Help Newbie With New System

[KeyzerComponent]

Hey Guys,
I posted a comment in Water cooling earlier, but i decided to post a new comment here with some new thought up idea's for my new system. I am looking at the:

Silverstone TJ07 Case
Silverstone DA750w PSU
P35 DFI UT P35-T2R Mobo OR THE Asus Maximus Formula Special Edition Mobo
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 CPU
GeForce 8800GT Graphics Card
Cruical Ballistic (2x1Gb) Ram Kit
D-Link Airplus Xtreme G 108mps Wireless card.

Any changes to this? If so what do you personally recommend? And what Mobo would you chose?

Thanks for all your help!

Cheers,
Keyzer Components

[adamsleath]

well i thought the P5E and the maximus formula looked alike but as it turns out it is the same board. where the motherboard says P5E its a long black sticker. i didnt even notice it at first. someone on XS just pulled it off and maximus formula was underneath.......

now the question is can we use a maximus bios for the extra options.

http://www.xtremesystems.org/forums/...=160945&page=8

other options:
p5k premium <$300aud.
abit ip35-pro <$200aud.

[KeyzerComponent]

The P5K Premium looks sweet, anyone else have this board? Top notch for a 'cheaper' high end MOBO. Still super keen on the ASUS Maximus Formula, seems lots of people are using it on here, and thats saying something to me. ...

[adamsleath]

well jus get it then it's (maximus) a bit on the expensive side as far as i'm concerned, but if i was going crossfire i'd consider it.

especially considering something better is always around the corner with h/ware. (eg. p45 x48)

the premium, the abit, the maximus, the p5e..all should give you a stable oc on your q6600; it's just a matter of how much you wanna spend and what features you want / need.


cheap -> middle of the range -> expensive....which category do you want to be in? it really comes down to what you want to spend in my opinion.

most/all boards have their quirks and no two boards are identical, just like no two q6600's are identical.

do you have a screen in mind / already have one?

[KeyzerComponent]

I've got one already, it's nothing flash, an Hyundai Tiburon which i have on my current system, figure i want to get this new system happening before i look at another screen. Yeah your right, i should. It's just I'm worried a bit (mostly because its my first build) that i'm getting something thats not compatible or something like that.

Thanks for all your help!

Keyzer Components