Spec I’m thinking for upgrade. Will be using rig for 3d rendering and graphics work mainly. Ideally would like to clock up to about 2.8 but I don’t want a noisy machine. And still on the fence with either this 4gb 5400 sticks of ram or 2, 2gb 6400 set, as I’ll be running a 32 bit OS. XP. Hurm.. what do you guys think? See any probs? Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) - OEM Gainward GeForce 8500 GT SilentFX 512MB DDR2 HDTV/DVI (PCI-Express) - Retail (4718462008682) Belkin F5D7000UK 54Mbps Wireless Desktop PCI Network Adapter OcUK Value IP35 Pro Intel P35 (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) CZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-5400C5 Dual Channel Vista Upgrade Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2VU6674GK) (Deal Product) Zalman ZM500-HP Heatpipe Cooled 500W Modular PSU
Change the motherboard to the Abit IP35-E. You'll get a better quality motherboard. Other than that, the only issue is the graphics card. It is very slow, but then you don't need a fast one for the uses that you mentioned. Save the money and get a 256mb version. The extra memory will give zero performance increase. Windows XP will use about 3Gb of RAM, ideally you could use a 64-bit OS to use all of it, but that's up to you.
hi ye, the prob i have is all my applications are 32 bit, and it'd be to much work to get them on 64bit. is it worth gettin the 4gb over the faster 2gb? and what graphics card would u recomend for around £60?
http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GS-000-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=912 or a slightly slower one for cheaper, 2gb faster ram is better imo / future proof
That looks good but one of the reviews says you carnt fit the artic freezer 7 properly? and i would quite like raid..
ok im assume the freezer will fit on that board, its just the guy aint doign it right.. that assumed heres the new spec.. OCZ 4GB (2x2GB) PC2-6400C5 Dual Channel Vista Gold Series DDR2 (OCZ2G8004GK) Zalman ZM500-HP Heatpipe Cooled 500W Modular PSU Abit IP35-E (Socket 775) PCI-Express DDR2 Motherboard Arctic Cooling Freezer 7 Pro CPU Cooler (Socket LGA775) Gigabyte GeForce 8600 GTS Silent Fanless 256MB GDDR3 HDTV/Dual DVI Intel Core 2 Quad Pro Q6600 "Energy Efficient SLACR 95W Edition" 2.40GHz (1066FSB) bit over £480 but want something decent.. what you guys recon?
Looks good to me. By the way, you can run 32-bit applications seamlessly on 64-bit OS's. I run Vista 64-bit and I've yet to find a program that I can't run.
