.TuG.Beaver Posted February 18, 2008 Report Posted February 18, 2008 Just ordered my self some new PC parts to replace my aging shuttle which is now 3.5 years old. New stuff: Intel Core 2 Duo E6750 2.66GHz (Retail 775) Antec Sonata III Quiet Super Mini Tower Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 PRO Asus P5N-D NF750i Socket 775 Motherboard Corsair 2GB PC2-6400 C4 XMS2 DHX (2x1GB) Total
Colin Posted February 19, 2008 Report Posted February 19, 2008 http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-D&type=map&mapindex=0
.TuG.Beaver Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Posted February 19, 2008 http://support.asus.com/download/download.aspx?SLanguage=en-us&model=P5N-D&type=map&mapindex=0 Thanks, already been there to see what BIOS updates etc there are. Will have it all downloaded and on a USB stick ready for install!
.TuG.h0 Posted February 19, 2008 Report Posted February 19, 2008 nice, remember when we were discussin these parts, you arent going for the ocz reapers i see. im going to go for the e6750 as well, then the asus P5E also teh freezer 7. Not sure bout which ram to get yet and for the case im gonna get the antec nine hundred or aerocool t40. Still saving up tho : /
.TuG.Tweak Posted February 19, 2008 Report Posted February 19, 2008 Should have got a Q6600 though! Same price and overclckable to 3ghz easily!
.TuG.Beaver Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Posted February 19, 2008 Should have got a Q6600 though! Same price and overclckable to 3ghz easily! Um, not same price - about 30-40 quid cheaper than the Q6600 G0 stepping, and the 6750 will overclock to 3.6ghz no problem with air cooling! Plus I dont need a quad core for my "Internet/Email/Porn" downloading pc.
.TuG.Tweak Posted February 19, 2008 Report Posted February 19, 2008 Oh I misread the post. Beaver, don't you think its a bit of overkill getting a rig like that for bloody email and stuff?? Is the RAM the "Ballistix" gear that I got? If so, it's awesome.
.TuG.Tweak Posted February 19, 2008 Report Posted February 19, 2008 nice, remember when we were discussin these parts, you arent going for the ocz reapers i see. im going to go for the e6750 as well, then the asus P5E also teh freezer 7. Not sure bout which ram to get yet and for the case im gonna get the antec nine hundred or aerocool t40. Still saving up tho : / Ho, If your going for a gaaming rig then I would REALLY recommend a Q6600. They're well worth the extra few quid, and as some of the newer games are Quad Core optomised (Crysis and COD4 being the first) it makes a bit more sense. There's not a lot between the 2 CPU's yet, but that will more than likey change. Also, get a 1333mghz MB, or even wait for the true Penryn chips to come out. Current Quad cores are just 2 x Dual core, the CPU's comming out soon are true Quad core processors which will see a big jump in performance. Hope you jump on the sever for a game of COD4 soon!!
.TuG.Beaver Posted February 19, 2008 Author Report Posted February 19, 2008 Oh I misread the post. Beaver, don't you think its a bit of overkill getting a rig like that for bloody email and stuff?? Is the RAM the "Ballistix" gear that I got? If so, it's awesome. Hehe - no the ram is just the Corsair HDX (Dominator XMS2) It's also gonna be used by Benny when he's here to play cod4 and I guess I can use it as a back-up gaming rig if I have issue with my main machine.
.TuG.-Breaker Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 beaver you gay something, this ram is awesome...
.TuG.Beaver Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Posted February 20, 2008 Woot & not Woot! My stuff has arrived here at work, but I now have to site here for another 7 hours until I can get home to play with it. :sad:
.TuG.Tweak Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 Hehe - no the ram is just the Corsair HDX (Dominator XMS2) It's also gonna be used by Benny when he's here to play cod4 and I guess I can use it as a back-up gaming rig if I have issue with my main machine. Wots the dif between ther ballistix and the HDX ?? ( I'm guessing nowt!)
.TuG.Beaver Posted February 20, 2008 Author Report Posted February 20, 2008 Wots the dif between ther ballistix and the HDX ?? ( I'm guessing nowt!) No idea. I can tell you that this stuff I have is - 4-4-4-12 and runs at 2.1v and you can OC the crap out of it.
.TuG.Tweak Posted February 20, 2008 Report Posted February 20, 2008 No idea. I can tell you that this stuff I have is - 4-4-4-12 and runs at 2.1v and you can OC the crap out of it. Yeah, they all come with little heat sinks on now as well!
.TuG.Beaver Posted February 21, 2008 Author Report Posted February 21, 2008 Well, it was a fun night spending a few hours painstakingly puttng it all together. All seems to work fine, but because I didnt do a complete re-install of XP and just put the HD in from the shuttle & let it re-detect everything - XP hasnt installed the correct HAL and now only shows a single CPU to windows, even though it knows there are 2 cores there. So what I'll have to do this evening is a repair install of XP over the top of current system to see if it will fix the HAL (HAL - Harware Abstraction Layer for all the noobs!) Fingers crossed that works, or I'll have to do a complete fresh install.
Colin Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 I would always do a fresh install, even more so with the new hardware you have installed. it does save errors as you see at the moment.
.TuG.Bulldog Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 well lets see a pic then, specialy the mega ram you got.
.TuG.-Breaker Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 ya i also think you really should do a new install(i guess) because you have a new chipset...(if it is called so) and this also causes problem such as yours in my opinion
.TuG.Tweak Posted February 21, 2008 Report Posted February 21, 2008 ya i also think you really should do a new install(i guess) because you have a new chipset...(if it is called so) and this also causes problem such as yours in my opinion I swapped mine a while ago form AMD to Intel with absolutely no problems at all. I think you just have to be lucky.
.TuG.Beaver Posted February 23, 2008 Author Report Posted February 23, 2008 As promised, some pics of my new stuff. (Click images to enlarge.) 1st off the motherboard - Asus P5N-D - 750i Chipset - nice big heatsink in the middle! The 'large' memory with the 'large' heatsinks on it! The assembled parts before power up.... eek! Installed in its new place next to my desk. My new desk layout - Left side = Internet - Right Side = Gaming
.TuG.Tweak Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 You've got too much ****ing money!
.TuG.Beaver Posted February 23, 2008 Author Report Posted February 23, 2008 You've got too much ****ing money! Not at all, I could always do with more! None of my stuff is 'high end' - its all middle of the road performance parts, which I've done my research on and all fit well together.
.TuG.DaveAlmighty Posted February 23, 2008 Report Posted February 23, 2008 You've got too much ****ing money! Oh just you wait til I finish school... then college... then Uni, and I shall be the uber rig man!
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