Christmas Upgrade

[striker833]

Ok


Christmas is fast approaching and Im thinking of upgrading my pc


I have a fairly high end rig atm however wouldnt mind a little bit "more"


I currently have


cpu: Intel core 2 duo E8500
MoBo: Asus p5q Pro
video card: Nvidia GTX 280
RAM: OCZ Reaper X HPC DDR2 PC2-6400


I have plenty of HDD space and have my OS so thats about it really

My psu is 750W corasir TX series

I was thinking of upgrading RAM and would it be worth going to a ddr 3 board?

also if I was to go to a DDR3 board should I get an i7 proccesoor

There is not a budget as such but nothing over the top

Id say max of around £600 which is roughly $1000 dollars I think...


thanks
Striker

[glc]

Get an Asus P7P55D, a i5-750 or i7-860, and either 4 or 8 gigs of DDR3-1333 ram.

[striker833]

Is the i7-920 any good? As my local computer store curretly has them on special offer

[pam123]

Here's a review from last year, from ExtremeTech : http://www.extremetech.com/article2/...2335836,00.asp

The prices have declined since then, thankfully, though from point of view they'd still be high.

[glc]

Yes, the 920 is very good. However, the 860 is JUST as good, and the supporting motherboards are cheaper and less fussy.

[striker833]

how do you mean fussy? like complicated to work with?

Also can you reccomend any good socket 1366 boards?

[glc]

Yes, they are complicated. The X58 chipset is for enthusiasts and overclockers. The most stable one out there is the Asus P6T Deluxe V2.

[striker833]

Ok I bought the parts today


After a lot of thought I went with

ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 iX58 Socket 1366 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159455

Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory CL9(9-9-9-24) for i7
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152640

Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366 D0 stepping 8MB Cache OEM Processor
http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161171


Would you guys mind explaining something to me

I currently have the core contact freezer cooler, I have bought the i7 adapter for it but I dont have the original thermal grease which came with the heatsink but I do have artic silver 5, will this do the same job?


If it will how much do I apply? The whole syringe thing?

[pam123]

Originally Posted by striker833 Ok I bought the parts today After a lot of thought I went with ASUS P6T Deluxe V2 iX58 Socket 1366 8 channel audio ATX Motherboard http://www.ebuyer.com/product/159455 Corsair 6GB (3x2GB) DDR3 1600MHz XMS3 Memory CL9(9-9-9-24) for i7 http://www.ebuyer.com/product/152640 Intel Core i7 920 2.66GHz Socket 1366 D0 stepping 8MB Cache OEM Processor http://www.ebuyer.com/product/161171 Would you guys mind explaining something to me I currently have the core contact freezer cooler, I have bought the i7 adapter for it but I dont have the original thermal grease which came with the heatsink but I do have artic silver 5, will this do the same job? If it will how much do I apply? The whole syringe thing?

Thermal paste requires restraint.
The usual amounts are equivalent to BB size or long grain rice size and it goes on the core only.
I use a bit of old credit card to spread it.
The guys at Arctic Silver have instructions here : http://www.arcticsilver.com/pdf/appi..._dual_wcap.pdf