concretefire
10-12-2008, 08:07 PM
Here's the run down of what I am doing, what I want to do, and what I plan to do for the future:
Buidling a new system. P45 chipset. Narrowed down to 2 boards. Asus P5Q Deluxe or Biostar Tpower I45.
^ This much I am sure of ^
Going with a Quad Core 6600 cause I plan do a lot of rendering and animations and decompress GIGS of .rar files daily.
^ This much I am sure of ^
I thought this was going to be easy. It' ain't. :shrug:
I've spent a month researching just the motherboards.
(still open to persuasion of asus vs biostar btw)
I feel a bit out of place here at xtremesystems because I don't plan to do anything "Extreme" with my system. I came here because I KNOW you guys KNOW what the heck you are talking about.
I DO WANT to overclock the 6600. However, I have no desire to ever run benchmarks, just for the sake of posting a screenshot showing I beat some elses system. I understand (and admire) there are those who build their systems for this reason alone. To each his own. Just doesn't interest me. I'll be using this system 24/7.
I'm not a squeemish overclocker, I've had a water setup before....just getting too old for that stuff now. I want to be able to overclock somewhere past 3ghz on the quad, but If I don't make to 3.6ghz (a number I keep seeing) then so be it.
Future: 2 yrs from now, I'd like to pop in another quad that is faster, and have the ram to at least RUN the system.
(maybe I won't be able to push it at that point...but if I get the right ram NOW, I might have the option to still push it a little, even if it is an antique at that point)
Will be going to Vista 64 bit or XP 64 bit . Soon. Like in a month. My gut tells me I am going to NEED 8gb of ram, which automaticaly handicaps me on higher overclocks. That means I either need 4 x 2's, or 2 x 4's . From what I have read, either way I will most likely not be able get the very last performance gain from an OC standpoint.
So here's $100-120........YOU pick my ram. (4 gigs now is ok, but in a year, I probably will pick up another 4gigs of the same brand/model)
Buidling a new system. P45 chipset. Narrowed down to 2 boards. Asus P5Q Deluxe or Biostar Tpower I45.
^ This much I am sure of ^
Going with a Quad Core 6600 cause I plan do a lot of rendering and animations and decompress GIGS of .rar files daily.
^ This much I am sure of ^
I thought this was going to be easy. It' ain't. :shrug:
I've spent a month researching just the motherboards.
(still open to persuasion of asus vs biostar btw)
I feel a bit out of place here at xtremesystems because I don't plan to do anything "Extreme" with my system. I came here because I KNOW you guys KNOW what the heck you are talking about.
I DO WANT to overclock the 6600. However, I have no desire to ever run benchmarks, just for the sake of posting a screenshot showing I beat some elses system. I understand (and admire) there are those who build their systems for this reason alone. To each his own. Just doesn't interest me. I'll be using this system 24/7.
I'm not a squeemish overclocker, I've had a water setup before....just getting too old for that stuff now. I want to be able to overclock somewhere past 3ghz on the quad, but If I don't make to 3.6ghz (a number I keep seeing) then so be it.
Future: 2 yrs from now, I'd like to pop in another quad that is faster, and have the ram to at least RUN the system.
(maybe I won't be able to push it at that point...but if I get the right ram NOW, I might have the option to still push it a little, even if it is an antique at that point)
Will be going to Vista 64 bit or XP 64 bit . Soon. Like in a month. My gut tells me I am going to NEED 8gb of ram, which automaticaly handicaps me on higher overclocks. That means I either need 4 x 2's, or 2 x 4's . From what I have read, either way I will most likely not be able get the very last performance gain from an OC standpoint.
So here's $100-120........YOU pick my ram. (4 gigs now is ok, but in a year, I probably will pick up another 4gigs of the same brand/model)