Can some1 verify this for me?

[WolfXIII]

I heard somewhere that 975 chipset boards r good for E6600 and above cpus.. and P965 chipset boards are better for E6400 and below. Is this true? And why is that?

 

[uber_g]

P965 is more of a budget all around mother board

but the 975 is more towards power users who want more options, like ATI crossfire and later on down the road crossfire with a pci-e physics cards ati is developing -more software developing then hardware



if your not looking for a dual videocard solution then go with P965, if u want more options, tweaking, all around power go with 975

u can still get good results on a P965 with a 6600, P965 was built for Conroe

 

[WolfXIII]

I see.. Thanks a bunch!

So if i were to go either E6600 or E6400, the P5W-DH would be better than the P5B or?

 

[uber_g]

the P5W-DH would give u more features and greater expandability,

-also overclocking friendly


i recommend this board
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813131045

its a great performer for a good price

 

[WolfXIII]

P5B-D..? i thought i wrote it up there.. oh, my bad.. i left out the D.. lmao.. But i was thinking P5B-D WiFi AP. This comp is mostly for gaming use, but my budget is around.. 5k-7k MYR, which translates into roughly 1.3k-1.9k USD. The current spec i'm looking at are E6600, P5B-D WiFi,
HIS 1650Xt 256mb DDR3, 2*512mb DDR2-800 RAMs (unsure of Kingston or Corsair), 450Watt PSU, Centurion 5 casing, W.D 320GB Sata 2. Please give your views and thanks in advance. Oh, and if the specs suk, sorry, coz i'm new to dis..

But after reading some posts, I thought what if i went with E6400 and overclock it till 3.1ghz and above. If so, hw much power does my PSU have 2 supply and do i need any extra CPU coolers?

 

[CompuTronix]

The parts shown below in my sig are matched for performance, and overclock quite well. For a gaming rig, you're definately going to need more graphics horsepower than a 1650.

 

[sarsoft]

As CompuTronix said 975 are better in features and is overclocking friendly. P965 is a good desent board all around. I had Asus P965 paired with my e6600 i got it stable at 3.5 on air.

I would recommend the Asus P965, P5B or P5B deluxe Wifi your choice.
For the CPU - e6400 will do just fine unless you are willing to spend more $ for the extra mhz and 4MB of cache (e6600).
I would recommend a Corsair brand memory DDR2-800.
Video Card x1650xt is around $150, put in $50 bucks more and you can get a x1950pro which is a much better card. To me x1950pro is a steal.
PS at least 500W or 550 if posible. Just to stay on a safe side. Pick a well know brand like Enermax, Thermaltake, Antec, FSP.
You might want to look into better cooling for you cpu around $30-$35 will do just great.
Rest of your parts look ok.

 

[little_scrapper]

every time I see someone with a blazing OC and a raid0 (AKA suicide raid!) All I can say is "I hope you dont keep important data on it and if you do you'd best be backing it up" hehe

 

[little_scrapper]

I am seeing a mass exodus trend in people using corsair memory since they switched some of their most popular memories from Micron chips to some cheaper brand. I forget the name. For the price of corsair ddr2 800C4 you can get faster timing from lesser known brands like Patriot or GEIL or even ADATA. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16820211064 take the extra cash and put it toward a better vid card. Corsair is way to overpriced. IMO

There are so few DDR800 mems out that that actually run within JDEC specs its sick. This is one of them. I used to be a corsair fanboy but now I just look at what memory chips I will be getting if I buy a particular breed. IDK who puts there name on the PCB. The Best memory chips are made by MICRON

 

[CompuTronix]

every time I see someone with a blazing OC and a raid0 (AKA suicide raid!) All I can say is "I hope you dont keep important data on it and if you do you'd best be backing it up" hehe

If you look closely at my sig, you'll see "1 Seagate 160 - Backup". It has equal 80Gb partitions, and each is a bootable clone of the RAID0 80Gb C:\ partition, which has the OS, all programs, as well as all data. The 300Gb RAID0 set also has a 220Gb storage partition loaded with copies of my 50 favorite DVD's. A clone of the C:\ system partition is performed weekly. Since the clones are alternated, each patition on the backup drive is overwriiten twice each month.

I take backups seriously. :!: