Members -groovatious- Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Now the fun task of getting up to my elbows in components and putting it together!! Ended up going for: CoolerMaster CM-690 Case Corsair HX-620 PSU 2 x Seagate 320G 16M HDDs (Not in RAID - 1 for OS, 1 for Audio) 4 Gig 800MHz RAM Gigabyte P35 DS3 Mobo Jetway GeForce 8800GT Intel Quad Core 2.4 Q6600 CPU D-Link DWL-G510 Wireless Network Card Thank you to all KSS members for your advice along the way! Been looking forward to this for a LONG time, so just had to voice my excitement! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Allerian Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Now you "get" to do that cool part where you find out if it all works together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 And you also "get" to do that teeth-grinding part if you read about the Q9450 and the P38-series motherboards . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members indigo_dave Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 And you also "get" to do that teeth-grinding part if you read about the Q9450 and the P38-series motherboards . Don't know what you're referring to, but I used a Gigabyte P35 motherboard in a pc I built (with assistance from a friend) last summer and it's great. Gigabyte gives good documentation too. I used an intel Core 2 duo processor. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dereksljuka Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 I feel compelled to post my system specs. Core 2 Quad Q6600 ASUS P5E (iX38 chipset) 2GB Crucial Ballistix nVidia 8800 Ultra, overclocked to 666MHz / 2300MHz Western Digital Raptor Auzentech X-Fi Prelude Seasonic S12 650W Lian Li PC-65B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Yoozer Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Don't know what you're referring to Technological progress. The moment you buy something it becomes obsolete and you kick yourself for not waiting just a little bit longer . I've got a Gigabyte P35 too, but the (correction, not P38), X38 series is out now, as well as the Q9450 (which has 2 x 6 mb instead of 2 x 4 mb and runs at 2.66Ghz instead of 2.4). Just a little bit faster and a little bit more current again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members dereksljuka Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Sure the iX38 chipset and Penryn CPUs are nice, but we will all be kicking ourselves once Nehalem comes out later this year! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -groovatious- Posted February 18, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 And you also "get" to do that teeth-grinding part if you read about the Q9450 and the P38-series motherboards . Haha - if one has that attitude in this day and age, you'd never buy anything! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Awake77 Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 I've got a Gigabyte P35 too, but the (correction, not P38), X38 series is out now, as well as the Q9450 (which has 2 x 6 mb instead of 2 x 4 mb and runs at 2.66Ghz instead of 2.4). Just a little bit faster and a little bit more current again. and an 8x multiplier....It will be interesting to see how far they can overclock on current P35/X38 series motherboards. What would give you better performance - the Q6600 at 3.6Ghz or the Q9450 at 3.2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -groovatious- Posted February 18, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Now you "get" to do that cool part where you find out if it all works together. Why wouldn't it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Allerian Posted February 18, 2008 Members Share Posted February 18, 2008 Why wouldn't it? Experiences vary. May it all be well with your system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -groovatious- Posted February 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Well, it's all up and running Runs like an absolute dream - I must have a talent for this Had a few issues with noise from the CM690 case and fans, but a few rubber spacers between the fans and case fixed this. It's not silent , but it's quiet enough not to be annoying. Runs cool as ice tho and BLAZINGLY fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members orangefunk Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Why wouldn't it? SOme PC components just don't get on with other components... My old Echo MIA card was really fussy about motherboards (I tried 2 different motherboards with no success)... in fact I just ended up selling it on ebay and somebody else bought it and he/she seemingly had no problems... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Awake77 Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 SOme PC components just don't get on with other components... My old Echo MIA card was really fussy about motherboards (I tried 2 different motherboards with no success)... in fact I just ended up selling it on ebay and somebody else bought it and he/she seemingly had no problems... The old VIA chipsets had issues with a lot of DAW setups...I havent had a hardware compatability problem in years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members -groovatious- Posted February 21, 2008 Author Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Well no issues here except for Windows Live Messenger crashing. But I have a feeling it's something to do with firefox. As for some reason it will just keep crashing and then taking down Firefox along with it I have a web page open. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members ElectricPuppy Posted February 21, 2008 Members Share Posted February 21, 2008 Welcome to the land of Core 2 Quad! Prepare for Massively Multithreaded Bliss! (Mine mostly plays WoW. ) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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