good price!
In the nicest possible way......ya mad!! Lol, just joking!

Next month i get my hands on an 8800GTX 768mb!

 

[Adywebb]

Good price!
In the nicest possible way......ya mad!! Lol, just joking!

Next month i get my hands on an 8800GTX 768mb!

Yep - I'm a certified crunching loon

.....they are top quality engineering samples from intel (shhhhh!!)

Will go very nicely with the Dual Clovertown rig about to be built too


That 8800 is gonna be awesome V_R - should see you really pawn those suckers over at the BBT gaming clan

 

[V_R]

.....they are top quality engineering samples from intel (shhhhh!!)

Nice, my E6600 came direct from Intel too.

Will go very nicely with the Dual Clovertown rig about to be built too

Dude!

 

[V_R]

That 8800 is gonna be awesome V_R - should see you really pwn those suckers over at the BBT gaming clan

Like i dont already!

 

[labatts]

Like i dont already!

Ahem...



great rig V_R should make cod2 fly.

 

[floppybootstomp]

Like i dont already!

Ahem # 2

Labbats royally kicked my botty on CoD2 yesterday, by way of mentioining