therascalking
Devious Techie
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- Fullerton, CA, USA
hey guys...
so ive been working hard and ive got about $1000 to spend... while putting away ~$3-400 for an iTouch later, that still leaves me with ~$700 to spend... and what better than to blow it all on my PC!
you can see my specs in my sig... and while my computer is far from being crummy... i did a pretty terrible job making sure it was somewhat future-proof... (knowing what i know now... nForce 570 chipset? 640MB GPU? ... seriously...? lol)
anyways, so heres what i had in mind:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz Processor - OEM $234.99
- so ive been wanting to step up to quad core probably... and... i mean, i love AMD, but... they just dont seem to keep up with intel in the quad department... and ive heard alot of really good things about this chip... especially its overclock-ability...
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound $6.99
- to put on that new chip... and still with my Zalman CNPS9700 for now, until i go to H20 this summer...
and then this stuff to clean and prep this one plus my old chip for use in another comp:
Arctic Silver Arcticlean ACN-60ML Thermal Material Remover & Surface Purifier
ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard $299.99
- with a new chip, i need a new mobo... and besides, the one i have now is kinda crummy, so i thought id replace it with a better one... now ive heard great things about the Maximus Formula... but not much atall about the Rampage...
all the Rampage is is just a Maximus... with the newer X48 chipset and a couple other new features... does anyone have any opinion on this board?
those, plus a new NZXT Tempest case (which probably this summer ill start a water-cooling upgrade project with ) once theyre available... and i think ill have a much more solid build... at least till i can afford a GX2 card hehe...
anywho... it works out to about $700USD... anybody have any thoughts on my upgrade? id love to hear em - RK
so ive been working hard and ive got about $1000 to spend... while putting away ~$3-400 for an iTouch later, that still leaves me with ~$700 to spend... and what better than to blow it all on my PC!
you can see my specs in my sig... and while my computer is far from being crummy... i did a pretty terrible job making sure it was somewhat future-proof... (knowing what i know now... nForce 570 chipset? 640MB GPU? ... seriously...? lol)
anyways, so heres what i had in mind:
Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield 2.4GHz Processor - OEM $234.99
- so ive been wanting to step up to quad core probably... and... i mean, i love AMD, but... they just dont seem to keep up with intel in the quad department... and ive heard alot of really good things about this chip... especially its overclock-ability...
ARCTIC COOLING MX-2 Thermal Compound $6.99
- to put on that new chip... and still with my Zalman CNPS9700 for now, until i go to H20 this summer...
and then this stuff to clean and prep this one plus my old chip for use in another comp:
Arctic Silver Arcticlean ACN-60ML Thermal Material Remover & Surface Purifier
ASUS RAMPAGE FORMULA LGA 775 Intel X48 ATX Intel Motherboard $299.99
- with a new chip, i need a new mobo... and besides, the one i have now is kinda crummy, so i thought id replace it with a better one... now ive heard great things about the Maximus Formula... but not much atall about the Rampage...
all the Rampage is is just a Maximus... with the newer X48 chipset and a couple other new features... does anyone have any opinion on this board?
those, plus a new NZXT Tempest case (which probably this summer ill start a water-cooling upgrade project with ) once theyre available... and i think ill have a much more solid build... at least till i can afford a GX2 card hehe...
anywho... it works out to about $700USD... anybody have any thoughts on my upgrade? id love to hear em - RK