pimmo2000

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Anyone spot anything that could save me money or would be better for an up grade?


Intel Core 2 Quad-Core Q6600 G0 SLACR, 95W, S775, 2.40 GHz, 1066MHz FSB, 8MB Cache, OEM

Asus P5K Premium/WiFi-AP, iP35, S 775, PCI-E (x16), DDR2 1066/667/800, SATA II, SATA RAID, ATX

4GB (2x2GB) Corsair TwinX XMS2 Pro, DDR2 PC2-6400 (800), 240 Pins, Non-ECC Unbuffered, CAS 4-4-4-12

512MB Asus 8800GTS, PCI-E 2.0 (x16), Mem 2070MHz GDDR3, GPU 740MHz, HDTV/2xDual Link DVI-I

250 Gb Western Digital WD2500AAKS Caviar SE16, SATA300, 7200 rpm, 16MB Cache, 9 ms

Pioneer DVR-215BK 20x DVD±R, 10x DVD±DL, DVD+RW x8/-RW x6, DVD-RAM x12, SATA, Black, OEM

spectrum48k

pimmo treat yourself to one of these:
Components » Hard Drives » Solid State - Overclockers UK

pimmo2000

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Almost no access times.. was reading about solid stat.. far far far too expensive

P1Fanatic

I would ask yourself if you really need the quad core. If your gaming then there is no point currently. I weighed this up and opted for the new 45nm wolfdale dual core e8400 at 3.0ghz stock which is £30 cheaper than your quad at 2.4 stock with 8mb L2 cache compared to 6mb on the wolfie. If you really must have quad core wait for the 45nm Q9450 at around £230 end of Feb start of March as they come with 12mb cache but for me not worth the wait and extra £90 on top of the e8400.

Simon

pimmo2000

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Video editing and working with codec. Quad core will make life so much easier

chrisowe

What about a Blu-ray/HDDVD combo drive?

Daz34

Do you really need built in wifi and crossfire support?
You can get a mobo without these but the same quality japanese bits & decent cooling solution for about half that cost.


I have a Q6600 and it runs at 3Ghz on standard voltage

hux309

For video editing a fast hd is vital, samsung have just brought out thier f1 drives with a whopping 320gb per platter.

Got a spinpoint myself, cracking drives.

They are coming out with smaller sizes than ocuk have so might take a bit of looking around.

P5k is a top board, i have the deluxe and can't fault it.

P1Fanatic

Fairplay. Word is that the new 45nm quads wont be out til March and even then supplies will be very low. Even the wolfdales are short in supply at the moment so glad I got one. The E8400 has already been clocked to 4.0ghz + with decent air cooler and I think some have it knocking on 5.0ghz under water. Mine runs at 25c under load.

Simon

P1Fanatic

I got the P5K-E at around £35 cheaper than the Premium and Im not sure I can see what your getting for that Extra £35?

Cheers,
Simon

pimmo2000

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I need the wifi and the cheaper boards don't have it !