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03-27-2007, 04:25 PM
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advice on my gaming rig please :)
my up and coming build is :
antec truepower trio 550w asus P5B - Deluxe Intel Core 2 DUO E6400 OCZ PC2-6400 Platinum Revision 2 - 2gb Ram 8800 gts 340mb Western Digital Raptor 74gb 10,000rpm will this play top games at full settings? gonna learn overclocking soon too. also is it worth having a floppy drive? Last edited by gelly54; 03-27-2007 at 04:32 PM. |
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03-27-2007, 04:31 PM
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Thanks again,
It looks good, I would check some if the overclocking stickies, here http://forum.pcmech.com/showthread.php?t=114889. You may want to consider getting a bigger storage drive, games take up alot of space and that will get full quickly. YukonMaster |
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03-27-2007, 05:18 PM
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Good list there - the P5B Deluxe I'm told is a great Overclocker.
I'd consider switching the OCZ memory for some Corsair XMS-800, not heard of any problems with this memory in Core 2 Duo builds. I'd also question the value of the Raptor. Yes, they're the quickest drives around, but not THAT much quicker than the Seagate 7200.10 drives, and you get a LOT more storage for your money with these. 320GB is probably in the 'sweet spot'. Would suggest waiting a couple of weeks before going ahead with the build. The E6400 chip is due to be replaced by the E6420 - which has double the L2 cache, and is likely to be marketed at the same price, or even cheaper.
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03-27-2007, 05:31 PM
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L2 cache?
L2 cache, what does this do please? and when are these prices due to drop? and does it make a huge difference? the reson being ive already bought the e6400
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03-27-2007, 05:38 PM
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Very basically, more 'Level 2 Cache' improves speed between the processor and the memory - so more is better. If you've already bought the processor, then I don't think it's worth returning it. The E6400 is no slouch anyway, and it was by no means poor value for money.
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03-27-2007, 05:39 PM
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thanks
awesome thanks appriecate the advice
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03-27-2007, 06:04 PM
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had a look at the Seagate 7200.10 and looks really good for the price thanks, just concerned about the difference between ATA and SATA 2 connectors which one should i choose for? the P5B-D has 8 or so SATA connectors does SATA 2 and ATA connect into these?
dont worry i get it now IDE is ATA and im guessing you can plug SATA 2 into SATA connectors Last edited by gelly54; 03-27-2007 at 06:16 PM. |
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03-27-2007, 06:39 PM
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Yes, SATA is SATA and IDE is ATA.
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03-28-2007, 04:37 PM
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my new build up to bios configuration
antec 900 case
antec true power trio 550w asus P5B-Deluxe |
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03-28-2007, 04:41 PM
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Can you please explain exactly what the question is?
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03-28-2007, 05:06 PM
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gelly, I've moved this question into your existing thread - please keep any question you have about it in here. And yes, can you clarify that question!?
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03-28-2007, 05:13 PM
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nevermind
just wrote a massive essay and it logged out for some reason gutted sorry bout that
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