Originally Posted by catmmm  yeah cpu
perhaps a q9400? |
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Originally Posted by BadappleOC Based on info in my sig, whadda ya think? And let's put a $250 cap on it (but staying as close to or even under $200). |
Originally Posted by DuRoc Buy a good cpu cooler and OC to say 3ghz, or a little more, and then a GTX 260. |
Originally Posted by Dark Volker Unless you have plans to build a Core i7 system in the near future, I think that you should get the Gigabyte GA-EP45-UD3P MB so that you can run RAID in the future when you have cash for another 150GB Raptor. The UD3P has the Intel ICH10R vs. your GA-P35-DS3L only having the Intel ICH9 southbridge chipset. If you get a good aftermarket CPU cooler along with the UD3P, you should have no problem pushing that chip to 3GHz+ considering the UD3P is, IMO, the best LGA775 MB for overclocking. The Xigmatek Dark Knight-S1283V , Tuniq Tower 120, Thermalright Ultra-120 eXtreme RT, and Thermalright TRUE Ultra-120 HSFs are all good. You might also want to pick up the FrozenCPU Lapping Kit to lap the HSF and/or CPU IHS. Then you could either wait for 45nm C2Qs to go down in price or stick with the overclocked 3060 until you decide to build an i7 system. Either way, you'll have a better motherboard with lots of support for future upgrades. You will have the option to run RAID(0, 1, 5, 10 up to 6x HDDs). Your PCIe 2.0 card will be fully utilized. You'll have support for XFire, faster RAM speeds(DDR2 1366+ OC, up to 16GB/4x4GB), and higher FSB speeds(1600MHz+). |
Originally Posted by dralb The DS3L has no RAID. You are thinking of the DS3R. The UD3P is a great mobo, btw. |
Originally Posted by Dark Volker One of my many reasons for recommending the UD3P was because it supports RAID and BadappleOC's DS3L doesn't. The Intel I/O Controller Hubs(southbridge chipsets) ending with an 'R'(ICH10R, ICH9R) support RAID and the ones without the 'R'(ICH10, ICH9) don't. |
