C2D build, advice and comments please...

[bouncyb]

id defo say thats the right choice. the 6750 will easily reach the same speeds as the 6850 if you want to go that way. In the days of the E6X00 series, the E6800 was multiplier unlocked, therefore the hardcore gamer and overclockers choice, however the E6850 is not multiplier unlocked, therefore i see no real advantage.

So currently alexnifty and I would recommend changing the following (just to provide an overview, lol)

X1900 OUT, 8800GTS 320mb IN
Asus P5K OUT, Asus P5N32-E SLI IN
Intel C2D E6850 OUT, Intel C2D E6750 IN

Original cost of those three items = £335.04 (ex) vat
New cost of replacement items = £370.00 (ex) vat

Its not an awful (£34.96 ex vat) lot more for just under twice as much graphics processing power!!! (see http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=778&chart=275 )

[Nifty]

[quote:abe701cd0f=\"bouncyb\"]id defo say thats the right choice. the 6750 will easily reach the same speeds as the 6850 if you want to go that way. In the days of the E6X00 series, the E6800 was multiplier unlocked, therefore the hardcore gamer and overclockers choice, however the E6850 is not multiplier unlocked, therefore i see no real advantage.

So currently alexnifty and I would recommend changing the following (just to provide an overview, lol)

X1900 OUT, 8800GTS 320mb IN
Asus P5K OUT, Asus P5N32-E SLI IN
Intel C2D E6850 OUT, Intel C2D E6750 IN

Original cost of those three items = £335.04 (ex) vat
New cost of replacement items = £370.00 (ex) vat

Its not an awful (£34.96 ex vat) lot more for just under twice as much graphics processing power!!! (see http://www23.tomshardware.com/graphi...=778&chart=275 )[/quote:abe701cd0f]

High five that! 8)

[bouncyb]

ah i do like to cost things,lol.

i have a horrible feeling though that the intended recipient of this information will never read this. :?

[order-Sol]

ah i do like to cost things,lol.

i have a horrible feeling though that the intended recipient of this information will never read this. :?

=O

He will so~ ! he was just too busy working to check the thread [/pathetic excuse]

'-' hmmm...the changes you guys made seem great, i've added them to the list on the site <.<d
i was unsure about the 8800 due to the cost...but it doesn't seem so bad if i make the changes...

The only thing i'm worrying about with this, are the sata ports and the PCI-E slot...which may sound silly, but where i work, I recently built a C2D testbench, the motherboard was rather cheap and nasty, and when you have a 7950 GTX (i think that was the card) in, it gets in the way of the sata ports....

I doubt this problem is there with this motherboard as it's not so cheap and nasty~

hmm...but i definitely think i'll go for most if not all of the changes '-' i still need to save up though XD which will probably be complete at the start of the year....(unless i buy parts every month..)

anyway, thanks guys for the help b'-'d

[Nifty]

I have the Asus P5N32-E SLI with an 8800GTS and there is no conflict with the SATA ports.

If you're bulding this at the start of next year then I would come back and take a look at what new products are available. We're about due for a new wave of GPU's and CPU's from Intel, Nvidia, and Ati. Stay tuned