The (new) Official PC building thread!

and people were lapping it up, and i kept DDR till a few months ago when it was £30.

didnt you also buy DDR2 then? (last year)

 

I did - this is the grand irony of it, I bought two pairs of 2GB XMS2 PC6400 CAS4 stuff, exactly the same. The first 2GB I bought in January 07 for £155, the second 2GB I bought this march for £30 off someone second hand, but it was only £41 in the shops I seem to remember...

 

None of the LG drives on Newegg are SATA except the bluray drives...

 

O RLY?
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136142

 

!!!!!!!!!! I'm blind!! Thanks!!!
Reviews kill it though...

 

Have you sorted by rating? The top few are all 4/5 eggs, and it's overall rating is an acceptable 72%, plus most of the people who review stuff on newegg don't know what they're talking about.

 

That one drive you gave the link to has 4/5 and 5/5 rating of 61% in total, and a 23% in 1/5. But if you say it's a good drive, I'll take your word for it!

 

Is their a significant difference in these, I noticed 2 are Yorkfieds, & 1 is Kentsfield. Also is this a good enough cooling unit 4 any of these CPU (ARCTIC COOLING Freezer)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9450 $329.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q9300 $269.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 $209.99

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835186134
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler $26.99

One of these CPU is going on a
GIGABYTE GA-EP35-DS3R LGA 775 Intel P35 ATX Dynamic Energy Saver Ultra Durable II Intel Motherboard W/CORSAIR CMPSU-650TX TX 650W Power Supply, 2 DVDRW, 1 maybe 2 500Gig SATA HDD, ATI All in Wonder PCI Card, 4 USB Card
Max Tower W/1 rear exhaust fan, opening in front for 1 more...Lots of room

 

mrk44,

They are what I used to use in my builds, and they were somewhat noisy and buzzed a bit. Varied a good bit in quality from drive to drive, too! The first drive I picked after 20 or so of the LGs was the Asus E616A2 for the DVD-Rom and then finally the AW series NEC DVD Burners. That's all I've used ever since! They also look cheap and have noisy trays when they open and close. Not a particularly well designed drive at all IMO! The real thrill is when you have the Rom drive and the Burner running and they're both running and buzzing at the same time! Only got that lucky one time! (LOL!!) and the noise would drive you out of the room! Every once in a while you would get a real quiet one too, so I know they're quality varies a good bit!

I like the Optiarcs for my burners and the Asus for the DVD-Rom. All my standard builds are that way, 1 burner and 1 DVD-Rom. I think the 32-33 I've built this year so far, account for about 27 AD-7170 Burners and maybe 30 Asus DVD-Rom drives. I've only had one fail, and that was mine! Power supply dead shorted the 5v across the 12v while it was playing! The DVD burner makes some air noise, but very little vibration, with no buzz at all! The Asus 16X DVD-Rom makes almost no noise! It's whisper quiet! I sell a ton of both every year, and never had a complaint yet!

Best Regards,
Russ

 

My apologizes I listed the wrong MOBO. This is the one, I hope this the right one
GIGABYTE GA-X48-DQ6 LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard $284.99
Now what about that cooler

 

One last Question would I be better off buying 1 set of 2Gig Mem or 2 sets of 1Gig

 

Still waiting 4 a reply, not getting inpatient, just getting excited.
Is their really that much of a difference in these CPUs, I know price
I Mostly use 4 Ecoding & Converting Movies. Not a Gamer. I like to do a half doz things at the same time. (AVI Recomp, Auto GK, Dr DivX, Burn, Clone DVD, Surf the net all at once)
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9450 Yorkfield 2.66GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80569Q9450 $329.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q9300 Yorkfield 2.5GHz LGA 775 95W Quad-Core Processor Model BX80580Q9300 $269.99
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz LGA 775 Quad-Core Processor Model BX80562Q6600 $209.99
ARCTIC COOLING Freezer 7 Pro 92mm CPU Cooler $26.99
AND What about this ARCTIC COOLING is this going to be enough 4 any of these CPUs
Also my memory Better off with 4-1Gigs or 2-2Gigs

 

2x2GB RAM IMO.

if your OCing and by the mobo you want youd be really screwed not to, id go for the Q6600 for preice to performance, esp when OCed.

it SHOULD to do 3.2 with ease.

get a tuniq tower instead, or an OCZ vendetta 2.

 

if you can swing the price the Q9450 would be what i get.it and the Q9300 yorkfield are the newer 45nm chips the Q6600 still a awsome chip is the older 65nm chip.
with the Q9450 you shouldnt/wont have a problem doing all the things you like to do.

as for your mem,try and get the 4gigs.just personal preferance as to 4-1gigs sticks or 2-2gig stick. try and get the lowest case latency of the two.

 

I'm thinkin real hard on the 9300, its really a toss-up for the added 60.00bucks.I got one for my Son-inlaw last month it was the Intel 975XBXX2KR MOBO+Q6600+OCZ PC6400 800DDR2 2X2048, it was a COMPUSA Barebone special for around 600bucks. It ran circles around my ASUS AMD 64X2 2.60GHz. Now I WANT ONE. Right now I'm basically down to Mem., I've got 5 selections. If U can suggest something better or help me select
OCZ Platinum 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1066 $95.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227298
OCZ Platinum Edition 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 $92.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227280
OCZ ReaperX HPC 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM DDR2 1000 $115.99
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227277

I'm pretty much open for suggestions..Something better, something less expensive, maybe a little more

 

myself id go with the first one you chose.
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16820227298

ive heard alot of good thngs about that mem. real friendly with the OC.

but i think you can get the corsair dominator 1066 for around the same price.
take a look at these. really good stuff
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...2E16820146785,N82E16820145197,N82E16820227298

 

IMO G.Skill. they are brilliant.

and hoenstly, get PC-6400, why use 1066 when you never going to reach those speeds?

 

not trying to sound like a azz, but why wouldnt he reach those speed's? if he does any kind of OC the ddr2 800 pc6400 will be OC'd and if he does a real good OC the PC6400 will have a strain on it. with the 1066 he can OC the CPU until tomorrow and wont have to worry about the mem.

 

rick,

if you're gonna spend that kind of money on a mobo, I recommend the asus rampage formula. you won't be sorry. 5 eggs!

the major difference between the Q9450 and Q9300 other than clock speed is that the 9450 has 12M L2 cache where as the 9300 only has 6M L2 cache. double the L2 cache with the 9650. big time difference.

 

Yeah, plus he could use the multiplier options to get higher clock speeds on his memory. He doesn't have to do a 1:1 ratio.