System suggestion - Page 4

Admiral Huddy · 13-02-2008, 15:23

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Originally Posted by Feek

/me goes wildly off topic and bends over....

A hazlenut in evey bite

Mark · 13-02-2008, 16:10

I should point out that there'll be no overclocking on a Dell system*, so the thoughts of going to 4GHz on an E8400 is entirely moot.

In truth, either will do admirably for this system, so I'd spec based on price. As such, doing a homebuild with an E8400 is going to cost somewhat more than that Dell. I'd go with the Dell - Quad or not.

* May be some hacks to do it from within Windows, but I wouldn't recommend it.

Zirax · 14-02-2008, 13:14

Not certain if this will help but I have just brought the following build for ~570.

Wolfdale 8400
4gb ocz extreme doofer mem
500gb seagate .11 *2
EK cpu water block
Load of wc pipe
Asus P5k black pearl

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holding off on the gfx until the next lot are out. My wc'd X1900 xtx is enough, especially with this new cpu under water it should fly

13-02-2008, 16:10	#32
Mark Screaming Orgasm Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Newbury Posts: 15,194	I should point out that there'll be no overclocking on a Dell system, so the thoughts of going to 4GHz on an E8400 is entirely moot. In truth, either will do admirably for this system, so I'd spec based on price. As such, doing a homebuild with an E8400 is going to cost somewhat more than that Dell. I'd go with the Dell - Quad or not. May be some hacks to do it from within Windows, but I wouldn't recommend it.

14-02-2008, 13:14	#33
Zirax Goes up to 11! Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 4,577	Not certain if this will help but I have just brought the following build for ~570. Wolfdale 8400 4gb ocz extreme doofer mem 500gb seagate .11 *2 EK cpu water block Load of wc pipe Asus P5k black pearl ------------ holding off on the gfx until the next lot are out. My wc'd X1900 xtx is enough, especially with this new cpu under water it should fly