The Official PC building thread -3rd Edition

That's GREAT Robert... I can't wait to see how you fair with a "good" mobo. If something silly doesn't happen I think that I've made a deal for a Q6700. I know it's NO Q9550 (Q9650) but it's a Quad none the less and what I wanted a while back.

Good luck to all with their purchases especially im!!

...gm

 

greeny

I hope that you get a really good deal on that Q6700 because otherwise I would still suggest a Q9550. TankGuys are selling Q9550 for $269.99 with Guaranteed EO stepping.


http://www.tankguys.com/processors/intel-processors/core-2/intel-core-2-quad-q9550-eo-stepping.html

 

im1992 mentioned in another thread that he buys direct from intel, and at that price I would get one too lol.

 

Hey, a quick OT question! Anyone heard from Abuzar lately? It's like he dropped off the planet! I usually pass on Jokes and things like that, and he usually responds, but I haven't heard from him in quite a while!

Russ

 

I was merely suggesting the possibility of an error and wanted to express caution. I suspect that $135 for a Q9550 is probably below wholesale prices, but if he can get it for that then great.

 

on no, no mistake hehe
intel
you have to find someone who works for intel.....

 

Haha that's a good point, I hadn't eve considered the Phenoms, seems much more likely.

Russ: I chat to Abuzar on msn often. He's still about but he doesn't post here often, I think he seems quite conscious of not becoming too attached to the 'geek' crowd. IMO it's something never to be ashamed of, but hey, each to their own. I'll ask him to pop by if he doesn't mind.

 

Geek crowd huh! LOL! Better to belong, than not to belong. Thats what I say. Besides, im learning WAY TOO much to just toss this site aside! LOL! And when I can contribute, I feel good about that too.

 

at 51 i'm not to worried if someone thinks i'm a geek lol

 

well id say the most of us that post here often with the ADA title are pretty much geeks to a extent....lol

 

There was no intention of inferring anything about anyone's post, I was just merely repeating what im told me when I asked where he got cpus at ridiculously cheap prices. And I'll be digging around to see if I know anyone who works for intel now

 

Nope! Never been a Geek! Got into Electronics when Tubes still ruled and made the transition to Transistors, ICs and such, without difficulty. Played Sports most of my life. Baseball, Ice Hockey and Football. Computers sort of came along with Consumer Electronics, so it was a natural thing for me. More a case of being in the right place at the right time than anything else. Building a computer back in the late 80's was an adventure. There were no books, no internet and no place to go, but maybe your supplier, and that was it. The manuals, at least for the Jumper Settings, was usually pretty good You were self taught by your mistakes! Believe me when say that most motherboards had at least 50 jumpers on them, everything today that you easily set in the bios. At the prices in those days, you didn't make many mistakes. Finally General Electric came along and started a service called "Genie", so people started talking to one another on it, sort of a very basic Forum in text. You could finally chat with people all over the country without Long Distance Charges.

I guess the reason you don't see many Computer Geeks in my age bracket is because we were all older then and we were the first of many Computer Buffs to come. Geek or no, it's still Fun! ;<)

Russ

 

The biggest geeks of all!!! LOL. Totally funnin with ya

 

No inferences taken your post was polite and completely appropriate. I just have a need sometimes to explain my reasoning, and that's all that was.

 

didnt get a q9650 after all
got a core i7 965 EE instead

now i need a new motherboard and some new ram
and possibly a cooler

 

You definitely need a cooler unless you're willing to put up with the stock one.

 

I know how people hate Biostar in here but...if I had that i7 965 you got my plateform would be this...For sure (record breaker) and some G.Skill
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813138135
best luck on your choice of board

now there's a combo that works good together newegg style
http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboDealDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.179376

 

As far as I'm aware the Rampage II Extreme from Asus has the overall i7 overclocking record with the 965.
We don't hate Biostars in here, but tend to recommend other brands purely on grounds of familiarity and design.
The Biostar is actually one of the boards I had lined up for i7 if I were to switch to it. Funs have put a stop to that upgrade, but since Gigabyte boards can't do quad graphics, I'm left looking at other manufacturers.

 

I gotta search to prove you wrong on that 1 dude if so it won't last long...