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Question of the Day: Are you keeping your Prime subscription?
MY New PC. Woot
- Thread starter lord_spaceman
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@Zenbaas
That's true, but he did ask what we thought.
Maybe but reading some of the so called "input" from some of the members i think they should rather cork it.
It won't pwn it, in a recent tomshardware article which is posted somewhere here the increased FSB made no difference, when the quad was clocked to the e6750(in this case) both to 3ghz there was NO difference. So FSB is highly overrated. If you want a dual core go E6750 and OC it.
Still between the two i would definately go for the quad.(and i have
)The_Techie
Resident Techie
Well, games are slowly starting to use multiple threads so the E6850 might outperform the Q6600 now, but with future games it might not...
The_Techie
Resident Techie
@Zenbaas
That's true, but he did ask what we thought.
Don't have a link, but go to the raidmax SA website, they've got it there with some nice pics. The only place I've seen it for sale is Digital Planet, which makes me hesitant, but I think I'm going to buy it anyway, unless someone gives me a good reason not too.
PC International also seems to sell them...
The_Techie
Resident Techie
Yes I am
It's clocked at 2.4GHz stock, but can easily be overclocked to 3GHz on stock cooling (I did)
lord_spaceman
Expert Member
As I said (and Messugga pointed out) in the first post, this card is a cheap, temporary card for now. I plan to swop it out for a better card soon.
d0b33
Honorary Master
I'm thinking of doing a similar upgrade but with a quad core and 8800GT
I'm not sure if I should buy from Take 2 though
I'm not sure if I should buy from Take 2 though
Thestealth
Expert Member
@sufferwell - you can work on specs and then go to take2, prophecy or digitalsaonline to see who'll give you the best price.
Personally, I'm an AMD fanboy!
Personally, I'm an AMD fanboy!
d0b33
Honorary Master
This is my current list at Kalahari.net, the aquatank looks good but expensive
GameXStream PSU. 700W Sustained. 1,343.95
Gigabyte™ 3D Aurora570 Black Aluminum 1,298.95
Intel Core2 Quadro Q6600 quad core 2.4ghz box cpu 2,625.95
ASUS EN8800GTX AquaTank/HTDP 7,379.95
Asus P5L-MX LGA 775 Intel 945G Micro ATX Intel Motherboard 752.95
PC2-6400 DDR2 2Gb Dual Channel Kit (2 X 1Gb) Platinum XTC 1,143.95
Total R14,545.70
I'll shop around and see if I can find better specs for cheaper.
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QX6700RULZ
Expert Member
This is my current list at Kalahari.net, the aquatank looks good but expensive
GameXStream PSU. 700W Sustained. 1,343.95
Gigabyte™ 3D Aurora570 Black Aluminum 1,298.95
Intel Core2 Quadro Q6600 quad core 2.4ghz box cpu 2,625.95
ASUS EN8800GTX AquaTank/HTDP 7,379.95
Asus P5L-MX LGA 775 Intel 945G Micro ATX Intel Motherboard 752.95
PC2-6400 DDR2 2Gb Dual Channel Kit (2 X 1Gb) Platinum XTC 1,143.95
Total R14,545.70
According to Asus and their cpu support page, the mobo does not support the Q6600 also why get a GTX when a GT performs almost as well at less than half the price. Rather get a GT and swap the mobo for something decent ie any of the P35 chipset mobo's (also more future proof)
d0b33
Honorary Master
I still needed to research the motherboard, thanks I was confused because the motherbord model says P5 but did not realise the chipset was 945G
Rocket-Boy
Honorary Master
If you are looking at getting a Q6600 and overclocking, then I would recommend getting one from prophecy, for R100 extra they will garauntee you a Q6600 with Q0 stepping which clocks up like a monster.
d0b33
Honorary Master
I'm thinking of going with prophecy right now, anyone purchased from them? service good?
Thestealth
Expert Member
I definitely had a good experience with them a few months ago when I got some stuff. The comms and feedback was really good. Personally, I would recommend them. Try digitalsaonline for reference as well
This is my current list at Kalahari.net, the aquatank looks good but expensive
GameXStream PSU. 700W Sustained. 1,343.95
Gigabyte™ 3D Aurora570 Black Aluminum 1,298.95
Intel Core2 Quadro Q6600 quad core 2.4ghz box cpu 2,625.95
ASUS EN8800GTX AquaTank/HTDP 7,379.95
Asus P5L-MX LGA 775 Intel 945G Micro ATX Intel Motherboard 752.95
PC2-6400 DDR2 2Gb Dual Channel Kit (2 X 1Gb) Platinum XTC 1,143.95
Total R14,545.70
I'll shop around and see if I can find better specs for cheaper.
Ok, sticking my nose in, but here is what I would suggest:
Isonic Omega Modular 600W (brilliant yet cheap PSU)
8800GT, with a good third party cooler, OC and you've basically got yourself GTX performance.
Go cheaper on the case and get a decent Motherboard mate. (Plenty decent cases for much less)
P.s. Prevent yourself from being raped and shop around. Those prices are far from stellar!
Thestealth
Expert Member
d0b33
Honorary Master
OK, will do
Thanks, I'll go with a GT probably, I just I liked the idea of an aquatank out of the box, but I could easily buy an add-on aquatank for a GT I guess
Edit.
I'm importing Vista ultimate 32bit OEM from the US and it only cost me a little over R1000 excl shipping, shipping is R2000 but that is mainly for the macbook which will still end up being cheaper compared to if I bought it locally, so I'm saving on Vista a little
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