shadow of chaos
07-31-2006, 04:20 AM
my current pc is a opteron 170, 2gb gskill ram, and a geforce 6800 GT, 600W enermax PSU..
so what i was planning on doing is building a new PC later this year, however i dont know what to do cos i dont have alot of money.. but i was thinking maybe £1,000 would be my budget.. for a new graphics card/mobo and a E6600-E6700 intel cpu, since i heard these bad boys can be overclocked a hell of a lot over stock.. up past 4ghz on a MachII GT, but mines broke
should i keep the pc i have now? or go for conroe.. and should i get my mach II gt fixed? it will cost around £100 but its lumpy and a big pain to fit on etc, i think i wasted a ton of cash on it when i should have just gone watercooling.
Other than that, i could keep my processor i have now and just buy 2 x new graphics cards and run them in SLI or crossfire or whatever when the DX10 ones are released..
I like the look of conroe, and from the speed boosts over Athlon 64 they look pretty fast.. but on top of that these babies can be overclocked well over 1ghz extra easily (or so i hear?) some getting over 4ghz.
would a watercooling setup be easier than fixing my mach II GT? because id rather have watercooling, as long as it doesnt require as much maintanance.. not only that but your only losing 200mhz or so on an overclock from mach II gt to watercooling, correct?
I have a LianLi PC60 right now, i dont think its big enough to house a watercooling system.. however i dont want to spend a fortune on a case so if anyone can recommend a cheapish one that will fit a watercooling system easily and not be tight for space, say no more than £40 or £60 then ill consider it.
so what should i do out of all those options?.. is it best to buy soon.. wait for quad core.. what should i do?
Watercooling or keep to fans? and can anyone recommend the best watercooling kit i should get?
alot of questions but i need as many answers as possible.. ty
so what i was planning on doing is building a new PC later this year, however i dont know what to do cos i dont have alot of money.. but i was thinking maybe £1,000 would be my budget.. for a new graphics card/mobo and a E6600-E6700 intel cpu, since i heard these bad boys can be overclocked a hell of a lot over stock.. up past 4ghz on a MachII GT, but mines broke
should i keep the pc i have now? or go for conroe.. and should i get my mach II gt fixed? it will cost around £100 but its lumpy and a big pain to fit on etc, i think i wasted a ton of cash on it when i should have just gone watercooling.
Other than that, i could keep my processor i have now and just buy 2 x new graphics cards and run them in SLI or crossfire or whatever when the DX10 ones are released..
I like the look of conroe, and from the speed boosts over Athlon 64 they look pretty fast.. but on top of that these babies can be overclocked well over 1ghz extra easily (or so i hear?) some getting over 4ghz.
would a watercooling setup be easier than fixing my mach II GT? because id rather have watercooling, as long as it doesnt require as much maintanance.. not only that but your only losing 200mhz or so on an overclock from mach II gt to watercooling, correct?
I have a LianLi PC60 right now, i dont think its big enough to house a watercooling system.. however i dont want to spend a fortune on a case so if anyone can recommend a cheapish one that will fit a watercooling system easily and not be tight for space, say no more than £40 or £60 then ill consider it.
so what should i do out of all those options?.. is it best to buy soon.. wait for quad core.. what should i do?
Watercooling or keep to fans? and can anyone recommend the best watercooling kit i should get?
alot of questions but i need as many answers as possible.. ty