Greetings TH members!
I have several concerns for these 2 builds. Please do help me out
Please note that the info I have here, I did copy and pasted them from online stores, so I hope you don't mind.
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 Ghz, L2 6MB, 1333Mhz LGA775 Socket
or
Q6600 Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 Ghz, 1066MHz FSB BX80562Q6600 L2 8MB
and the following components:
ASUS P5Q Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM 1066 (PC2 8500) KHX8500D2T1K2/4G
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
SPARKLE SX98GP1024D3-NM GeForce 9800 GTX+ 1GB 256-bit GDDR3
1. which would you prefer between the 2 processors? (i do plan to overclock) E8500 still cheaper than Q6600 in my country.
2. are the components appropriate relative to each other? am I able to pick up components appropriately? i mean, say:
a. are the components: memory/video/hard disk/processor too slow/fast with respect of putting them altogether to my selected mobo?
b. will I be able to fully utilize my video card? i'm not sure if that GDDR3 label will make a bearing on a DDR2 supported motherboard... i'm not actually sure if they're related.
c. if I go for E8500 (fsb: 1333), will my memory be a bottle neck knowing it's fsb is: 1066? (i hope i'm making sense)
3. i'm relatively budget constrained, recommendations of other components that may be cheaper but would have more or less the same performance are also welcome.
4. i don't plan to crossfire yet, but maybe i will in the future. is there a mobo which is just the same as my current model, but with no crossfire support?
5. how do you categorize this build? average? below average? above?
6. what power supply would you recommend for this setup? (i'm also considering to add a cooling system if i push through with overclocking)
notes:
* i do play games, but nothing in particular now
* i do programming
thank you and good day.
I have several concerns for these 2 builds. Please do help me out
Intel Core 2 Duo E8500 3.16 Ghz, L2 6MB, 1333Mhz LGA775 Socket
or
Q6600 Intel Core 2 Quad 2.4 Ghz, 1066MHz FSB BX80562Q6600 L2 8MB
and the following components:
ASUS P5Q Turbo LGA 775 Intel P45
Kingston HyperX 4GB (2 x 2GB) 240-Pin DDR2 SDRAM 1066 (PC2 8500) KHX8500D2T1K2/4G
Seagate Barracuda 7200.11 ST3500320AS 500GB 7200 RPM 32MB Cache SATA 3.0Gb/s
SPARKLE SX98GP1024D3-NM GeForce 9800 GTX+ 1GB 256-bit GDDR3
1. which would you prefer between the 2 processors? (i do plan to overclock) E8500 still cheaper than Q6600 in my country.
2. are the components appropriate relative to each other? am I able to pick up components appropriately? i mean, say:
a. are the components: memory/video/hard disk/processor too slow/fast with respect of putting them altogether to my selected mobo?
b. will I be able to fully utilize my video card? i'm not sure if that GDDR3 label will make a bearing on a DDR2 supported motherboard... i'm not actually sure if they're related.
c. if I go for E8500 (fsb: 1333), will my memory be a bottle neck knowing it's fsb is: 1066? (i hope i'm making sense)
3. i'm relatively budget constrained, recommendations of other components that may be cheaper but would have more or less the same performance are also welcome.
4. i don't plan to crossfire yet, but maybe i will in the future. is there a mobo which is just the same as my current model, but with no crossfire support?
5. how do you categorize this build? average? below average? above?
6. what power supply would you recommend for this setup? (i'm also considering to add a cooling system if i push through with overclocking)
notes:
* i do play games, but nothing in particular now
* i do programming
thank you and good day.