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Ron7aldo

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I ben reading around and i realy like this website.
so.. my question is i have around 2500$ be saving them for a while and i want to get an awesome desktop that will overclock realy good and perform realy good for games and 3D Graphics.

i was thinking about single CPU motherboard Asus P5N32-E SLI but my cuz recommanded C2Q (Quads) and C2D (Duals) motherboards i see you have listed some of them
-abit AW9D series (975X)
-ASUS P5W DH series (975X)
-DFI Infinity or LANParty 975X/G
-abit AB9 series
-ASUS P5B* Deluxe/WiFi-AP (965P)
-Gigabyte 965P-DS3 or DS4 or DQ6
which one will work good wth SLI cuz i'm planning to have dual SLI 768MB 8800GTX?

Whats the best CPU to overclock undear (Water cooling) (CoolIT)Freezone CPU Cooler? and how mach can i push it?

if i get the same cooling system for VGA can i overlock my SLI?

whats the recommended power supply?

and any cool cases out there :p?
 

drew455

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a q6600 should overclock well. also go with water cooling for that system cuz you can probably push it really far. and with two 8800 gtx's why would you need to overclock. for that system you'd need at least 700 watts, and probably more.
 

Ron7aldo

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So your saying i should not overclock?
i mean whats the point of having a good water cooling system if i don't overclock?
and one more question?
how long will a CPU pushed to the limit live under a good water cooling system always on high?
 

Ron7aldo

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Any properly built watercooling costing under $250 would pulverise CoolIT Freezone and without wasting power on TEC. Read the watercooling guide in the Cooling forum.
But freezone and is easy to use and don't need maintenance for 5 years i mean thats something right?
and it can drop the temp to 13C just like your website review said
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http://www.tomshardware.com/2007/06/28/radical_cpu_coolers_from_coolit/index.html
 

Ron7aldo

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Asus P5N32-E SLI you mentioned will do for mild overclocking, but you won't reach over 400Mhz FSB with a quadcore so you'll need a high multiplier chip like QX6700+ to get at least 3.5Ghz.

Doesn't like C2Q (Quads) motherboards need 2 slots for CPU's? because thats what my cousin showed me and the pic i saw about the Asus P5N32-E SLI dos have only 1 slot for CPU.
is there another Asus P5N32-E SLI that comes wth 2 CPU's Slots?