Core 2 Duo Build, thoughts

[Gun_Strife]

Hey guys heres the build

1 x 150gb raptor
1 x 320gb segate barracuda 7200.10
2 x 1gb team group 667 3-4-4-8
1 x X1900 CrossFire Edition

now its either a E6400 or E6600 leaning more towards 66 asi can get it for $30 more
and either a Gigabyte DS3 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813128012
or MSI 975x plat http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16813130051
i can get the boards at a $50 dif msi being $50 more

going ds3+E6600 is about $40 less then the msi and E6600, ive always had great luck with msi but havent seen too many oc results as the new ver is just being shipped

 

[nooh]

Go for it , it all looks good , the power of the conroe is very high and providing it takes care of the gpu bottleneck the E6600 ovrclocked till 3.5ghz will be more than enough.

I am going facing a dlilema and its about wheather which board to buy cos i have a 7950 , also i want it from my loacal retailer but things are not looking good.

Want to wait for the 590sli but that can mean another month and i have my E6600 sitting infront of me.

 

[Gun_Strife]

the mobo is really the hardest part right now
i kinda wanna go cheap on it cause there will be alot more mobos coming out within the next months
maybe ill just get both boards and see which one i like better
and i think the nforce boards are gonna be good since its now amtid
so intel and nvidia hopefully get real friendly

 

[nooh]

the mobo is really the hardest part right now
i kinda wanna go cheap on it cause there will be alot more mobos coming out within the next months
maybe ill just get both boards and see which one i like better
and i think the nforce boards are gonna be good since its now amtid
so intel and nvidia hopefully get real friendly

I myself am struggling at the mo with a E6600 and no board.

I want to wait and then my conciuos tells me just get the best overclockable one , which means that that board may already be out.

I saw this asus new board which isnt out yet , its the pro and it looks like the best bet. The thing i dont like about the 975X chipset is that it really didnt stand out that differently from the 965 chipset. I am going to give it the next 10 working days before i give in and buy a board.


The Gigabyte DS5 looks quite tempting.