Ordered new rig, need opinions!

[pajarot]

Hi everyone, just ordered this rig, wanna now how you think it will work. The plan is to OC it to 3.2-3.4

Asus P5Q-Pro
Q6600 G0
Asus HD 4850
2x 2Gb AData/6400 Ram
500Gb Western Digital 16Mb HDD

And ill put probably an old 120Gb sta disk from my old pc.

Also wanted to know how much power I need for it since i havent decided on the power suply yet.

Thank you,

Ignacio

 

[dagger]

Looks good. For power, you need at least 500w psu with good 12v rail ampage.

 

[Lupiron]

Darn, I hope you ordered a OEM processor.

Other than that, the board you selected is supposed to soar.

You may want something besides 800 Mhz ram to go with that 550 + FSB! Thats 1100 Mhz for your RAM, and true speed, too! Yee haw!

But you'll see all then when you get it, if you've already ordered.

When you get your gear, don't forget to run the program Core Temp, and list your VID here!!!

--Lupi

 

[V3NOM]

would the P5Q pro/deluxe OC an E8400 more than evga 750i FTW edition, which is supposed to OC very very well (i read a review 10 sec OC of a Q6600 to 3.6GHz)....but people seem to hate nvidia chipsets for some reason? lupi you have some expertise in this matter hopefully...

 

[shadowthor]

nvidia chipsets are harder to overclock, the P5Q deluxe will overclock the E8400 well, there is a whole thread on it at xtremesystems.org under the intel section.

 

[V3NOM]

oh ok thanks i'll check it out now....read a few reviews maybe.

 

[Lupiron]

All q6600s should be a 1 minute over clock to 3.6 Ghz.

If they are not, it's a sad board!

IE, intel takes me about that for a new q6600 because I know just what to use for whatever speed at whatever voltage, Dependant on VID.

NVidia chipsets are very noisy, and that is why they are hard to OC. Their VDrop and droop are huge for a reason. Though it can be done, and I will admit that my P5N72-T was the hardest Mobo I have ever over clocked on.

It is possible, of course, and maybe EVGA modded the board the right way? I dunno, I have a P5n-d board and it OCs okayish.

P5q series appears to be the in thing, and you really want one if you have a Multiplier locked processor, that means it becomes FSB reliant for its over clock, and you get 550+ from that board.

So that means that you want 1066 RAM for a HUGE in sync speed!

--Lupi