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By BadDoggie (Wed Nov 28, 2007 at 02:31:56 PM EST) (all tags)
I need a more powerful box. Potential specs inside. Commentary sought.


I looked at Tom's and got some decent information. Basically I can overclock certain combinations pretty well and get some decent power for the money. Unfortunately the prices at Tom's didn't match the street prices I found. Neither did the chip spec.

  • Motherboard: Gigabyte GA-P35-DS3R - €98
  • CPU: Core2 Duo E6750 2.67GHz (not zero-stepping) - €168
  • Memory: 2x1GB OCZ high-perf DDR2 800 - €59
  • Power: beQuiet! BQT 500W ATX2.2 - €72

Video card wil probably be nVidia 8800, CPU fan is a Zalman CNPS 9500A (€45).

So, decent power? Good enough for the entire CS3 package? Overclockable to 3GHz despite the non-zero-stepping chip? Decent prices for Soviet Europe and the German 19% VAT?

Full discussion: http://www.hulver.com/scoop/story/2007/11/28/143156/13