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slyoteboy   05-31-2008 at 03:02:24 PM

Hello all , just wanted to post my build before I order , wanted some people with more experience to help me out. I kinda slapped it together so bear with me. Im open to suggestions , I wanted to keep it under 1K , going to reuse all the basics , KB mouse monitor speakers and OS (home xp). Building it 95% for gaming.

NZXT TEMPEST Crafted Series CS-NT-TEM-B Black Steel / Plastic ATX Mid Tower Computer Case - Retail
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CORSAIR CMPSU-550VX 550W ATX12V V2.2 Power Supply 90
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GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3L LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Intel Motherboard - Retail
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Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz 2 x 4MB L2 Cache LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor - Retail
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Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 Wolfdale 3.0GHz 6MB L2 Cache LGA 775 65W Dual-Core Processor - Retail
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EVGA 512-P3-N841-AR GeForce 8800GTS (G92) 512MB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI
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CORSAIR XMS2 2GB (2 x 1GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 800 (PC2 6400) Dual Channel Kit Desktop Memory
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Western Digital Caviar SE WD3200AAJS 320GB 7200 RPM 8MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s Hard Drive
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ASUS Black 20X DVD+R 8X DVD+RW 8X DVD+R
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Cant decide wether to go 2 or 4 core. I might overclok when I feel its getting sluggish. Any suggestions/help would be much appreciated , and if you see some futureproofing that needs adressed tell me. I see one already being the mobo missing another pcie 2.0 x16 slot.


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homerdog   05-31-2008 at 03:30:38 PM
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It's almost entirely a matter of personal preference, but I would take the dual core Wolfdale over the quad core Kentsfield. Despite all the big talk from developers, games these days just don't utilize 4 cores effectively. A higher clocked dual core will almost always outperform a slower quad core in gaming as long as background tasks are kept to a minimum.

You could also consider the E7200 if you want to save a few bucks. That's a great budget overclocking processor.

One more thing, the HD4800s should be coming out soon (June 18th I think) and they are looking very good. I hate the waiting game as much as anyone, but we're talking just a couple of weeks here.

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